Mr. Gustavo Henrique de Francisco

Gustavo de Francisco, artist, producer, teacher and engineer, founded the Quinta Essentia Recorder Quartet (https://5eofficial.com) in 2006, his most known work. Based in Brazil, the group has toured several times worldwide (including U.S. tours of Wisconsin, Texas, Minnesota, Illinois, Iowa and California in 2016 and 2018); and released five albums: La Marca (2008), Falando Brasileiro (2013), Boismortier (EP single, 2017), The Art of Fugue (2017), and Caboclo (2020). He is often invited to music festivals in order to perform, teach or coach chamber music ensembles.
In May 2020 he will serve as the Recorder Coordinator at the Suzuki Association of the Americas Conference in Minneapolis, MN.