Pedro da Fonseca Caldeira Cabral (born 4 December 1950 in Lisbon, Portugal)[1] is a Portuguese composer, published author and multi-instrumentalist who specializes in Mediaeval, Renaissance, Baroque and Iberian music.
He is the recipient of the Degree of Grand Officer of the Order of Infante D. Henrique, awarded to him in 2018 by the President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa.
[citation needed] In 1967, at the age of 16, he performed as a soloist for the first time on the direct broadcasting programmes of Fado in Rádio Clube Português, accompanied by Fernando Alvim on bass guitar.
He also created the complete inventory and organological classification of Michel Giacometti’s collection in the Music Museum of Cascais.
[3] His book, “The Portuguese Guitar”, Ediclube, Lisbon 1999, is the first monography on this national instrument’s origins and historical' evolution, iconography, organological study and repertoire.