"Daniel Bernardes was born on June 26, 1986, in Alcobaça-Portugal.

He started studying piano at the age of 5 with Paulo Barbosa. At the age of 10 he enters the conservatory, studies with prof. Luís Batalha. At 14, he debuts playing jazz with Crazy Jazz 4tet with Ivan Silvestre, Joel Silva and Lícinio Carreira. In 2002 he plays at the Valado dos Frades Jazz Festival in a project by saxophonist Mario Marques-Hybrid Jazz Machine. In 2003 participates for the first time in the Composition Seminar of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, directed by Emmanuel Nunes. In 2004 he plays at the Jazz Party at the S. Luiz Theater in the combo directed by Carlos Barretto, also participates in the Stockhausen-Kurse für Musik in Kürten. That same year moves to Paris continuing piano studies with Prof. Marian Rybicki at the prestigious Ecole Normale of Paris. Still in Paris, worked in masterclasses of Prof. Jean Fassina, dedicating itself in parallel to the composition. In 2005 wins the 2nd prize in the National Piano Competition of Morocco. That same year he plays at Salle Cortot in Paris. In 2007 he returned to Portugal to dedicate himself to jazz and improvisation, studying with Filipe Melo at the Hot Club of Portugal. He founded the KTB exprimental jazz trio with Hugo Trindade and Davide Canhoto, as well as a duo with vibraphonist Paulo Santo to play his arrangements of Radiohead themes, a project that would lead him to create his own 5th ceiling. He debuted his improvised solo piano project at the Café Teatro do Orfeão Velho in Leiria, a concert integrated in the 12th edition of the Acaso Festival, which led to a series of solo concerts in this same space. That same year he plays at Salle Cortot in Paris. In 2007 he returned to Portugal to dedicate himself to jazz and improvisation, studying with Filipe Melo at the Hot Club of Portugal. He founded the KTB exprimental jazz trio with Hugo Trindade and Davide Canhoto, as well as a duo with vibraphonist Paulo Santo to play his arrangements of Radiohead themes, a project that would lead him to create his own 5th ceiling. Debuts his project of improvised music for solo piano at the Café Teatro do Orfeão Velho in Leiria, concert integrated in the 12th edition of the Acaso Festival, which gave rise to a series of solo concerts in this same space. That same year he plays at Salle Cortot in Paris. In 2007 he returned to Portugal to dedicate himself to jazz and improvisation, studying with Filipe Melo at the Hot Club of Portugal. He founded the KTB exprimental jazz trio with Hugo Trindade and Davide Canhoto, as well as a duo with vibraphonist Paulo Santo to play his arrangements of Radiohead themes, a project that would lead him to create his own 5th ceiling. He debuted his improvised solo piano project at the Café Teatro do Orfeão Velho in Leiria, a concert integrated in the 12th edition of the Acaso Festival, which led to a series of solo concerts in this same space. with vibraphonist Paulo Santo, to play his arrangements of Radiohead themes, a project that would lead him to create his own 5th ceiling. He debuted his improvised solo piano project at the Café Teatro do Orfeão Velho in Leiria, a concert integrated in the 12th edition of the Acaso Festival, which led to a series of solo concerts in this same space. with vibraphonist Paulo Santo, to play his arrangements of Radiohead themes, a project that would lead him to create his own 5th ceiling. Debuts his project of improvised music for solo piano at the Café Teatro do Orfeão Velho in Leiria, concert integrated in the 12th edition of the Acaso Festival, which gave rise to a series of solo concerts in this same space. In 2008 participates in the Blue Bay Festival with the Summer Jazz Orchestra of Mario Marques, along with Michael Lauren, Sergio Carolino, Hugo Correia, Guto Lucena, among others. Participates for the second year in a row at the Festival Acaso in Leiria, with a solo concert with music by Carlos Paredes, Zeca Afonso as well as his compositions and free improvisations.

He currently attends the Jazz Degree of the Lisbon Superior School of Music where he works with João Paulo Esteves da Silva, Pedro Moreira, João Moreira and others.

Attended workshops and master-classes, in the ambit of Jazz with: Filipe Melo, Moreira Brothers, Carlos Barretto, Ricardo Pinheiro, Nuno Ferreira, Mario Laginha, Frederico Casagrande and Jeff Davis. In the ambit of the composition, Emmanuel Nunes and K. Stockhausen. He currently performs in solo concerts, as well as in various improvised music and jazz formations."

