Edmar Fenício is a composer, musicologist and guitar player from Brazil. He was born in Poços de Caldas city on June 12, 1939. So young, he goes after with your family to São Paulo and began this first guitar studies with Isaias Savio, which well prepared him to the future. In 1964 he was invited to participate at Song's Festival to take place in Laranjal city, the public acclaim all over your popular song and he was winner. Three years later he completes your music course at “Foundation of Arts” at São Caetano do Sul, a neighbor city of São Paulo. In 1974 Fenício was juror at “Guitar Competitions” promoted by journal “Folha de São Paulo” under direction of maestro Isaias Savio and others guest teachers. This competition further came to disclose a dozens of young and goods guitar players. To enrich and broaden his musical vein over the field of composition, he has studied the matters: Analysis, Esthetic and Compositions with the renowned composer and maestro Guido Santorsola from Uruguay. After this, he wants take up again Harmonic material, and returns his studies with maestro Leo Perachi while taught at Conservatory him. By the way, maestro Leo Perachi had been a solid friendship with the celebrated musician Antonio Carlos Jobin; Leo so much helps Jobin in many orquestrations of yours unforgettable songs. In 1978 Fenício at last conclude yours studies of: History of Music with the remarkable maestro Walter Lourenção which has gotten him a program at local TV, where the main focus will be exclusively directed to the guitar. Years ago he thinks fit grow rich and to better yours knowledge, courses: Social Psychology at University of São Paulo (USP).
To turn over music, this goal in present days is to rescue the scores of Brazilian early guitar composers yet starting with João Pernambuco. As a guitarist he was walking about for many events, night clubs and theaters room at São Paulo since 1962.  
As composer, beyond printed works that are world wide knows, have a big lot of unpublished scores for guitar solo, duets, as well as a Quartet for guitar and chords and also a little  Concert  for Chords and Orchestra.  
In addition to composing, he has had for many years a difficult task at to make transcriptions for guitar commissioned for friends, musicians, students and guitar lovers. He believed that the sum of all these transcriptions get over 600 scores as yet. As a matter of fact, the first transcription was made by him at the age of twenty, for the song: Solamente una vez, by Agustin Lara. Another difficult task transcription appears, when was invited for GSP from California to arrangements Baden Songs from your discs. All this “Tour de Force” was encouraging in 1993 by a friend, due the lack of Baden's scores. Today nine songs only were printed by GSP of a whole twenty two as yet. As usual he has done, he never stops and ever and ever working and searching expect something guitar articles, his history and appearing of new composers and players, and this is falling into a habit to him.
In these days Fenicio is living in São Paulo and teaches only Harmony matter at some Schools of there.  Some artists engraved Fenicio`s songs. The guitar player Davies Joaquin from Montreal played Fenício's songs in concerts tour over the world, and records on 1997: Memorias de Chiquinha, from album BRASILIDADE. The critic Arthur Kaptainis at the “The Gazette” said: Tone, whether warm or tangy, is manipulated to good effect in Edmar Fenicio. In meantime another guitarist by name Kristo Kao from Romania also records the song “Memórias de Chiquinha” and as well as, a guitar player from Tokyo records the same song up described.
(Private email from Edmar Fenicio, efenicio@gmail.com, 2008)