Ever charismatic, prolific and inspired, Grammy-nominated clarinetist-saxophonist Anat Cohen has won hearts and minds the world over with her expressive virtuosity and delightful stage presence. One of Brazil’s most acclaimed seven-string guitarists, the Grammy Award–nominated Marcello Gonçalves is internationally renowned not only as a stellar performer, but also as a sought-after musical director, arranger, producer, and educator.
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About Anat Cohen
“A present-day multicultural wonder…An enthralling clarinetist and a persuasive saxophonist, Anat Cohen displays a pan-historical, pan-cultural approach to jazz.”
- The New Yorker
Anat Cohen's musical journey began in Tel Aviv, Israel, where she picked up the clarinet at 12 years of age. After graduating from Berklee College of Music in Boston, she moved to New York City, immersing herself in the city's rich jazz scene. Throughout her career, she has become a bandleader known for her expressive virtuosity and captivating stage presence, winning numerous awards including multiple Clarinetist of the Year honors from the Jazz Journalists Association.
The New York Times writes, “Ms. Cohen on the clarinet was a revelation. Using the clarinet’s upper register, she could evoke infectious joy. In the lower register, her playing could conjure a deep, soulful melancholy. On up-tempo numbers, her improvisations weren’t just bebop fast; they had a clarity and deep intelligence that is really quite rare. She made it look effortless, even as she was playing the most technically difficult of all the reed instruments… she took my breath away.”
Anat has been declared Clarinetist of the Year by the Jazz Journalists Association every year since 2007 and has also been named the top clarinetist in both the readers and critics polls in DownBeat for multiple years running. That’s not to mention years of being named Rising Star in the soprano and tenor saxophone categories in DownBeat, as well as Jazz Artist of the Year. In 2009, ASCAP awarded Anat a Wall of Fame prize for composition and musicianship, among other honors. As The Chicago Tribune has said about Anat, “The lyric beauty of her tone, easy fluidity of her technique and extroverted manner of her delivery make this music accessible to all.”
About Marcello Gonçalves
One of Brazil’s most acclaimed seven-string guitarists, the Grammy Award–nominated Marcello Gonçalves is internationally renowned not only as a stellar performer, but also as a sought-after musical director, arranger, producer, and educator. His boundlessly warm nylon-string tone, broad sonic range, and irrepressible rhythmic finesse can yield a sound as full as an orchestra, revealing roots deeply planted in Brazilian popular, folkloric, and classical music traditions. Gonçalves’s creative synthesis of all these elements has elevated his artistry to a rare and transcendent level.
Gonçalves received his doctorate in music in 2019 and is currently a professor at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), where he created the first academic course for Brazilian seven-string guitar, an instrumental discipline unlike any other. Over many years, he has had the opportunity to study with masters Dino 7 Cordas, Mauricio Carrilho, and Helio Delmiro, among others.