"António Augusto Aguiar - contrabass. António developed the doublebass studies with his brother Adriano Aguiar and after with Jean-Marc Faucher at the Conservatório de Música do Porto.

After his education at the Escola Superior de Música do Porto with Florian Pertzborn, he completed a Masters in Performance MMus from the Royal Academy of Music in London with Duncan McTier.

He received the Major Prize "Special Foundation Award" in addition to the diploma "Licenciate - Double Bass teacher. In 1999 he was the winner of "Manlio & Selma Di Veroli Double Bass Prize".

Principal Double-Bassist of the Remix Ensemble since its foundation in 2000, António recorded about ten CD's dedicated to contemporary music.

Since 1992 António Aguiar has developed a strong interest in Jazz, playing in the Orquestra de Jazz de Matosinhos for 5 years. He has participated in CD recordings of "A Lenda" by Carlos Azevedo, "Encomenda" of the Quinteto de Mário Santos, "Narsad Suite" by Luís Lapa, "Ad Libitum" for Solo Double Bass, "Raku" by Hugo Danin Trio, "Tu não Danças" by Rui Teixeira and "Nuvem" by Mário Santos Quartet.

His composition "Pandora" (Improvisation) was performed by Remix Ensemble at Casa da Musica (Porto), Azores, Clairemont Ferrain (France) and at Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival (UK). This work can be followed in the CD "Contratemporâneo" dedicated to contemprary music for solo doublebass with music of Jorge Peixinho and Rebecca Saunders.

António is a Professor at the Escola Superior de Música e das Artes do Espectáculo in Porto. He concluded in 2012 a Ph.D in Music at the Universidade de Aveiro on the subject "Form and memory in Improvisation"."

"Mário Costa, was born in 1986 in Viana do Castelo. Starts the study of the drums at 7 years of age. His learning path passes through the Vocational School of Music of Viana do Castelo where he studies percussion with teachers Rui Rodrigues, Nuno Aroso and Pedro Oliveira. In 2008 he graduated in Jazz from ESMAE, under the guidance of Professor Michael Lauren. In that same year, he moved to the United States where he attended private lessons with Ian Froman, Rodney Green, Ari Hoening, Eric Harland, John Riley and Hal Crook. He attends and participates in workshops with Jeff Ballard, Adam Cruz, Ferenc Nemeth, Peter Erskin, Dom Famularo, Billy Hart, Alexandre Frazão, Marc Miralta, Allan Ferber, Chris Corsano, David Freedman, Billy Coabhan, John Riley, Dan Weiss, among others.

He is an award-winning drummer with a number of distinctions in the music scene, including the 1st Prize at the "II Young Performers Competition" in Spain, 1st prize at the "Tum-Pa-Tum-Pa" drum competition ) and the 1st prize in the "Yamaha Drum Sessions" in the category of over 18 years.

In 2010 he is invited by Casa da Música to present his project "Mário Costa - Homo Sapiens" in the cycle "New Values ​​of Jazz". At the same time he is invited to participate in various projects in festivals, such as: Serralves in Festa - "Adapt / Oppose", "Corsano - Queijo - Costa" and Trama - Festival of Performative Arts - "Improvisations / Collaborations".

Mário Costa is known for his diverse formations, such as: Hugo Carvalhais - Nebula, GS Quartet, Ensemble Super Modern, Carlos Mendes Quarteto, Metamorphose, Maria Mendes, Miguel Martins, Carlos Azevedo Trio, Mário Costa - Dual Experience, José Valente - Experience of Today.

Currently he is part of the project of Miguel Araújo and Ana Moura's latest album, where he has performed more than 140 concerts in the first year of the world tour of the album "Desfado", through Coliseu dos Recreios, Coliseu do Porto, Centro Cultural de Belém, Victoria Hall (Switzerland), Apolo Hall (Spain), SF Jazz Center (USA), Napa Valley Opera House (USA), Berklee Performance Center (USA), Barbican Center (UK), Paradiso Room (Amsterdam), Les Muzik Festival Elles (France), Opera Nationala Romana (Romania), El Lunario (Mexico City), Festspielhaus (Austria), Muffathalle (Munich), Festival Mawazine (Rabat), Teatro Mayor Julio Mario Santo Domingo Arts (Rio de Janeiro), Bansko Jazz Fest (Bulgaria), among others."

