Toquinho reaches 80 years old as an expert guitar player and as an admitted hypochondriac who glues his teeth together

Toquinho - who turns 80 today, July 6th - reviews his life in an interview for the documentary that premieres on Thursday, July 9th
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♫ ANALYSIS
♬ When someone mentions Toquinho's name, the first thing that comes to mind is usually the song "Aquarela" (1983) - a standard in the children's repertoire that seduces children and adults of all ages due to its enticing simplicity - and, in a second moment, the songs from the partnership developed by the artist with Vinicius de Moraes (1913 - 1980), generally in the cadence of light and seductive sambas, throughout the 1970s, a decade in which the duo Toquinho & Vinicius marked an era with hits such as "A tonga da mironga do kabuletê" (1970), "Regra tres" (1971) and "Tarde em Itapuã" (1971).
However, Antonio Pecci Filho - an artist from São Paulo born on July 6, 1946, exactly 80 years ago - is also an exceptional guitarist. A musician who from an early age revealed himself to be a prodigy on the instrument, haunting guitarists and teachers such as Paulinho Nogueira (1929 - 2003) with the intuitive technique that Toquinho would later refine in years of study with Nogueira and other guitar masters, such as Isaías Sávio (1900 - 1977) and Leo Peracchi (1911 - 1993).
It is this facet - that of the exceptional guitarist, owner of a touch whose rhythmic precision combines a popular touch with the technical rigor of the erudite - that is highlighted in the documentary "Toquinho - Encontros e um Guitar", directed by Erica Bernardini and scheduled to go on the circuit next Thursday, July 9th, in the week of Toquinho's 80th birthday, the youngest octogenarian in Brazilian music.
With a linear structure, the film's script is led by an interview in which Toquinho recalls the most important moments of his life and work, among testimonials from names such as contemporary Ivan Lins, guitarist Andreas Kisser, Italian singer Ornella Vanoni (1934 - 2025) - with whom Toquinho & Vinicius de Moras recorded an album in Italy in the mid-1970s - and journalist Pedro Bial.
The fraternity that governs Toquinho's relationship with his brother João Carlos Pecci - intensified when João became paraplegic as a result of an accident suffered in his youth - is also brought into focus in the film in which Toquinho confirms and justifies his reputation as a hypochondriac.
Yes, Toquinho is the one who carries medicine bags on trips. The artist has such a complete medical arsenal that, on one occasion, when he was on tour, he managed to put a musician's broken tooth back into place with North American glue used only by dentists.
Toquinho completes eight decades of life in 2026, the year in which it also celebrates the 60th anniversary of the release of its first solo album, "A bossa de Toquinho", an album produced by Manoel Barenbain and released in 1966 with a repertoire centered on songs by composers associated with Bossa Nova.
The first success, "Que marvel", came in 1969 in partnership with Jorge Ben Jor, to the astonishment of his friend and partner (in the later "Samba de Orly", 1971) Chico Buarque, with whom Toquinho only fought over football, as Toquinho himself tells, amusingly, in the film by Érica Bernardini, a fitting ode to this guitar ace who is now an octogenarian.
Poster for the film 'Toquinho - Meetings and a guitar'
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Source: G1