Festival Tensamba

16/11/2024 – 20:00h. Espacio Cultural Cine Viejo de Candelaria, Candelaria, Tenerife   TICKETS

Gabriel Lucas dos Santos, whose stage name is Gabriel ‘Selvage’, is from Não-Me-Toque/RS. A musician by profession, composer and guitarist by vocation, at the age of 24 he has already paraded his talent on the most diverse stages in the state and the country. Alongside artists such as Cristiano Quevedo, Shana Müller, Érlon Péricles, Pirisca Grecco, Ângelo Franco, Luiz Marenco, César Oliveira and Rogério Melo, Arthur Bonilla, Lúcio Yanel, Oscar dos Reis, Ricardo Martins, Guilherme Goulart, Paulinho Goulart, Rodrigo Maia, Texo Cabral, Luciano Maia, among others. With a striking and very particular ‘footprint’, he believes he contributes and adds to regional and Brazilian music with his chords and ‘bordoneios’, bringing influences from many different musical styles.

At the age of 13, Gabriel already stood out on the guitar and at the age of 16, after a period of study with his master Lúcio Yanel, he became visible in the regional artistic scene and began to be requested for concerts, festivals and other presentations. In his first year as a professional, he had the opportunity to be part of award-winning compositions that were featured in more than 8 events. From then on he began to accumulate successes and highlights as an intrumentalist on the 7-string guitar.

1/11/2024 – 20:00h. Casa Anchieta, San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Tenerife. (Free admission until full capacity is reached)

2/11/2024 – 12:00h. Masterclass, Teatro Guiniguada, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.

2/11/2024 – 20:00h. Teatro Guiniguada, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.

The inspiring and sophisticated way of playing the guitar, along with his rich and singular compositions, has made Toninho Horta one of the most influential musicians worldwide. Coming from a family of musicians – his grandfather, Maestro João Horta, was a noted composer of sacred and popular music during the rich baroque period in Minas Gerais – Toninho had his first lessons from his mother and mandolinist Geralda and his brother Paulo, a contrabassist that had a great influence on Toninho’s music by introducing his jazz records from the 1950s and 1960s. Toninho’s first song was composed at the age of 13 with lyrics by his sister Gilda. At the II International Song Festival held in Rio de Janeiro (1967), Toninho participated with two songs: ‘Maria Madrugada (lyrics by Junia Horta) and ‘Nem é Carnaval,’ (with Márcio Borges) gaining prestige as a new expressive composer. Toninho Horta moved to Rio in 1970 and quickly joined Elis Regina’s band, also performing on the recordings and tour of the album “Ela.”

In 1972 Horta made a significant contribution to the legendary record “Clube da Esquina” by Milton Nascimento, playing acoustic and electric guitars, bass, percussion and vocals. Also, he contributed to the album’s concept through his arrangements and his colorful and vibrant guitar playing, which were highly notable.

In 1973, he served as the guitarist for Gal Costa’s album and tour “Índia” and right after that he reunited again with Milton and the Som Imaginário band for the recording of “Milagre dos Peixes” concert, live with an orchestra. Toninho’s songs have been recorded by various artists including Leny Andrade, Tamba Trio, Nana Caymmi, Joyce, and Sérgio Mendes. In this period, he has also contributed to recordings for artists such as Dominguinhos, Edu Lobo, Chico Buarque, Maria Bethânia and Dori Caymmi.

In 1976, after his first appearance in the United States for the recordings with Flora Purim, Airto Moreira and his partner Milton Nascimento, Toninho was invited to recordings and touring with renowned artists such as Manhattan Transfer, Astrud Gilberto, George Duke, Pat Metheny, Nicola Stilo, Akiko Yano, Ken Hirai, Rudi Berger, Jack Lee, Lisa Ono and also had some of his songs recorded by Norman Connors and Earth, Wind and Fire. Throughout his 55-year career, Toninho recorded about 1,300 tracks and received homage through 120 songs dedicated to him by musicians worldwide.

His name appears on many representative music books as one of the most important artists in the jazz scene. In 1977, he was named the fifth-best jazz guitarist, selected by Melody Maker Magazine, and the seventh best in 1978. In 2005, The American labels Sony and BMG released a compilation box called ‘100 Years of Jazz Guitar Progressions’ with biographies and 4 CDs, featuring the 74 best Jazz & Blues guitar players from the last century. Toninho Horta is featured among stars like Wes Montgomery, Les Paul, George Benson, Pat Metheny, Jimmy Hendrix, Jeff Beck and Eric Clapton.

