Carlos Zíngaro

Carlos Zíngaro (Carlos Alves, born 1948) is a Portuguese violinist and electronic musician working in free improvisation. Classically trained from childhood, he has played with European and American improvisers and has appeared at festivals in Europe, Asia and America. He is also an illustrator and comics artist. Carlos Zíngaro studied at the Lisbon Music Conservatory, then pipe organ, musicology and electroacoustic music, and formed the group Plexus in 1967.