Diego Capa
About
I’m a guitarist, composer, songwriter, arranger and teacher from Argentina with more than 20 years of teaching experience.
I offer personalized online lessons for students of different ages, levels and musical backgrounds, always adapting the classes to each person’s interests, goals and pace.
My work is strongly connected to South American popular music, including tango, Argentine folk music, rock nacional, and Brazilian genres such as bossa nova, choro, and MPB, while also working with a wide range of contemporary and acoustic repertoire.
Alongside teaching, I develop my own artistic projects as a performer and songwriter, which keeps my approach to music grounded in real creative practice.
Teaching Style
My teaching style is personalized, practical and music-centered.
I try to create a relaxed and supportive environment where students can develop both technical tools and a deeper musical understanding through repertoire they genuinely enjoy.
Depending on each student’s goals, lessons may include technique, rhythm, harmony, ear training, improvisation, composition, accompaniment or repertoire building.
I especially value listening, musical expression and long-term development over rigid or purely mechanical practice.
Curriculum
Lessons combine practical playing with musical understanding. We work directly with songs, pieces and musical situations relevant to the student’s interests and level.
Materials may include transcriptions, harmonic analysis, rhythmic exercises, ear training, guided listening and personalized exercises prepared specifically for each student.
I combine my own materials and arrangements with specialized bibliography and methods chosen according to each student’s interests and goals. These may include resources from Berklee, Joe Pass, Nelson Faria, tango and Argentine folk music authors, Brazilian music materials, chord charts, notation, improvisation exercises and Sibelius/PDF materials prepared for the lessons.
Credentials & Affiliations
- More than 25 years of teaching experience in private and group settings
- Professional guitarist, composer, songwriter and arranger
- Active performer in solo and collaborative musical projects
- Experience preparing transcriptions and arrangements for different ensembles and instruments
- Recipient of the Fondo Metropolitano de la Cultura, las Artes y las Ciencias creation grant (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
- Specialized experience in South American popular music and accompaniment traditions
EDUCATION
Graduated from the Escuela de Música Contemporánea - Berklee International Network (2005),
specializing in guitar. He also completed the Composition Program at the Conservatorio Superior
de Música Manuel de Falla with composer Ricardo Capellano (2014–2016).
He studied guitar, singing and music theory through private lessons, workshops and intensive
programs in Argentina and Brazil, including the AADI Advanced Studies Program, the Rosario
Musicians Meeting and the Curitiba and Itajaí Music Workshops, studying with teachers such as
Agustín Pereyra Lucena, Rogério Souza, Jorge Fandermole and Ian Guest, among others.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY
Since 2011 he has worked as guitarist and arranger for singer Mariana Accinelli (tango, fado and
Portuguese songs), performing in major venues in Buenos Aires and touring in Europe (2019 and
2022) and Brazil (2023). He participated in her albums Dos orillas (2012) and Tiempo en el
tiempo (2020).
Since 2009 he has collaborated with Brazilian guitarist Rogério Souza in concerts and educational activities in different Argentine cities.
He has also been part of several Brazilian and South American music projects, including Ainda,
Sons do Brasil, Na Chuva, Sambeleza and Gafieira da Paz.
In 2011 he co-founded the cooperative Musiclistas, dedicated to the production and programming of live music events and festivals in Buenos Aires. In 2014 he co-founded the Club de Choro de Buenos Aires, focused on the study and promotion of Brazilian music.
As a singer-songwriter, he develops the Diego Capa project, performing solo and in collaboration
with other musicians. In 2026 he released the EP Con, featuring four original compositions. In
2021 he received the Fondo Metropolitano Creation Grant for his songwriting project.
TEACHING ACTIVITY
Since 2001 he has taught guitar, harmony and music theory to students of different ages and
levels. In addition to private lessons, he has coordinated workshops and group programs focused
on Brazilian popular music.
Between 2015 and 2019 he coordinated the Brazilian Guitar Workshop. Between 2020 and 2022
he taught at the Núcleo de Choro y Samba de Buenos Aires. Since 2024 he has been in charge of
the Guitar Workshop at the Cultural Extension Department of Escuela Superior de Comercio
Carlos Pellegrini.
SELECTED DISCOGRAPHY
Ainda - Ainda (2003)
Na Chuva - Na Chuva (2015)
Mariana Accinelli - Dos orillas (2012)
Mariana Accinelli - Tiempo en el tiempo (2020)
Diego Capa - Con EP (2026)