Daniel Marques & Mark Lotz

New Explorative Brazilian Music (2017-2018)

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Daniel Marques & Mark Lotz

Daniel Marques (7-string guitar)
Mark Lotz (concert & alto flute, bansuri)

An Energetic Acoustic Guitar/Flute Duo with a Surprising Edge

Daniel Marques and Mark Lotz were touring Nepal and India as well performed in concerts in the Netherlands an Holland 2017-2018. They brought together new compositions and improvisations that highlight the natural synergy between ‘New Brazilian Music’ and jazz. Their concerts featured individual solo sets followed by a duo performance, blending structure with spontaneous musical exploration.

Lotz and Marques first met in 2015 in Guangzhou, China, and immediately felt the urge to collaborate. Their music is a dialogue between composition and improvisation—both energetic and intricate. The seven-string guitar and the diverse flute family offer an impressive range of octaves and textures, producing a sound that shifts from warm and woody to crisp and metallic.

Their performances capture the essence of urban jazz life, the dynamic pulse of Rio’s streets, expressive vocal eruptions, and echoes of the jungle. This duo did it all.

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Performances

2016 Brazilian Explorative Festival (Berlin, Germany)
2017 Tour in Nepal
2017 Tour in India
2018 Jazz On The Sofa Festival (Holland)

Workshops & Masterclasses

2017 UNESCO Jazz Week (Kathmandu & Patan, Nepal)

Concert Reviews

Millennium Post (India)
“New Brazilian music & jazz takes India by storm.”

India News Reel (India)
“New Brazilian music & jazz enthralls Delhi.”

Newsmantra (India)
“Guitarist Daniel Marques from Brazil and flautist Mark Alban Lotz captivated the audience on the first day of their two-day performance in Delhi, creating a euphoric atmosphere.”

Millenium Post (India)
„Daniel and Mark came together for restless stirrings of flute & guitar playing melodious notes, creating a rhythmic intensity that placed the listeners in a wonderful land of harmony.“

Mid-Day (India)
„It might be tough to hold a Jazz chord on a steel string and match the sounds with a flute. Not so much when guitarist Daniel Marques syncs a marathon of melodies with flautist Mark Alban Lotz. They are currently on an India tour, unrolling the broad timbre and vibrant compositions from the South American realm.“

Rolling Stone (India)
„A wonderful music concert. … Marques’ skill and virtuosity was of a high level. … Both musicians were playing their own compositions and arrangements which were intricate and well worked out.“

Indian Express (India)
„Of Octaves and Sonics“

: Rolling Stone (India)

: Depot (India)

: Internatuional Jazz day Kathmandu

: Depot (India)

: The India Press

: India News Reel

: Mid Day India

: Mid Day India

: Millenium Post (India)

: News Mantra (India)

: Rolling Stone (India)

: The India Press

Band Members

Mark Lotz

flutes, bansuri, fx

Soloist, composer, producer in jazz and contemporary music often crossing borders with other cultures. Collaborations spans an arc with film, theater, performance art, visual arts and dance. Worked with many unknown and many famous but equally gifted unique voices in music all around the globe. Subject of international publications, prize-winner, nominated for the Edison and Beyond Magazine prize. Professor for flute at the Utrecht and Rotterdam Conservatories.

Daniel Marques

7 String guitar

Hailing from Rio de Janeiro and won major awards in Brazil where he is one of the most required guitar players among the new generation. As the leader, producer and arranger won in 2010 the most important prize in Brazilian music, the Premio da Musica Brasileira, The Akademia Music Awards (Los Angeles/New York) and was listed in 2016 as one of the best instrumentalists. Daniel has performed in solo, duo and trio format and alongside orchestras in more than 200 worldwide cities throughout Europe, USA, Asia and South America visiting China, India, Italy, Portugal, Finland, Belgium, Denmark, Sweden, Spain, Estonia, Germany, Poland, Lithuania, Czech Republic, the Caribbean Islands, Montenegro, Serbia, Panama, Russia and Belarussia in festivals such as the Copenhaguen Jazz, Shunde OCT Jazz, Calcutta Guitar Festival, APAP in NYC, SXSW in Texas, Chicago World Music Festival, Tampere Guitar Fest, Mir Guitar Festival, Uppsalla Guitar Festival, Guitar Art Festival, Haapavesi Folk, Nisville Jazz. Played and recorded extensively with renowned Brazilian artists such as Hermeto Pascoal, Paulo Moura, Guinga, Carlos Malta, Robertinho Silva, Paulo Becker, Thiago Amud, Yamandu Costa, Nelson Faria, Gilson Peranzzetta, Armandinho, UFRJAZZ, Nicolas Krassik and Jovino Santos Neto.