CLAUDIA VILLELA & VITOR GONCALVES
UNIT “B” by Chocolate Maven
821 W. San Mateo Road
Santa Fe, NM 87505
Friday, September 12th
** 5:30pm: pre-show dinner and cocktails available
Concert Concert Start: 7:00pm
Please Note: Concert tickets must be purchased prior to requesting dinner reservations. Showtime is 7:00pm. Doors open at 5:30pm for dinner, however you can come anytime for dinner (even after the concert has begun). Dinner reservations must be made thru UNIT B’s website, www.unitbsantafe.com and hit the “Make Dinner Reservations“. You may also use the “Reservation Request Form“.
TICKETS ON-LINE UNTIL 12pm – Friday, September 12th
$35 (SFMC Members) / $40 (Non-Members)
Purchase Tickets HERE
A New Mexico Jazz Festival Event
It’s tempting to describe Claudia Villela as a musician’s musician, considering that some of her most ardent fans and supporters are also her most illustrious colleagues. Pat Metheny has sung Villela’s praises, as have Kenny Werner, Vitor Gonçalves, and Béla Fleck. The Brazilian-born vocalist, pianist, percussionist, and composer makes music of rare sophistication and beauty, and it’s as a performer that her transcendent gifts are most obvious, whether she’s spinning a new piece on stage with a fellow improviser or elaborating on an intricate setting for her poetic lyrics in Portuguese.
It’s an understatement to say she connects with her audience. She lights up the room while instantly getting the audience totally engaged. “You give her any musical idea, and Claudia completes it in a way that’s very beautiful,” says guitarist Romero Lubambo, who recently performed several concerts with Villela before recording a forthcoming duo album. “I can play any rhythm or sequence of chords and she’ll be on top of the music, creating a melody that makes sense. There are not a lot of people who can do that, but she did that. We’d just start playing and make the whole song in front of the audience.” And that’s just what happened at her Pre-Covid concert in Santa Fe with accordionist Vitor Gonçalves. SFMC is excited to bring back this amazing duo, this time to the beautiful stage of UNIT B.
Claudia & Vitor will also be appearing in partnership with SFMC at The Outpost Performance space on Thursday, September 11th