"Miquel Bernat received his musical education at the conservatories of Valencia, Madrid, Brussels and Rotterdam, and at the Aspen Summer Music Festival (USA). He was granted the "Premio Extraordinario Fin de Carrera" at the Conservatory of Madrid, the Special Prize for Percussion at the Dutch Gaudeamus Competition, the 2nd prize at the Aspen Nakamichi Competitionand and he obtained the award for "researchers and Cultural Creators of the 2016 BBVA Foundation for the promotion of the collection Marimba Concerto Studies that will be published in early 2017.

Being a musician of great versatility, he has played with the Orquesta Ciutat de Barcelona and with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam, as well as in the contemporary music ensembles Ictus, Ictus Piano and Percussion Quartet, Trio Allures, Duo Contemporain, among others.

As a soloist in numerous performances, he has premiered the "Concerto pour Marimba et 15 instruments" by David del Puerto at the "Ars Musica Festival" in Brussels and at the "Ensems" Festival in Valencia, Spain. He premiered "Campos Magnéticos" by Cesar Camarero with the Orquesta Nacional of Porto, Portugal and the Orquesta de la Comunidad de Madrid. Other concertos premiered are: Mantis Walk in a Metal Space by Javier Alvarez, for Steel Drums with ensemble and electronics, at IRCAM/Centre G. Pompidou in París, 2003; Sombrío by Luis de Pablo in Auditório Nacional de España/Música de Hoy, Madrid 2005; Night by Mauricio Sotelo in the Casa da Música of Porto 2007, the Museo Reina Sofía in Madrid and Teatro Central de Sevilla 2008, and from the same composer Chalan (new version) at the Warsaw Festival 2009 with the Radio-Television Orchestra from Spain. Marlos Nobre Triple Percussion Concerto with Gulbenkian Orchestra from Lisboa 2011. Recently he premiered the Concerto for Percussion by Joan Guinjoan with Cadaqués Orchestra in Palau de la Música, Barcelona.

Formerly a professor at the Rotterdam and Brussels conservatories, he is currently engaged intensively in pedagogical activities at the "Escola Superior deMusica de Catalunya" in Barcelona, and the "Escola Superior de Música do Porto" and "Aveiro University" (Portugal).

As Lecturer and Master Class Professor he has been invited to Darmstadt Summer Course (Germany), Instrumenta de Oaxaca (Mexico), the International Summer Course of Brasilia, among many other universities in Argentina, South Africa, the USA, UK and Australia.

In Porto, he founded DRUMMING: Grupo de Percussão, which was selected as the Resident Music Group when Porto was the 2001 Cultural Capital of Europe. Drumming-GP has become one of the leading percussion ensembles in the world, uniquely expanding interactions between music and other art forms.

Miguel is regularly invited to the most reputed international contemporary music festivals and concert halls, such as the Opera de Paris, the Citè de la Musique, the festival "Música" in Strasbourg, the Radio France Festival in Montpellier, the Barbican Center of London, the Auditorio Teresa Carreño in Caracas, Darwin Guitarre Festival, the Next Wave Festival in Brooklyn, NewYork, the Helsinky Festival, and the Parco de la Música in Rome. He has also performed as soloist, ensemble player and/or leader of master classes in Turkey, Japan, Thailand, and South Africa.

He has performed extensively with various dance companies, including as soloist in "Just Before" by the Belgian choreographer Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker and her company ROSAS. With ROSAS, he has also performed "Drumming Live", "Rain", "Steve Reich Evening" and April me. "Psappha", by the Italian choreographer Mauro Bigonzetti, and the Ballet Gulbenkian of Lisbon, was another successful collaboration with dance and percussion.

A passionate performer of new music, Miquel Bernat has worked with numerous composers (many works have been dedicated to him) thus contributing to the expansion and evolution of the contemporary repertoire for percussion."

"Born in Canada, in 1981, Jeffery lives in Portugal since 1985. He starts his musical studies very early, starting quickly on percussion. Later, he enters the Calouste Gulbenkian Conservatory, in Aveiro. It is at Escola Profissional de Música de Espinho (EPME) that he studies, in the years of 1996/1999 and finishes the course with a recital of 19 /20. At the same time, he performs several concerts with the percussion group, with the Orquestra de Sopros and with the Orquestra de Cordas of EPME, playing solo the "Concerto for Marimba and Orchestra" by composer Ney Rosauro, at the Youth Music festival in Murcia (Spain).

