Collection: Santana, Victor

Victor Santana is a Brazilian classical guitarist, arranger, teacher, and member of various ensembles. Based in Berlin, he holds a Master of Music from the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler in Berlin, where he studied under Prof. Dr. Daniel Göritz, and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Brasília.

As a performer, he has played as a soloist with the Brasília Symphony Orchestra and at major cultural venues across Brazil and Europe. He has also received awards in competitions such as the Great Composers Competition (Germany) and Música no Museu (Brazil).

As an arranger, his interests span the European classical tradition, folk music, and contemporary music, which he translates into innovative arrangements and chamber music settings. Santana has performed in trios and duos with guitarists, singers, flautists, and cellists from around the world, frequently premiering his own arrangements tailored to each ensemble. His recordings are available on streaming platforms and feature works by Villa-Lobos, Bach, Rachmaninoff, Schubert, and Chopin, alongside Latvian, Ukrainian, Jewish, Turkish, and Indian folk music.

As a musical director, Victor has led projects such as instrumental accompaniment for amateur choirs and curated chamber concerts for cultural institutions and benefit events—including performances supporting humanitarian causes in Ukraine and the Middle East.

Victor is a passionate educator. Committed to lifelong learning and deeply interested in growth, he is developing his own comprehensive method for learning guitar and music from the beginning through to the professional level. He taught for eight years at the Johann Sebastian Bach Municipal Music School in Potsdam and currently teaches at the Fanny Hensel Music School in Berlin, where he continues to inspire and be inspired by the next generation of musicians.