Musicians

                                Susana Santos Silva

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usana Santos Silva was born in Porto in the year of 1979. She holds a Graduate Diploma in Jazz/Trumpet ‘2008 from the College of Music and Performing Arts in Porto. She also holds a Graduate Diploma in Trumpet´2004 from the same school, finishing the course at the Stlaatliche Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe in Reinhold Friedrich´s Class, where she also had lessons with Prof. Edward Tarr, Klaus Schuwerk and Klaus Braker. She is a member of the European Movement Jazz Orchestra, with whom she toured in Germany, Slovenia, Austria, Belgium and Portugal, Orquestra Jazz de Matosinhos, LAMA Trio, leads her own Quintet, freelances and records with other projects in different musical styles.She participated on Master Classes and Seminars with names such as John Aigi Hurn, Charles Buttler, Eric Aubier, Pierre Thibeau, Pasi Pirinen, Philip Smith, Pierre Dutot, Adolph Herseth, Robert Astre. She played with several orchestras such as Orquestra Académica do Porto, Sinfonieta do Porto, Orquestra Nacional do Porto, Filarmonia das Beiras, Remix e Orquestra de Jovens da Casa da Musica. She participated in some Workshops with Jon Faddis, Cecil Bridgewater, Alex Sipiagin, Orrin Evans, Richie Beirach, Greg Osby, Jason Lindner, Mark Turner, Chris Cheek, Ohad Talmor, Dan Weiss, and others. As part of Orquestra Jazz de Matosinhos, she records Portology featuring Lee Konitz and OJM Invites Chris Cheek, and plays with Mark Turner, Rich Perry, John Riley, Carla Bley, Steve Swallow, Bob Berg, Rick Margitza, Perico Sambeat, Conrad Herwig, Ingrid Jensen, Joshua Redman, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Dan Weiss, Gerald Clever, John Hollenbeck, Theo Bleckman, Jordi Rossi, Eric Vloeimans among others. The orchestra has been playing on the jazz festivals all over Portugal and in Milano, Brussels and New York. With Carlos Azevedo Ensemble records Lenda. She is now attending a Master in Jazz Performance in Codarts, Rotterdam, where she works with Eric Vloeimans, Jarmo Hoogendijk and Wim Both.

Susana Santos Silva gimė Porto 1979m. Ji, pabaigus ,,Muzikos ir menų” koledžą Porto, gavo džiazo/trimito diplomą. Ji taip pat turi trimito diplomą įgytą 2004m. iš tos pačios mokyklos, tačiau kursą baige Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe Reinholdo Friedricho klasėje. kur ji turėjo pamokas su profesoriumi Edward Tarr, Klaus Schuwerk ir Klaus Braker. Ji priklauso Europos džiazo orkestro judejimui, su kuriuo ji gastroliavo po Vokietiją, Slovėniją, Austriją, Belgiją ir Portugaliją. orkestrui Jazz de Matosinhos, LAMA Trio, turi savo kvintetą, yra laisvai samdoma, įrašinėja skirtingus muzikos stilius su įvairiais projektais. Ji dalyvavo meistriškumo pamokose bei seminaruose su tokiais vardais kaip John Aigi Hurn, Charles Buttler, Eric Aubier, Pierre Thibeau, Pasi Pirinen, Philip Smith, Pierre Dutot, Adolph Herseth, Robert Astre. Yra grojusi su keliais orkestrais: Orquestra Académica do Porto, Sinfonieta do Porto, Orquestra Nacional do Porto, Filarmonia das Beiras, Remix e Orquestra de Jovens da Casa da Musica. Taip pat yra dalyvavusi kūrybinėse dirbtuvėse su Jon Faddis, Cecil Bridgewater, Alex Sipiagin, Orrin Evans, Richie Beirach, Greg Osby, Jason Lindner, Mark Turner, Chris Cheek, Ohad Talmor, Dan Weiss, ir kitais. Kaip Orquestra Jazz de Matosinhos narė, ji įrašinėja Portologiją kartu su Lee Konitz ir  Chris Cheek, groja kartu su Mark Turner, Rich Perry, John Riley, Carla Bley, Steve Swallow, Bob Berg, Rick Margitza, Perico Sambeat, Conrad Herwig, Ingrid Jensen, Joshua Redman, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Dan Weiss, Gerald Clever, John Hollenbeck, Theo Bleckman, Jordi Rossi, Eric Vloeimans ir kitais. Orkestras yra grojęs džiazo festivaliuose visoje Portugalijoje, taip pat Milane, Briuselyje ir New Yorke. Su Carlos Azevedo ansambliu įrašinėja Lenda. Šiuo metu ji yra magistrantė džiazo atlikime Codarts universitete Roderdame, kur ji dirba kartu su Eric Vloeimans, Jarmo Hoogendijk ir Wim Both.

Tiago Derrica

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omposer Tiago de Sousa Derriça was born in Lisbon in 1986. He started his musical studies at age seven, then he attended the CMML (Metropolitan Conservatory) where he studied Cello with Eugen Prochác, Peter Flanagan and João Pires. During this period of time he had Composition lessons with the composer Pedro Faria Gomes. In 2004, 2007 and 2008 Tiago Derriça attended Leiria Summer Conducting Workshop with Jean-Sébastien Béreau. He also took part of the Second National Workshop of the OSAM (Metropolitan Academic Orchestra) with the conductor Michael Zilm. He graduated in Composition at the ESML (Lisbon College of Music), where he studied with João Madureira, Luís Tinoco, Sérgio Azevedo, Vasco Azevedo, Roberto Perez, Benoît Gibson, António Pinho Vargas and others. Tiago was admitted at the UE (Évora University) where he is studying Composition with Christopher Bochmann. His works has been performed by various chamber groups, as well as the OSL (Lisbon Sinfonieta Orchestra), OML (Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra), EUCO (European Union Chamber Orchestra), Ricercare Choir and NOL (Lisbon New Orchestra) where he is composer-in-residence.

Kompozitorius Tiago de Sousa Derrica gime Lisabonoje 1986m. Muzikos mokslus jis pradėjo būdamas 7-erių, vėliau jis lankė CMML konservatoriją, kur studijavo violančelę su  Eugen Prochác, Peter Flangan ir João Pires. Šiuo periodu jis turėjo kompozicijos pamokas su kompozitoriumi Pedro Faria Gomes. 2004, 2007 ir 2008 Tiago Derrica dalyvavo Leiria vasaros dirigavimo seminaruose su Jean-Sébastien Béreau. Jis taip pat dalyvavo antrame nacionaliniame metropolitano akademinio orkestro seminare su dirigentu Michael Zilm. Jis baigė kompiziciją Lisabonos muzikos koledže, kur jis studijavo kartu su João Madureira, Luís Tinoco, Sérgio Azevedo, Vasco Azevedo, Roberto Perez, Benoît Gibson, António Pinho Vargas bei kitais. Tiago buvo priimtas į Evora universitetą, kur jis studijuoja kompoziciją su Christopher Bochmann. Jo darbai buvo atlikti įvairių kamerinės muzikos ansamblių, taip pat Lisabonos simfonino orkestro, Lisabonos metropolitano orkestro, Europos sąjungos kamerinio orkestro, Ricercare choro ir Lisabonos naujojo orkestro, kuriame, šiuo metu, jis yra kopmozitorius.