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

Danish drummer Martin Maretti Andersen appears on more than 70 albums and works with a wide range of artists across Scandinavia and Europe. A true musical dynamo behind the drums, his playing is unusually expressive. He moves effortlessly between different styles and can arrive like a tornado or like a whisper – but always with a smile and a magical touch. A member of the acclaimed New Jungle Orchestra and Carsten Dahl Trio, he has toured and recorded extensively throughout Scandinavia as well as in Spain and Italy. He has also collaborated with a long list of international artists, including James Blood Ulmer, Yusef Lateef, Ray Anderson, Dave Kikoski, Chano Dominguez, Dado Moroni, Jesse van Ruller, Marco Mezquida, Kirk Knuffke, Enrico Rava, Kenny Werner, Max Ionata, Antonio Sambrini, Tony Glausi, Fabrizio Bosso and Seamus Blake.

Nelson Cascais

double bass

A prominent figure on the European jazz scene, Nelson Cascais is an acclaimed double bassist, prolific composer, and bandleader. He has collaborated with internationally renowned artists including David Binney, Maria Schneider, Mark Lotz, Avishai Cohen, Aaron Goldberg, Rick Margitza, Maria João, Mário Laginha, Sara Serpa, Benny Lackner, John Hollenbeck , and many others. As a composer and leader, he has released several critically acclaimed projects, including Ciclope, Nine Stories, Guruka, The Golden Fish, A Evolução da Forma, and most recently Remembrance: The Poetry of Emily Brontë. Over the past three decades, he has appeared on more than 40 recordings and performed extensively at concert halls and festivals around the world. Nelson holds a Master’s degree in Jazz Performance from the Lisbon School of Music, where he has been teaching since 2008.