Name: Jovino Santos Neto & Martin Kuuskmann - Bassoonova
Start: 2025-03-13T19:00:00-06:00
Location: The Savoy Denver

Jovino Santos Neto & Martin Kuuskmann - Bassoonova

Sip craft cocktails and join fellow music lovers for a night of extraordinary music of Jovino Santos Neto and Martin Kuuskmann
Evening begins at 7 pm, music at 8 pm.
All ages welcome.
Tickets
Online: $40 general admission, $55 premium seating (high tops & front two rows). Prices increase by $5 on March 6th.
At the Door: $50 general admission, $65 premium seating
Youth: $20, 18 and under
Students: Over 18, receive 25% discount on tickets with code MAS-Student25
The international duo of Award-nominated artists comprised of Brazilian pianist Jovino Santos Neto and Estonian bassoonist Martin Kuuskmann will celebrate the release of their new album, "Retrato", recorded live in Tallinn in 2024 and to be released on David Chesky's The Audiophile Society https://theaudiophilesociety.com/
Neto and Kuuskmann will present a selection of the lyrical pieces from the album by Brazilian composers; colourful and temperamental interpretations of the music of Hermeto Pascoal, Antônio Carlos Jobim, Jovino Santos Neto and others.
Jovino Santos Neto, a three-time Latin Grammy-nominee, is a master pianist, composer and arranger, and is one of the most important Brazilian musicians working today. Between 1977 and 1992, Jovino was a close collaborator with and an integral part of the Brazilian master Hermeto Pascoal’s group. During this time he fine-tuned his artistry, performing around the world and co-producing several legendary records. Jovino’s personal style is a creative blend of energetic grooves, deep harmonies, telepathic improvisation, lyrical melodies, and great ensemble playing, always inspired and informed by the colorful richness of Brazilian music. His compositions include samba, choro, baião, xote, forró, marcha and many more styles, rooted in centuries-old musical tradition while pointing to new and adventurous harmonic languages.
Today, Jovino leads his Seattle-based Quinteto and Trio and can be heard around the world as a piano soloist, working with symphony orchestras, jazz big bands, and chamber music groups, or in collaboration with musicians such as his mentor Hermeto Pascoal, Bill Frisell, Paquito d’Rivera, Airto Moreira, Claudio Roditi, David Sanchez, Joe Locke, Anat Cohen and many more.
“Leave Jovino Santos Neto alone with a piano and you will never know where he will end up…” - Raul da Gama, Latin Jazz Net
Martin Kuuskmann is a three-time Grammy-nominated Estonian-born bassoon virtuoso whose charismatic and commanding performances throughout the world have earned him repute as one of today's leading solo instrumentalists. Kuuskmann is a Professor of Bassoon at University of Denver Lamont School of Music and previously taught at the Manhattan School of Music. A graduate of Manhattan School of Music and the Yale School of Music, Kuuskmann’s mentors include Stephen Maxym, Frank Morelli, Rufus Olivier and Vernon Read.

As soloist Martin Kuuskmann has performed and worked with many of the world’s leading orchestras, conductors, and composers. Praised for his versatility and expansive repertoire, Kuuskmann, moreover, has closely collaborated with jazz luminaries such as John Patitucci and Joe Zawinul, and for the last few years with Neto on their Brazilian music project. In 2007 Kuuskmann received a Grammy nomination for Best Contemporary Composition for bassoon concerto written for him by David Chesky, and in 2017 received another Grammy nomination in the same category for a concerto composed by Theofanidis.
Martin Kuuskmann, “dynamic… amazing… gripping…” - The New York Times