Transatlantic Samba Brass Ensemble
WELCOME TO THE PANDA ISLAND
A Panda do Sol production is a collective of Berlin-based musical projects composing, producing and promoting Brazilian & Transatlantic music since 2016.
The musicians are women and men from France, Brazil, Portugal, Colombia & Germany and carry with them various musical influences ranging from Samba de Raiz, French Chanson, Caribbean Biguine, New Orleans Jazz & Afro-Brazilian percussion.
This encounter of musical genre reflects the city they live in, Berlin, and their emphasis on vocals & timeless lyrics makes the sound of this project a singular journey of rhythms & poetry between past and present.
It gathers today three projects : "A Panda do Sol", "Jacaré" & "Muguet & Colibri", of which the main locomotive is the ensemble "A Panda do Sol".
Amongst many others, they have been invited to play on stages such as the Badehaus (2022,2023), Karneval der Kulturen (2019 & 2023), Bucht der Traümer (2023), the Fusion Festival (2022) and the World Health Summit (2023)
Their first two albums were played on various national radios such as Radio Multicult, Radio Alhara w/ Edna Martinez, Deutschlandfunkkultur and the wold music specialist Songlines Magazine found interest in their second album "Homenagem" , printing an album review in their issue n°180.
UPCOMING SHOWS
Mikro Hiejazz
Brazilian & Latin Roots Session
hosted by A Panda do Sol
with special guests:
Tiao Carvalho (Maranhao, Br) , Babel Collage (Vintage Acapulco)
& DJ Mauricio Fleury (Samba, Soul & Brazilian delights)
Xelor Kesselhaus, Neukölln Berlin
17.02
Mikro Hiejazz
Brazilian & Latin Roots Session
hosted by A Panda do Sol
with special guests :
Las Cucarachas (trad. Jazz & rancheras), Manuel Reina (flamenco dancer)
& DJ Karanda (Angola, cabo verde & braziliadades)
Grüner Salon, Volksbühne Berlin
30.03
Mikro Hiejazz
Brazilian & Latin Roots Session
hosted by A Panda do Sol
with special guests :
tba.
Grüner Salon, Volksbühne Berlin
27.04
Klunkerkranich
A Panda do Sol invited by N.E.S.T.A
Berlin
29.05
Mikro Hiejazz
Brazilian & Latin Roots Session
hosted by A Panda do Sol
with special guests :
tba.
Grüner Salon, Volksbühne Berlin
31.05
Mikro Hiejazz
Brazilian & Latin Roots Session
hosted by A Panda do Sol
with special guests :
tba.
Grüner Salon, Volksbühne Berlin
29.06
Kultursalon Die Flaneure
A Panda do Sol petit comité
Berlin
07.09
Roots & Sprouts Festival
A Panda do Sol
Leipzig
15-17.09
ARTISTS
Members of the Panda Family