Marcos Vinicius, jedan od najpoznatijih brazilskih savremenih gitarista, počeo je svoju karijeru u četrnaestoj godini i od tada je imao ogroman uspeh i priznanja od javnosti i kritičara i nastupao je u najvažnijim kulturnim centrima Brazila i Evrope. Sa šesnaest godina dobio je „Počasnu diplomu“ Odeljenja za kulturu Kongonhasa, brazilskog grada koji UNESCO smatrasvetskim istorijskim bogatstvom, a 1984. godine je jednoglasno pobedio na prestižnom gitarskom takmičenju National Villa-Lobos. Takođe je osnovao i uređivao jedini brazilski klasični gitarski časopis „Violao America“ i osnovao i vodio „Belo Horizonte gitarski ansambl“, najpoznatiju gitarsku grupu u Brazilu „. Kao solista gostovao je sa poznatim orkestrima kao što su „Ensemble di Milano“, „Simphoni Orchestra Pernambuco“, „Minas Gerais Simphoni Orchestra“ i memorijalno izvođenje „Concerto di Aranjuez“ sa Brazilskim simfonijskim orkestrom dobivši od kritičara nagradu „Solista godine 1992. „Trenutno vodi napredni kurs klasične gitare za Jubilate muzičku asocijaciju Legnana u Italiji i predsednik je Klasične gitarske akademije u Milanu.
Marcos Vinicius, one of the youngest and most well known of Brasilian contemporary guitarists, began his concert career at the age of fourteen and from that moment has obtained enormous success and acclaim from the public and critics and has played in the most important cultural centres of Brasil and Europe. At only sixteen he received an „Honorary Diploma“ from the Cultural Department of Congonhas, a Brasilian city considered by Unesco to be a world historical asset and in 1984 he won, by a unanimous vote, the prestigious National Villa-Lobos Guitar Competition. He has also founded and directed the only Brasilian classical guitar magazine „Violao America“ and created and directed the „Belo Horizonte Guitar Ensemble, „the most famous guitar group in Brasil“. He has performed, as guest soloist, with famous orchestras such as the „Ensemble di Milano“, the „Pernambuco Symphony Orchestra“, the „Minas Gerais Symphony Orchestra“ and made a memorable performance of the „Concerto di Aranjuez“ with the Brasilian Symphony Orchestra receiving from the Critics the prize as „Soloist of the Year 1992“. At present he is responsabile for the Advanced Course of Classical Guitar for the Jubilate Musical Association of Legnano, Italy and he is a president of the Classical Guitar Academy of Milan.