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22
Nov 2018
19:00

19:00 - solo concert
(location: St-Rumbold's Cathedral)
Susana Santos Silva - trumpet

20:00 - Chamber 4
(location: nona arts centre)
Marcelo Dos Reis - guitar
Luís Vicente - trumpet
Valentin Ceccaldi - cello
Carlos Zíngaro - violin

21:15
(location: Cultuurcentrum Mechelen)
Sei Miguel - trumpet
Fala Mariam - trombone
Bruno Silva - guitar

22:30
(location: nona arts centre)
Susana Santos Silva - trumpet
Chris Pitsiokos - alt saxophone
Torbjörn Zetter­berg - double bass

BRAND! 2018 - Day 1

22 November 2018

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Susana Santos Silva © Aloísio Brito

Susana Santos Silva will open the festival with a solo concert in St. Rumbold's Cathedral, paving the way for a concert by Chamber 4 with Carlos Zingaro – the godfather of Portuguese impro – as a special guest. Then we will welcome a trio including the mysterious sphinx Sei Miguel. The closing concert will feature our guest of honour Santos Silva once again, with her partner Torbjörn Zetterberg and American talent Chris Pitsiokos at her side.

19:00 - solo concert
(location: St-Rumbold's Cathedral)
Susana Santos Silva - trumpet

20:00 - Chamber 4
(location: nona arts centre)
Marcelo Dos Reis - guitar
Luís Vicente - trumpet
Valentin Ceccaldi - cello
Carlos Zíngaro - violin

21:15
(location: Cultuurcentrum Mechelen)
Sei Miguel - trumpet
Fala Mariam - trombone
Bruno Silva - guitar

22:30
(location: nona arts centre)
Susana Santos Silva - trumpet
Chris Pitsiokos - alt saxophone
Torbjörn Zetter­berg - double bass

Susana Santos Silva

It is almost impossible to believe that Santos Silva made her debut as the leader of various ensembles only seven years ago. Since then, the trumpet player has emerged as one of the key players of her generation, whether in Portugal or much further afield. She caught our eye with LAMA, a trio that brought out two albums with the reed player Joachim Badenhorst. Not long afterwards, she brought out an award-winning live album with De Beren Gieren. She has appeared more and more often with international heavyweights including Mats Gustafsson (Fire! Orchestra, Nu Ensemble) and Kaja Draksler. The stunning solo album she brought out early this year was recorded in the National Pantheon in Lisbon. After hearing that, we just can’t wait for her solo concert at St. Rumbold's Cathedral.

Susana Santos Silva © Christer Männikus

Susana Santos Silva - All the Rivers - Live at Panteão Nacional (2018)

Chamber 4

A journalist once compared Chamber 4’s sound to the flight of starlings: together they make unpredictable movements in space. Sometimes slowly, sometimes incredibly fast. And there is a whole history behind it. Two old friends, Marcelo Dos Reis (guitar) and Luís Vicente (trumpet) found their ideal counterparts in the French brothers Théo and Valentin Ceccaldi (violin and cello). It is a combination that has surely shaped the quartet’s unique sound. The appearance of Carlos Zíngaro will be an extra-special event at BRAND! 2018. It is no exaggeration to call him the godfather of Portuguese improvisation: grab this exceptional opportunity to hear him play with the younger generation.

Chamber 4 at BRAND! 2018

Chamber 4 - City of Light (2017)

Sei Miguel / Fala Mariam / Bruno Silva

Is Carlos Zíngaro (Chamber 4) the godfather of Portuguese improvisation? If so, Sei Miguel is its mysterious sphinx. The trumpet player has been on the scene for a good 30 years now, spending most of that time in a universe entirely of his own creation. His first albums are collector’s items now, and his career has taken on somewhat mythic proportions. Miguel plays the way he talks: thoughtfully and shyly, with long pauses. But the remarkable poetry in his playing is unmistakable. Miguel’s style is clearly anchored in jazz. Consider his elegant lyricism that sometimes brings Chet Baker or Art Farmer to mind, without losing any of his unpredictability or wayward temperament. The trombonist Fala Mariam and guitarist Bruno Silva join him in Mechelen for what just might be the most unusual concert on the bill.

Sei Miguel © Nuno Martins

Sei Miguel - Five Stories Untold (2016)

Susana Santos Silva / Chris Pitsiokos / Torbjörn Zetterberg

Susana Santos Silva has forged an impressive career with her partner Torbjörn Zetterberg (double bass). Both are members of the Jonas Kullhammar Quartet and, besides a duo album, they have also recorded albums with Hampus Lindwall and the quintet Life And Other Transient Storms. At BRAND! 2018 they will introduce the American alto saxophonist Chris Pitsiokos. The style of this young Brooklyn-based musician feels like a reservoir of decades of experimental music: Anthony Braxton, the fire of free jazz and incendiary dynamics of punk. So hopes are high for a spectacular chemical reaction between Santos Silva, Zetterberg and Pitsiokos. Our prediction? Expect fireworks.

Child of Illusion

Susana Santos Silva & Torbjörn Zetterberg at S.M.A.K.

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BRAND! 2018 - Day 2

23 November 2018

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