SALOMÃO SOARES — SHORT BIO

Salomão Soares is a Brazilian pianist and composer, born in Cruz do Espírito Santo, a small town in Paraíba, in Brazil’s Northeast, where he started out playing at village dances. He won the MIMO Instrumental Award and was a finalist at the Montreux Jazz Piano Competition, both in 2017. He has released nine albums of his own, including Interior (solo piano), Espirais (trio) and three duo albums with Vanessa Moreno. Since 2021 he has been a member of the Hamilton de Holanda Trio, with whom he won the 2025 Latin Grammy for Best Latin Jazz/Jazz Album, and he has performed in 28 countries on four continents.