Critics & peers
What they say about the work — from critics in Japan, South Africa and the United States to the masters of Brazilian piano.
“Salomão Soares brings more depth and elegance to Brazilian piano.”
Reviews and features from outlets outside Brazil.
“His piano is of the same kind as Egberto Gismonti’s and André Mehmari’s — the indescribable beauty of his richly colored sound already seems to be on another dimensional level.”
“Salomão Soares brings more depth and elegance to Brazilian piano.”
“I hate it when critics describe artists creating very ordinary art as ‘redefining the genre,’ but in this duo’s case, it couldn’t possibly be more apt.”
“…an imaginative improviser whose sound bridges classical, jazz, and the vibrant traditions of Brazil’s northeast.”
What other musicians say.
“Congratulations, Salomão — beautiful, wonderfully played and interpreted, a marvel of an album! And it’s exactly when I compose my music that I imagine what you’ve done here!”
Hermeto Pascoal · on the album Interior
“Alongside Salomão Soares, an instrumentalist of rare skill and sensitivity, the voice and the piano converse in several rhythmic and melodic languages. A delight for anyone who loves popular music in all its fullness.”
João Bosco · singer-songwriter · on the album Outros Ventos
“With this album, Salomão Soares creates a new way of representing Brazilian rhythms on the piano: a New Brazilian Piano that brings many percussive ideas into sensational grooves, echoing the original rhythms with precision and subtlety.”
Léa Freire · composer and arranger
“Salomão Soares demonstrates, with this album, everything that makes a musician unique.”
Mário Laginha · pianist · on the album Espirais
“I discovered a singing pianist and a juggling singer, fingers racing over the keys, voice playing in skeins of air, together!”
Maria João · singer · on the album Chão de Flutuar
“It’s a different musical approach… that’s the richness of someone who knows, who has something to say.”
Amilton Godoy · pianist
“One of the keyboard’s most active defenders and modernists today.”
André Mehmari · pianist
“Salomão is a genius, of monumental sensitivity. I’m a fervent fan of his!”
Guilherme Arantes · singer-songwriter
Interviews, reviews and features, newest first. Each line opens the article on the outlet’s website.
Conversations on video and on the radio. The videos play right here, on the page.
A 25-minute TV documentary (in Portuguese) going behind the scenes of the Salomão Soares Trio concert: his arrival in São Paulo, the years at the Tatuí Conservatory with André Marques, the city’s nightlife circuit and the trio’s creative process. Interview by Patricia Palumbo.
Conversation and music (in Portuguese) with Victor Angeleas (mandolin) and Márcio Marinho (cavaquinho), recorded in Brasília: his childhood in Paraíba, discovering Hermeto Pascoal, current projects — and two brand-new compositions, Sonhos de Criança and Xote do Saruê, written for the show.
Conversation and music with guitarist Nelson Faria, on the show where he welcomes Brazilian musicians into his home to play and talk: piano and guitar, over a cup of coffee.
A long conversation for the Deu Jazz podcast, devoted to jazz made in Brazil: the career, the albums and what Brazilian piano is.
Articles, reviews and interviews gathered in a single PDF document. High-resolution press photos are in the folder below (credit required: Photo: Dani Gurgel). The press release and technical rider are on the booking page.
