Maria do Mar

  • Ma’adim Vallis – VARIABLE GEOMETRY ORCHESTRA

    Ma’adim Vallis – VARIABLE GEOMETRY ORCHESTRA

    Ma’adim Vallis VARIABLE GEOMETRY ORCHESTRA Released in April 2nd 2018 by Creative Sources Read a review by Avantscena Ernesto Rodrigues – conduction, valiha & brazilian rabeca Maria Do Mar – violin Guilherme Rodrigues – cello Ricardo Jacinto – cello Miguel Mira – cello Guillaume Gargaud – acoustic guitar Miguel Almeida – classical guitar Gianna de…

  • Yttrium – Isotope Ensemble

    Yttrium – Isotope Ensemble

    Ernesto Rodrigues – violaMaria do Mar – violinMiguel Mira – celloMarc Ramírez – double bassLuiz Rocha – clarinet & bass clarinetNuno Torres – alto saxophoneEduardo Chagas – tromboneAbdul Moimême – electric guitarMiguel Almeida – classical guitarAndré Hencleeday – psalterium & santurRodrigo Pinheiro – pianoCarlos Santos – synthesizer & computerJosé Oliveira – percussion Live recording by…

  • Live 2016 – Ensemble MIA

    Live 2016 – Ensemble MIA

    Ensemble #1 – Conducted by Mia Zabelka: Paulo Silva – guitar Luiz Rocha, Noel Taylor – clarinet Alvaro Rosso, João Madeira – double bass Bruno Gonçalves, Cortez-Lamont III, Fernando Guiomar – electric guitar Paulo Curado – flute Carlos Canão – gong Pedro Castello Lopes – percussion Silvia Corda – piano Maria do Mar, Sarah Claman…

  • Man With a Movie Camera (1929) Dziga Vertov

    Man With a Movie Camera (1929) Dziga Vertov

    Cinema Irreal – May 8th – 21h30 Man With a Movie Camera (1929) Dziga Vertov Live Music by: – Maria do Mar – violin – Maria Radich – voice – Luiz Rocha – clarinet and bass clarinet – José Bruno Parrinha – alto sax and bass clarinet – Álvaro Rosso – doublebass As stated by Vertov,…

  • Post-MIA Jam Session at Lisbon

    Keeping the record… Inspired by last year’s Post-MIA jam, Carlo Mascolo, Maria do Mar and I proposed Desterro to repeat it once more. If we do it again for one or two more years, it will inevitably become a tradition: the Post-MIA Jam Session in Lisbon, featuring the MIA participants that were still around and…

  • Quasar – Variable Geometry Orchestra

    Quasar – Variable Geometry Orchestra

    Creative Sources 2016 Quasar was recorded during the Creative Fest 2015 -organized by the label Creative Sources- what made possible gathering  those 45 musicians for the recording. It was mostly freely improvised and briefly conducted by Ernesto Rodrigues. Read some reviews by:The Free Jazz CollectiveThe Squid’s EarAvant Music News Ernesto Rodrigues – conduction and harpMaria…

  • Orrù Mar Rocha @ ZBD – Creative Fest – Lisbon

    Orrù Mar Rocha @ ZBD – Creative Fest – Lisbon

    Orrù Mar Rocha @ ZBD – Creative Fest – Lisbon Video of the performance at the Creative Fest organized by Creative Sources at Galeria Zé dos Bois – ZBD Lisbon, 28th November 2015 Adriano Orrù – double bass Maria do Mar – violin Luiz Rocha – soprano and bass clarinets The drawing above was made…

  • Orrù, Mar, Rocha – a Jazz.pt review

    A Jazz.pt review by Rui Eduardo Paes, himself a witness of the concert. (in Portuguese) Ponto escuta | Jazz.pt No Description One more review by Avant Music News, at the best of 2015 list by a Jazz Noise and a beautiful set of drawings by Rita Draper Frazão in which we are included. Buy it…

  • best of 2015 – a Jazz Noise

    best of 2015 This is the last post of 2015 and, with Orrù, Mar, Rocha – “Live at MIA 2015” (EndTitles) – we’re at the best of list compiled by Dave Foxall’s at A Jazz Noise. The Orrù, Mar, Rocha trio was born at MIA, a big festival/meeting of improvised music at a Atouguia da…