{"id":10760,"date":"2025-09-12T14:35:47","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T13:35:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ricardomata.net\/?page_id=10760"},"modified":"2025-09-12T14:38:26","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T13:38:26","slug":"porque-escolher-me-como-professor","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ricardomata.net\/en\/porque-escolher-me-como-professor\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Choose Me as a Teacher"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Why Choose Me as a Music<\/em> Instrument<\/em> Teacher?<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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My name is Ricardo Mata<\/strong>, and I bring with me over 30 years of experience<\/strong> dedicated to teaching the classical guitar<\/strong><\/a> and the Portuguese guitar<\/strong><\/a>.\nMy teaching approach is grounded in a solid foundation of classical training, combined with the expressive richness and oral tradition of the Portuguese guitar \u2014 an instrument deeply rooted in the Portuguese popular soul.<\/p>\n

Over the past decades, I have had the privilege of teaching hundreds of students from different parts of the world<\/strong>, each with diverse musical tastes and goals.\nThis experience has allowed me to develop not only a structured and effective method, but also a refined sensitivity to understand the unique needs of each student.<\/p>\n

My mission is to provide personalized teaching<\/strong> that respects each student\u2019s pace, combining technique<\/strong>, expression<\/strong>, and the joy of playing<\/strong>.\nIf you are looking to grow with clarity, passion, and authenticity, it will be my pleasure to guide you on this musical journey.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Teaching Classical Guitar since 1997 and Portuguese Guitar since 2003<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>
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As a Portuguese guitar student, I appreciated Professor Ricardo Mata's method, both in the approach to the guitar and in the explanation of the pieces that were taught to me. Without the master's help and patience, I would never even have been able to play this instrument, due to a permanent injury to my right arm. My thanks to him. <\/span><\/p>Ant\u00f3nio Ribeiro<\/span><\/span><\/blockquote>

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As a retiree and a recent student of Professor Ricardo Mata, I feel, through his classes, both musical and artistic fulfillment. The lessons are given by means of an accessible teaching allowing a beginner and passionate student of Portuguese guitar to learn without difficulty the sound of this magnificent and bewitching music of Fado. <\/span><\/p>Marie Th\u00e9r\u00e8se Maurel<\/span><\/span><\/blockquote>

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I have been a student since October 2015. (...) I feel that, since the first class, I have learned and evolved a lot. Prof. Ricardo has an extraordinary vocation for teaching music, he manages to adapt his teaching method to each individual case, depending on our abilities, limitations, personality and musical tastes. (...) The coolest part of the class is when he plays along with us! <\/span><\/p>Joana Gon\u00e7alves<\/span><\/span><\/blockquote><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Porqu\u00ea escolher-me como Professor\u00a0de Instrumento Musical? 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