Mateus Asato

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Mateus Asato
Born
Mateus Asato

(1993-12-29) December 29, 1993 (age 30)
Campo Grande, Brazil
Education Musicians Institute
Musical career
Genres
Occupation(s)Guitarist, songwriter
Instruments
  • Guitar
  • Vocals
Years active2004–present
Website instagram.com/mateusasato/

Mateus Asato (December 29, 1993) is a guitarist from Campo Grande, Brazil. He rose to fame by posting videos of himself playing guitar on Instagram, and has since amassed over one million followers. [1] He has toured with several pop stars as a guitarist. Mateus also has his own signature guitar with Suhr Guitars.

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Career

In 2013 he attended the Musicians Institute in Los Angeles, California. His career began when industry professionals discovered him through his Instagram account. He then toured with Tori Kelly and Jessie J. Asato also began to do guitar clinics in South Korea and in Singapore. [2] [3] In 2019 Guitar Magazine named him one of the 50 most exciting young guitarists in the world. [4] He has also played some shows in Las Vegas along with Bruno Mars. [5] . American musician John Mayer has said that Asato "is one of the best guitar players around.” [4]

In February 2021, Asato shut down his popular Instagram account. [6] He reopened it on 31 March 2022. [7]

Signature guitar

The boutique guitar company, Suhr Guitars, released a signature guitar for Asato. [8] At the 2020 NAMM Show Suhr guitars revealed a new Mateus Asato signature guitar would be released soon. [9]

Awards

Style

He has developed his own fingerstyle method of picking, one heavily reliant on hybrid picking. His playing style incorporates jazz influences, double stops, and complex single-string and chord slides. [11] Guitar World magazine called his style neo soul. [12]

Personal life

His grandparents were of Japanese descent and came from Okinawa, Japan. [13] He began playing guitar at ten. In 2013, when he was 19 years old, he moved to Los Angeles, California. [11]

In 2024, Mateus married the Brazilian actress, model, and YouTuber Maju Trindade. He now lives in Brazil. [14]

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  3. ↑ "Guitar virtuoso Mateus Asato to conduct clinic in Singapore". bandwagon.asia. Bandwagon. 31 January 2017. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  4. 1 2 "Meet The New Breed: 50 of The Most Exciting Young Guitarists in The World". Guitar.com. 27 December 2019. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  5. ↑ "Mateus Asato talks touring life, working with pop stars, and how he gets his hair so pretty". 22 July 2019.
  6. ↑ Roche, Sam (8 February 2021). "Mateus Asato shuts down Instagram account, announces break from music". Guitar World. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  7. ↑ "Mateus Asato on Instagram". Instagram. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  8. ↑ "Suhr Mateus Asato". suhr.com. Suhr Guitars. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
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