Lucas Etcheverria comes from Brazil and lives in Hamburg, Germany, since 2019. As main background for his music, he brings a colourful blend of jazz, Brazilian music and prog rock/metal.
His newest work, the first own-compositions album “The Great Puzzle”, is being released at the moment. The album presents his songs, played in quintet and quartet settings - featuring Björn Atle Anfinsen (trumpet), Jonas Oppermann (piano), Giorgi Kiknadze (double bass) and Rafa Müller (drums). The release has had good reception on worldwide playlists, blogs and regional tv shows.
Still in Brazil, he released his EP “Ways Ahead” (2019) with a selection of standards, played by great musicians such as Kiko Freitas (drums) and Edu Martins (double bass).
In addition, he’s also an active member of acts such as GIDAM, Tudo Azul, Alex Petratos Strings and Lutes, Peaceful Trio and Maracutaia.
With his bands and features he’s already performed in Brazil, Germany, England, Italy and most recent as part of the release tour for his duo GIDAM, in Japan. Some of his performances include venues and festivals such as ELBJAZZ, Vibraphonissimo Festival, Hamburg.stream, JazzHall Hamburg, Hamburger Rathaus, Jazz Kitchen, Cheltenham Festival (UK), Internationaler Jazztag (BR), Musik Week Asciano (IT) and again and again in venues in Hamburg and the surrounding area. Lucas is a scholarship holder from the Franz-Wirth-Gedächtnis Stiftung.