Aquarelas with Lara Martins and Gileno Santana

Just like a watercolor uses paint that is mixed in water to create a paler and delicate picture, so did the creators of  Bossa Nova in the 50st.  By combining traditional Brazilian music and rhythms with the American Jazz Standards, Carlos Jobim and João Gilberto, created these mellow and sensual melodies that reached world wide fame.

This concert will take you on a journey through the American Jazz standards and the Latin Rhythms of Bossa Nova. An explosion of different music colors and languages performed by two outstanding, award winning artists.

With Brazilian Trumpeter Gileno Santana winner of the international BEJAZZ’14  in the city of Bern, and Phantom of the Opera’s record-breaking Carlotta, Lara Martins. 

Lara Martins

Having moved to the UK to study singing at Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Lara joined the London company of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera in 2012 and went on to play the role of Carlotta more than 1680 times over six years, making her the longest serving Carlotta in the history of the show! An award-winning, experienced international singer, Lara has performed in operas across the world including roles such as the Queen of the Night in The Magic Flute and Cunegonde in Candide (Teatro Nacional de São Carlos, Lisbon) to name a select few. Lara’s repertoire reveals a singer with great versatility from Mozart to Sondheim, Donizetti, Richard Strauss, Manuel de Falla, Kurt Weill, Gershwin, Bernstein or Lloyd Webber. Lara has performed from Russia to Switzerland and from Portugal to the UKincluding gala concerts at many of the world’s finest opera houses.

Gileno Santana 

Born in Salvador (Bahia, Brazil), Gileno Santana is a Portuguese-Brazilian trumpeter and composer. He won the international BEJAZZ’14 jazz competition in the city of Bern (Switzerland) with the Egli-Santana Group. He received the Medal of Honor of the Order of Musicians of the State of São Paulo and  was the first musician luso-brazilian to be a speaker at Harvard University.