Ivy Lemos Quartet
These four musicians come from two parts of the world: South America and Europe, that's where they get their inspiration from.
Strongly influenced by Jazz and Latin Music, they bring a Brazilian repertoire of sultry bossa novas and speed sambas, in which there is also a lot of room for improvisation. The quartet consists of four experienced musicians Ivy (vocals), Panagiotis (guitar), José (bass) and Christian (drums) who have found each other in the Netherlands.
Line up:
Ivy Lemos – voice
Panagiotis Gourdoupis – guitar
José Santinbáñez – bass guitar
Christian Palmieri – drums
Ivy Lemos Trio
Latin jazz full of swaying bossa novas and sambas
Brazilian singer Ivy Lemos was born in Castanhal as an Indigenous, African and Portuguese descendant. Her multicultural background and passion for world music are reflected in her Latin trio, in which she is accompanied by Armand van Wijck on chromatic harmonica and Panagiotis Gourdoupis on guitar. They also take their South American influences with them to the sparkling and dreamy Latin jazz they have been playing together since 2015; full of swaying bossa novas, sambas, choros, forrós and Cuban jazz themes. Music full of warmth, security, exuberance and connection!
For the concerts, Ivy chooses the most beautiful repertoire that Brazil has produced. The match between her clean voice and the songs of Jobim, Powell, Bosco and De Moraes, among others, evokes a feeling of modest exuberance.
Line up:
Ivy Lemos – vocals
Armand van Wijck – chromatic harmonica
Panagiotis Gourdoupis – guitar
Os Boitatás
“Boitatá” is a word from the Tupi language that is used to describe the phenomenon of the will-o’-the-wisp in Brazil. It comes from the combination of the Tupi words mba’e and tatá, which mean “object” and “fire” respectively. In Brazilian folklore, the Boitatá is a large fire snake that protects the forests and nature. That is why we are called “Os Boitatás” as a tribute to the legend of the Amazon region. We protect the culture, values , and riches of the northern regio of Brazil. We are the pioneers in the Netherlands for the dissemination and preservation of the Amazonian music.
Ivy Lemos was born in the north of Brazil, where she studied and worked with regional Brazilian music. She lived in São Paulo, and since 2008, she has lived in the Netherlands, where she graduated in Latin Music from the Conservatorium of Rotterdam.
Panagiotis Gourdoupis was born in Greece where he studied Classic Guitar taking his classical guitar diploma in Philippos Nakas Conservatory. In 2017, he moved to the Netherlands to continue his studies, obtaining his bachelor’s degree in Music (Jazz&Pop guitar) – HKU Utrecht’s Conservatorium.
Christian Palmieri was born in Paraguay. In 2008, he moved to the Netherlands to study with Marco Zondervand and Joost Lijbaard and got accepted to follow the Jazz & Pop Bachelor studies in the prestigious conservatory of music HKU of Utrecht, where he studied with Joost Kesselar and Andre Groen and obtained his Bachelor’s degree.
José Santibañez was born in Santiago (Chile). After spending a year in the UK, he moved to Bilbao (Spain) to study with Joshua Edelman. In 2017, he moved to Amsterdam, where he obtained his Master’s degree in Jazz Music at the Conservatorium of Amsterdam.
Line up:
Ivy Lemos – Voice and Percussion
Panagiotis Gourdoupis – Guitar
Christian Palmieri – Drums and Percussion
José Santibañez – Bass Guitar
Ivy Lemos & Ingmar Sterke
Ivy Lemos and Ingmar Sterke met at the Conservatory of Rotterdam and they both share their love for the choro and samba music and they are strongly influenced by great Brazilian composers as Cartola, Candeia, Pixinguinha, Jacob do Bandolim, Vinicius de Moraes, Baden Powell, Chico Buarque and Hamilton de Holanda. In 2015 they decided to put this project together for this beautiful music of Brazil.
Line up:
Ivy Lemos - voice
Ingmar Sterke - guitar