Henrique Leal Cazes is a Brazilian musician, composer, arranger, and radio host. He began playing guitar at age seven and later learned other instruments, including the cavaquinho, banjo, viola caipira, mandolin, and tenor guitar. Cazes’ professional career began in 1976 with the group Coisas Nossas. In 1980, he and his brother Beto Cazes joined the renowned ensemble Camerata Carioca, alongside mandolinist Joel Nascimento and pianist Radamés Gnattali. His breakthrough came in 1988 with the release of Selo Musicazes, as well as the publication of his method book, Escola moderna do cavaquinho. Over the following decades, he released albums such as Tocando Waldir Azevedo (1990) and Pixinguinha De Bolso (2000, with Marcello Gonçalves). In 2004, he developed and presented the radio program Nacional Choro Clube on Rádio Nacional AM.
