VICTOR FURTADO
ARTIST Biography
Victor Furtado is a 20 year old clawhammer banjo player musician. In Bluegrass Today’s words “a young man with an absurdly precocious talent, and a depth of understanding of old time music that is at odds with his age.” As the youngest of 9 siblings, he has been immersed in bluegrass, oldtime, and classical music his entire life. Victor is known for his uniquely innovative banjo style, genre blending tune writing, and most recently for his role as banjo player in the neo-trad band The Wildmans.
Victor has performed all around the east coast from fiddlers conventions large and small to the Grand Ole Opry, Woodsongs old time radio hour, the Prism, etc.. and has won many of the most competitive banjo competitions including Galax, Cliftop, Freshgrass, Maury River, and the Virginia state fair.
Victor has recorded 3 albums of his own including his 2018 release Dellorto Island, and has played as a guest musicians on numerous other records, including The Wildmans Wandering Thoughts.
Victor is the banjo player for The Wildmans, recently signed to Travianna Records, a new-age old time group. Victor Furtado is the 2019 recipient of the 5th annual Steve Martin Prize for Excellence in Banjo and Bluegrass.