Inês Malheiro is an artist dedicated to the exploration of the performative dimension of voice and sound and to the creation of composed or improvised narratives. In the course of her trajectory in the field of art she has collaborated with several musicians and artists (for example, rapper Capicua and drummer and composer Pedro Melo Alves, among others), while at the same time developing her own creations solo (the series of music pieces entitled “The endless chaos has an end”) or in co-creation regime, as in the case of the works “Canal-Conduto” and “Organismus Kathársis II”, done in collaboration with Gonçalo Penas and Francisca Marques.

João Almeida is a trumpeter and improviser from the new generation of Portuguese jazz who, like many of his contemporaries, concluded academic studies in music and collaborated with the Hot Club Jazz Orchestra, in the context of which he had the opportunity to work with prestigious musicians such as Julian Argüelles or John Hollenbeck. In most recent years, Almeida has intensified his relation with non-idiomatic improvisation, leading him to collaborations with influential names from the Lisbon avant-jazz scene, such as Rodrigo Amado, Ernesto Rodrigues or Abdul Moimême.

At the age of twenty-five, Vicente Mateus is a talented drummer and one of the most highlighted names of the most recent generation of artists from Porto. A graduate of plastic and sound arts, this young artist and musician works mainly in collaborative regime within the fields of sound and drawing, using drums as a central vehicle of artistic expression.

Currently residing in Copenhagen, saxophonist, composer and producer Daniel Sousa incorporates in his own musical language the ideas, concepts and practices coming from the fields of genre-bending, sound art and sound design. With an academic background in jazz, classical music and performance, he is a MEDINEA (Mediterranean Incubator of Emerging Artists), collaborates with the CICP (Composers and Improvisers Community Project) and is, along with Joana Alhau, a member of the duo 293 diagonal.

José Vale is a guitarist and composer who focus mainly on improvised, psychedelic and noise music. He is the founder of the groups Lucifer’s Pool Party, Tentáculo and miscalculation has found the new truth. He also develops solo work under the name kagemushin and collaborates with collectives OU.TU.BRO and Unsafe Space Garden.

Currently residing in Porto, Carolina Fangueiro is an artist who studied at the Faculty of Fine-Arts of Lisbon and with complementary formation in ballet, contemporary dance and classical music. Her work uses different media (painting, sculpture, ceramics, sound, dance and performance) and since 2016 she regularly participates and organizes exhibitions in Lisbon, Coimbra and Braga.

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18h30

Porta-Jazz / Guimarães Jazz 2019 e 2020 CD Launch Session

Before this year's concert, the albums resulting from previous editions will be presented: 2019 (formed by Miguel Moreira, Lucien Dubuis, Mário Costa, Rui Rodrigues and Valter Fernandes) and 2020 (formed by Hugo Raro, Miguel Amaral, Rui Teixeira, Alex Lázaro and JAS).