bio

Susana Santos Silva was born in Porto in the year of 1979.
She holds a Master Diploma in Jazz Performance ‘2010 from Codarts, Rotterdam, where she worked with Eric Vloeimans, Jarmo Hoogendijk and Wim Both.
She holds a Graduate Diploma in Jazz/Trumpet ‘2008 from the College of Music and Performing Arts in Porto. She also holds a Graduate Diploma in Trumpet ´2004 from the same school, finishing the course at the Stlaatliche Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe in Reinhold Friedrich´s Class, where she also had lessons with Prof. Edward Tarr, Klaus Schuwerk and Klaus Braker.
She is a part of Orquestra Jazz de Matosinhos, with whom she records Portology featuring Lee Konitz, OJM Invites Chris Cheek, Our Secret World featuring Kurt Rosenwinkel, Amoras e Framboesas featuring Maria João and plays with Mark Turner, Rich Perry, John Riley, Carla Bley, Steve Swallow, Bob Berg, Rick Margitza, Perico Sambeat, Conrad Herwig, Ingrid Jensen, Joshua Redman, Dan Weiss, John Hollenbeck, Theo Bleckman, Jordi Rossi, Maria Schneider, among others. The orchestra has been playing on the jazz festivals all over Portugal and in Milano, Brussels, Boston and New York.
She is a member of the European Movement Jazz Orchestra, with whom she played in Germany, Slovenia, Austria, Belgium, Portugal and Egipt. The orchestra recorded EMJO Live at Coimbra, released in June 2011 on Cleanfeed. With LAMA, a Rotterdam based trio with Gonçalo Almeida on bass and electronics and Greg Smith on drums she records Oneiros (2011) and Lamaçal (2013) featuring Chris Speed, both released on Cleanfeed Records.
Other projects include a duo with the swedish bassist Torbjorn Zetterberg, a duo with the portuguese drummer  Jorge Queijo, a duo with the slovenian pianist Kaja Draksler and a collaboration with the belgian trio De Beren Gieren. She also plays with Coreto Porta-Jazz and André Fernandes “Motor”.
In 2010 she records her first album as a leader of her own Quintet, Devil´s Dress, released in April 2011 by the Lisbon based label TOAP Records.
With this quintet she played, among other places, at Casa da Música in Porto, Festival de Jazz Valado dos Frades, Festa do Avante, Festa do Jazz do S. Luiz and 12 Points! Jazz Festival, Dublin in May 2011.

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Susana Santos Silva nasceu na cidade do Porto no ano de 1979.
Em 2004 conclui a Licenciatura em Trompete da ESMAE, frequentando o último ano na Stlaatliche Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe na classe do Prof. Reinhold Friedrich, onde também teve aulas com o Prof. Dr. Edward Tarr, Klaus Braker e Wolfram Lauel.
Em 2008 conclui a Licenciatura em Trp/Jazz na ESMAE com Laurent Filipe.
Em 2010 conclui o Mestrado em Jazz Performance na Codarts em Roterdão, onde trabalha com Eric Vloeimans, Jarmo Hoogendjik, Wim Both, Dick de Graaf e Kris Goessens.
Integra a Orquestra Jazz de Matosinhos desde 1998, com quem grava Portology, com Lee Konitz, OJM Invites Chris Cheek, Our Secret World, com Kurt Rosenwinkel e Amoras e Framboesas, com Maria João. Com a OJM actua com Maria Schneider, Mark Turner, Rich Perry, John Riley, Carla Bley, Steve Swallow, Bob Berg, Rick Margitza, Perico Sambeat, Conrad Herwig, Ingrid Jensen, Dan Weiss, Gerald Clever, John Hollenbeck, Theo Bleckman, Jordi Rossi, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Jacob Sacks, Mário Laginha, entre outros, tocando em quase todos os Festivais de Jazz do país assim como em Milão, Bruxelas, Boston e Nova Iorque.
Faz parte da European Movement Jazz Orchestra, com quem tocou na Alemanha, Portugal, Eslovénia, Croácia, Áustria, Bélgica e Egipto. Com este projecto grava para a CleanFeed 2011, o disco EMJO Live in Coimbra.
Com os LAMA, trio com Gonçalo Almeida e Greg Smith, sedeado em Roterdão grava Oneiros (2011) e Lamaçal, feat. Chris Speed em (2013), ambos editados pela Cleanfeed Records.
Outros projectos incluem um duo com o baterista Jorge Queijo, um duo com o contrabaixista sueco Torbjorn Zetterberg, um duo com a pianista eslovena Kaja Draksler e uma colaboração com o trio belga De Beren Gieren. Toca também com o Coreto Porta-Jazz e o André Fernandes Motor.
Em Abril de 2011 lança o seu primeiro disco enquanto líder do Quinteto Susana Santos Silva, Devil’s Dress, editado pela TOAP Records. Com este quinteto tocou, entre outros, na Casa da Música no Porto, Festival de Jazz Valado de Frades, Festa do Avante, Festa do Jazz do S. Luiz e no 12 Points! Jazz Festival, Dublin em Maio de 2011.