Toninho has released approximately 40 albums throughout his career, solos, featurings, appearances and collaborations. These works have been released by esteemed labels such as Verve/Polygram, EMI, and Polydor K.K. (Japan), among others. He boasts three Grammy nominations in the “Best Album of Brazilian Popular Music” category: “Com o Pé no Forró” (2005), “Harmonia & Vozes” (2011), and won the 2020 Latin Grammy Awards for his double album “Belo Horizonte,” featuring the “Orquestra Fantasma” band. Currently, he is immersed in the creation of a new album titled “Standards & Stories,” where he lends his voice to romantic classics like “What a Wonderful World,” “My Romance,” “Smiles,” and “I Love You,” accompanied by an orchestra.

Last November, Toninho participated in the farewell concert of Milton Nascimento, with a gathering of other composers and singers from Clube da Esquina. This master event took place at Mineirão Stadium in the city of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, in front of 53,000 people.

19/10/2024 – 20:00h. Teatro Municipal de Tías, Lanzarote

CARME CANELA

Carme Canela studied with Dee Kohanna at the Aula de Música Moderna in Barcelona and at the Taller de Músics. She studied vocal technique with Joaquim Proubasta and Maya Mayska and took part in various international seminars with teachers such as Sheila Jordan, among others. At the age of 16 she began her musical career as the lead singer of Orquestra Encantada, with which she recorded 4 LPs.

He has collaborated with international jazz musicians such as David Xirgu, Joan Monné, Bruce Barth, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Mike Mossman, Lluís Vidal, Joan Albert Amargós, Perico Sambeat, David Mengual, Dani Pérez, Gorka Benítez, Laura Simó, Zé Eduardo, Iñaki Salvador, Jordi Bonell, Carles Benavent, Bernardo Sassetti, Xavier Dotras, Agustí Fernández, Robert Ashley2.

He also collaborates with various groups such as the Orquestra de Cambra del Teatre Lliure, the Albert Guinovart Ensemble, the Big Band Jazz de Terrassa and the Big Band of the Taller de Músics.

In 2007 she presented her project Carme Canela sings Gioconda Belli. Sencillos Deseos, which premiered on 23 May 2007 at a concert at the TNC in Barcelona, and which she recorded in December 2007 for release in early 2008. In this work, the singer set to music the most sensual and mature verses by Nicaraguan poet Gioconda Belli. Canela sang them in a jazzy tone accompanied by Guillermo Klein on piano, Gorka Benítez on saxophone and flute, Dani Pérez on guitar, Nic Thys on bass and David Xirgu on drums. The disc was also presented on 7 March 2008 at the Auditori in Barcelona as part of the Barnasants Festival and the Mas y Mas/Auditori season.

In 2011, Carme Canela sang the poetic themes of Catalan jazz guitarist Jordi Matas: Carme Canela sings Jordi Matas. In 2012, she recorded the album Nadales (Discmedi) with the Cobla Sant Jordi – Ciutat de Barcelona, the ingredients of which are a cobla, a jazz voice and a repertoire of popular Christmas songs and carols.

 

JURANDIR DA SILVA

Study of Afro-Brazilian rhythms, with special attention to the characteristic touches and their variations on the guitar. Study their rhythmic units, the different variations of the drums and their relationship with other instruments.

Jurandir Santana, born in Salvador, Bahia, is an instrumentalist, composer and musical director. Throughout his 25-year musical career, he has dedicated himself to performing, researching and publicising Brazilian music. A long career that has given him a deep understanding of the complexity of Brazilian music and in which he has not lacked creation, nor the search for and discovery of new sounds and rhythms.

His identity with music began at the age of ten and since then he has accumulated a wealth of musical knowledge that he has been able to pass on to this day, adding to his musical tours around the world his activity as a teacher of workshops, for which he has developed a highly respected and valued curriculum.

As a teacher, Jurandir has been invited to teach and pass on his musical experience at some of the most famous music schools in the world: Berklee College of Music in Boston (USA), Western Illinois University (USA) and at events such as the Curitiba Music Workshop or the African Marketplace, the most important African music festival in Los Angeles (USA).

