Biografia de Theo Pascal:
Theo Pascal is one of the most talented and inspired Portuguese musician/composer/producers in the Worldmusic/Jazz area. He has been playing professionally since his 13 years old and has a strong background of tours in Europe, North America, Africa and Asia as a solo artist, performer bass player and musical director. As a performer bass player and musical director he already played in Festivals worldwide like: Holland Showcase at Womex- World Music International Conference, Germany-Europaishes Festival in Recklinghausen and the International Africa Festival in Wuerzburg, Luxemburg, Holland-"Dunya on Stage Festival", Several Festivals in Cape Verde, Mozambique, Namíbia- "Warehouse Theatre", South Africa, Zimbabwe - International Festival HIFA in Harare, Angola, Arts Festival in Macau-Asia, Womad Festival in Reading UK, Ulsan World Music Fest in South Korea, Toronto Afrofest and Vancouver Island Music fest in Canada,Bray Jazz Festival-Ireland, Bimhuis- Amsterdam, Zuidplein Theatre Rotterdam, Casa da Musica - Portugal, North Sea Jazz Festival. He also recorded several albums as session player or invited musician with Portuguese and African artists from Cape Verde, Mozambique, Angola and Guinea Bissau (Carmen Souza, Sara Tavares, Ildo lobo, Maria Alice, Eneida Marta,recorded next to musicians like Bob Mintzer, Dave Weckl and Tom Kennedy, etc) and in doing so he already had the chance to be directed by artists like Lokua Kansa one of the most talented African musician/producer in the world, working in France. Between the years of 2002 and 2009, besides his 2 solo albums, he produced several Portuguese, African, Brazilian artists and was the mentor of 2 pioneer Portuguese programmes, supported by major international and Portuguese companies, to discover new Portuguese speaking talents in World Music, African music, Jazz, Fusion, Fado, etc. With this project he gave new talents the opportunity to record their music and play at big promotional events. His first solo album, released in 2001, Quamundos, received very good reviews from the Portuguese Press and international music community and also entered playlists..
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