Som Ressoa

Sound That Resonates

Som Ressoa

Duarte Ventura (Portugal) – vibraphone

Nelson Cascais (Portugal) – double bass

Martin Andersen (Denmark) – percussion, drums

Mark Lotz (Germany/Netherlands) – flutes, bansuri, FX

Som Ressoa is a new collaboration between four distinctive voices from the European jazz scene. Their programme explores sound as a space for depth, resonance, and connection. The project features the young Lisbon-based vibraphonist Duarte Ventura — a striking new voice and emerging talent rapidly gaining attention within the Portuguese and international jazz scene.

“Som Ressoa” — sound that resonates — reflects the essence of this project: music that invites a journey into a spiritual experience of sound itself — rooted in attention and emotional depth. What emerges is a collective sound shaped by listening, restraint, and a shared sensitivity to space and time. The music unfolds through refined melodies, subtle minimalism, and carefully shaped electronic layers. The combination of flutes and vibraphone — extended with electronics — creates an ethereal and transparent sonic landscape, where sound is allowed to breathe, linger, and resonate.

The project will be presented in its Dutch premiere at the Jazz on the Sofa Festival on 1 November 2026.

Som Ressoa —an intimate, resonant, and quietly transformative ‘Song Of Resonance’.

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Band Members

Duarte Ventura

Vibraphone

Ventura studies at the Conservatory of Music of Coimbra and the Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa. He collaborated with musicians such as Peter Evans, John O’Gallagher, Brad Jones, Asger Nissen, Omer Govreen. He (co-)leads the groups Godua, Trafiklys, AVC, Dracaena Draco, and Apophenia, Duarte Ventura Trio, REPERIO, and Duarte Ventura Quintet—the latter being the winner of the RTP/Antena 2 Young Musicians Prize in 2023. Ventura is a member of the Timbuktu Cultural Association. In 2024, he premiered REPERIO, a commission from Festa do Jazz, at Centro Cultural de Belém. In February 2026, he released his debut album as a leader, titled Blurred Image, on the Fresh Sound New Talent label.

Mark Lotz

flutes, bansuri, fx

Raised in Thailand, Uganda and Germany Marks appetite for musical adventures takes him all over the globe ever since. A unique voice with a vibrant presence on the international scene, significant figure on the Dutch music scene. A solist who's performances draws listeners in, taking them on a journey of discovery and often seek out surprising and original settings, challenging conventions. Worked/recorded with Chris Potter Tentet, David Tronzo, Don Byron, Miguel ’Anga’ Diaz, David Haney, Najma Akthar, Han Bennink, Ernst Reijseger or theater direcor Eric de Vroedt.

Martin Mareti Andersen

drums

A true musical dynamo with exceptional expressive playing. Interaction is the main magic. Broadly informed he comes either with a tornado or a whisper but always with a smile and a magical touch. A veteran of the renowned New Jungle Orchestra with which he has recorded and toured intensively he has played with James Blood Ulmer, Yusef Lateef, Ray Anderson, John Tchicai, Marco Mezquida, Kirk Knuffke, Enrico Rava, Kenny Werner and Dado Moroni. Martin is assistant professor at the jazz department of Academy Music of Southern Denmark.  

Nelson Cascais

double bass

Nelson is regarded as the face of the new Portugese Jazz. As performer and composer establishing an exciting mature and new sound. Collaborations in studio and live with a.o. John Ellis, Maria Schneider, Aaron Goldberg, Perico Sambeat, Ricardo Toscano, Maria João, Rick Margitza, Libert Fortuny, André Fernandes, Jorge Reis, Ivan Padduart, Antonio Faraó, Kari Ikonen, Jorge Pardo, Jarmo Savolainen, Stefanno D’ Anna. Designated Jazz Musician of the Year 2001 by Jazz Portugal.