In 2003, he reached a milestone in his career as a virtuoso instrumentalist and soloist: collaborating with the well-known American bassist Matt Fergusson and the singer Ithamara Koorax (voted by Downbeat magazine as one of the three best jazz singers in the world).

In 2006, Jurandir Santana released his first album Só Brasil, a project that won the Braskem Culture and Art Award. This work is the result of two decades of musical research, in which he brings a new sound and discovers unexpected nuances of Brazilian music. With this work he travelled for three years, taking his music to Brazil, Spain, Italy, Portugal and the USA.

At the same time, he worked as musical director or guitarist for artists who also express regional rhythms in their work, such as Mariene de Castro, Armandinho Macedo and Roberto Mendes.

In 2012, he decided to live in Barcelona, Spain, with the aim of absorbing new musical information, exchanging and mixing rhythms, getting to know musicians from all over the world.

Today, Jurandir Santana has just released his new album Um Segundo, which includes not only instrumental music, but also sung music and poetry. He is starting to experiment with his singing side and is on tour to premiere his new show.

A well-known musician in the Brazilian market with a solid musical career, Jurandir Santana has achieved a well-deserved place in the international market. His work has made him a prestigious musician in both European countries and the United States.

5/10/2024 – 20:00h. Exconvento de Santo Domingo, San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Tenerife. (Free admission until full capacity is reached)

It would be unoriginal to say that Thaïs can be considered a citizen of the world. However, perhaps this is the best way to define this Brazilian, originally from the beautiful Curitiba, who has crossed the planet from north to south and from east to west, both offering her art and knowledge, as well as trying to soak up a variety of cultures that, yes, have in common the sweet heritage: she lived in Finland and Ghana, until she settled in Valencia for 7 years. She returned to Brazil in 2016 with a wealth of cultural and musical experiences and many kilometres travelled in concerts and workshops in more than 40 cities in Spain, Brazil, France, Italy, Uruguay, Uruguay, Finland, Ghana, Estonia, Belgium, Holland and England.

Thaïs Morell belongs to that new generation of Brazilian musicians with extensive training, able to enter naturally into any musical style they choose. With an impressive live performance, at the same time intense and delicate, she mixes bossa-nova with a diversity of other music, conquering the most varied audiences. She stands out for the way she plays the guitar, and she plays with ease the roles of singer, guitarist and composer in her quintet, also formed by Ales Cesarini (double bass), Mariano Steimberg (drums/percussion), Alberto Palau (piano) and Latino Blanco (flute/sax), musicians of the highest quality on the Valencian jazz scene.

4/10/2024 – 22:30h. Plaza del Adelantado, San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Tenerife. (Free admission until full capacity is reached)

El Especialista, Manel Ruiz, a catalan based in the Canary Islands, a classic on the airwaves, with more than 20 years at the decks, a regular on the dancefloors, festivals on the islands and the mainland.

He began his career in Brazilian music in the framework of WOMAD Canarias, years later, with the help of DJ and presenter Rodolfo Poveda, Trópico Utópico of Radio3, Manel Ruiz El Especialista would become part of the line-up of Tensamba, in its 2008 edition.

Now, on its 21st anniversary, Tensamba brings back this lover of Brazilian rhythms in all their breadth, with a session full of rhythm and attitude, without losing elegance or good groove.

8/9/2024 – 20:30h. Red Carpet, Palma de Mallorca

4/10/2024 – 21:00h. Plaza del Adelantado, San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Tenerife. (Free admission until full capacity is reached)

Fabiana Cozza is a black-mestizo singer, teacher, researcher and poet who loves to cook.

She was born on a Friday night in São Paulo in 1976. From a young age, she fell in love with samba under the influence of her father, Oswaldo dos Santos, a former samba singer at the Camisa Verde e Branco school, located in one of the neighbourhoods considered to be the cradle of samba in São Paulo, Barra Funda. She grew up around music circles in the backyard of her maternal grandmother Amélia’s house in the Vila Madalena neighbourhood, visits to the Camisa Verde court, gatherings of cousins with guitars and accordions in the interior of São Paulo, the liturgical chants of the Catholic Church, popular festivities and their repertoires for June, congado songs, songs of the kings, listening to albums by the greats of Brazilian music and especially American jazz.