Jeffery participates in several seminars and master classes with musicians like Ricardo Fernandez (Latin percussion); Kroumata Percussion Group (Chamber music); Jesus Chapi (Jazz vibraphone) e Emmanuel Séjourné (vibraphone) and percussionist Steven Schick (Multi-Percussion). In mid 90, he is admitted to the College of Music and Performing Arts School (ESMAE), in Oporto. During his stay at ESMAE, he studies with Miguel Bernat and Manuel Campos; He undergoes various internships with the Symphony Orchestra of the School and as a member of the Drumming Percussion Group.

It is with Drumming Percussion Group that he performs various concerts in Europe and makes several world premieres of pieces from national and international composers such as: Mário Laginha; João Pedro Oliveira; Emmanuel Nunes; Carlos Azevedo; Jesus Torres; Emmanuel Séjourné, among others. In March 2002, he is granted a scholarship to attend a course at the "Berklee College of Music". He completes the course (bachelor) at ESMAE, in November of that year (2002) with the highest grade at the end of his recital. (20 /20). In January 2003, he moves to the USA where he begins the Jazz Performance Vibraphone course (Bachelor Degree) at Berklee College of Music, having concluded it in May 2006 with the status of Summa Cum Laude. He stands out as the top vibraphonist of the school..

He wins several awards from Berklee, namely: the award for Most Active Mallet Player; and the prize for academic excellence Dean of Curriculum.He also receives from IAJE (International Association for Jazz Education) the award for Outstanding Musicianship. During this period he plays at various jazz festivals in both the United States and Europe such as JVC Festival in New York, Jazz Festival Valado de Frades in Portugal, North Sea Jazz Festival, among others. It is in the United States you have the opportunity to work with jazz musicians, such as: Hal Crook; Joe Lovano; Gary Burton; Dave Liebman; Dave Samuels; Phil Wilson; Terrence Blanchard; Michel Camilo; Steve Swallow; Ed Saindon; Vitor Mendoza; Roswel Rudd; Alex Terrier, among others .

Upon his return he has played with musicians such as Myron Waldon, Darren Barrett, Anders Christensen, Marc Miralta, André Fernandes, Óscar Marcelino da Graça, Demian Cabaud, Federico Casagrande, Nelson Cascais, among many others. He made premieres of several works, written exclusively for him and for these groups by composers such as, Andreia Pinto Correia, Filipe Vieira, João Pedro Oliveira, Paulo Perfect, Oscar Grace, Nuno Costa, Daniel Bernardes and others. He has played in some jazz festivals, in Portugal, as well as in several European countries. He performs several solo recitals, throughout Europe, with a repertoire written for himself and also with improvised music. He stands out, in the music community , as a composer, having written music for Kinetix Duo; flux Ensemble; XL Trio; Drumming - Group Percussion; Quad Quartet; Pedro Carneiro / Jeff Davis Duo; Romeu Costa and Pedro Carneiro.

Jeffery Davis remains active in the real of jazz and classical music, performing several solo recitals, as well as concerts for vibraphone and orchestra.. He conducts masterclasses in some of the most prestigious national and European schools,. and also performs several concerts with both national and international renown musicians."

João T. Dias. Percussionist who has graduated in Percussion performance and has concluded a master in Music Teaching, at Escola Superior de Música e Artes do Espetáculo (Porto), in the class of Miquel Bernat and Manuel Campos. He has also attended the Phd Program in Musical Arts at Universidade Nova de Lisboa.

"Pedro Goís: Born on December 26, 1989 in the city of Espinho, he began his musical studies at the age of eight. In 2004 he was admitted to the Espinho Professional School of Music (EPME), in the percussion course, and in 2007 at the Superior School of Music and Performing Arts (ESMAE), having worked with the teachers Manuel Campos, Miquel Bernat, Nuno Aroso and Rui Gomes. He has participated in several masterclasses with internationally renowned musicians such as Jeffery Davis, Pedro Carneiro, Rainer Siegers, among many others. Served as a musician in the following Orchestras Groups: Gulbenkian Orchestra; Porto Symphony Orchestra Casa da Música; Portuguese Symphony Orchestra; Portuguese Chamber Orchestra; Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra; Ictus Ensemble; Drumming Percussion Group; Algarve Orchestra; Utopian Orchestra; Thorn Classical Orchestra; Symphony Orchestra (ESMAE); APROART Orchestra; Póvoa de Varzim Classical Orchestra and Portuguese Symphonic Band. He is currently a founding member of the Pulsat Percussion Group and percussion teacher at the Costa Cabral Academy of Music since 2013."