A lover of Alcione, Ella Fitzgerald, Chet Baker, Emilio Santiago, Elizeth Cardoso, Milton Nascimento, Leny Andrade and many others, Cozza approached the arts in an objective and more intense way at the age of 19 when she entered the Tom Jobim Free University of Music, now EMESP, beginning her studies and also awakening her interest in theatre, dance and vocal practice. Her first professional contact was with the singer Jane Duboc from Pará, with whom she worked for a year in the vocal group NovElla (1996/1997).

In performance and theatre, she has had directors and actors Elias Andreato and Linda Wise (Pantheatre de Paris) as her main mentors. Between 2000-2010 she worked with leading Brazilian theatre personalities such as Gero Camilo, Iacov Hillel, Marcos Faustini, Heron Coelho, and also studied movement and body practices with Jorge Balbyns, JC Violla, Irineu Nogueira and Monica Monteiro.

She studied with several important singing teachers: Tuca Fernandes, Sira Milani, Maúde Salazar, Felipe Abreu, Davide Rocca, Vania Pajares, Linda Wise, as well as with speech therapist Dr Marta de Assumpção de Andrada e Silva.

In 1999, the first opportunity arose to record her voice as a soloist. The invitation came from São Paulo composer Eduardo Gudin, with whom Cozza worked as part of the second line-up of the vocal group Notícias dum Brasil, recording the album Pra tirar o chapéu.

Her artistic path was also paved in the musicals she performed in: Os Lusíadas directed by Iacov Hillel and Magda Pucci; A luta secreta de Maria da Encarnação, the last play written by Gianfrancesco Guarnieri with musical direction by Renato Teixeira and Nathan Marques; O Canto da Guerreira – 20 years without Clara Nunes; Ary Barroso; Rainha Quelé – a tribute to Clementina de Jesus, directed by Heron Coelho. She was directed by actor and director Gero Camilo in Razão Social (2016) and by Luiz Fernando Lobo in Canto Negro (2019). Since 2015, her personal projects have been supervised by actor Elias Andreato, with highlights including Ay, Amor! (Theatre song for Bola de Nieve – 2015 and 2018 – DVD made in Havana, Cuba) and Canto da noite na boca do vento (Songs by Ivone Lara and partners – 2019).

In 2023, Cozza completed 25 years of her career, celebrating 9 albums, three DVDs, the book of poems Álbum Duplo (Pedra, Papel, Tesoura), two Brazilian Music Award titles (2013 – Best Samba Singer; 2018 – Best Foreign Language Album for Ay, amor!), the release of the album Urucungo in honour of Nei Lopes and a career that includes artistic projects, collaborations and partnerships that she is proud of. Among them, he highlights his encounters with artists – musicians, composers, arrangers, conductors, writers, Brazilian and foreign singers – who have expanded and directly influenced his artistic performance, thoughts and perceptions: Zimbo Trio, Omara Portuondo (Cuba), Emicida, Marcelino Freire, Orquestra Jazz Sinfônica Brasil, Nei Lopes, Dona Ivone Lara, Roque Ferreira, Olivia Araújo, Zelia Duncan, Wilson das Neves, Paulo Cesar Pinheiro, Sadao Watanabe (Japan), Pepe Cisneros (Cuba), Wilson Moreira, Virgínia Rodrigues, Tiganá Santana, Paulão 7 Cordas, Samba da Vela, Áurea Martins, Monica Salmaso, Swami Jr. , Julio Padrón (Cuba), Paul Winter (USA), Eugène Friesen (USA), Luizinho 7 Cordas, Zé Barbeiro, Hr Big Band (Frankfurt), Arismar do Espírito Santo, Gilson Peranzzetta, Leny Andrade, Rappin Hood, Sergio Pererê, Mauricio Tizumba, Titane, Guinga, Henrique Araújo, Douglas Alonso, Fi Maróstica, Patrícia Bastos, Yaniel Matos (Cuba), Marina Íris, Vanessa Moreno, Germano Mathias, Salloma Salomão, Fabio Torres, Balada Literária, Mú Mbana (Guiné Bissau), Alessandro Penezzi, Tulio Mourão and others.

Fabiana Cozza has a degree in Social Communication from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC-SP) and worked as a journalist for eight years in different media.

In 2017, she resumed her academic studies at PUC-SP, earning a master’s degree in Speech and Hearing Therapy (2019). She is currently a PhD student at the Unicamp Institute of Arts with a research project relating the voice and the drum in technical work with singers.