Dan Costa

Dan Costa is an award-winning jazz/ world music pianist, composer and producer, whose music has been considered entrancing (DownBeat), rare and luxurious (All About Jazz) and profound (Jazziz). His art reflects his mixed cultural background as well as his fondness for the natural environment, bringing together philosophical concepts, modern jazz colours and world music rhythms. It has been featured by Rolling Stone Magazine, Sky, the BBC and others.

Costa has collaborated with artists such as <a href="spotify:artist:64neTfIIdYKNhJ9zxoz3jF" data-name="Ivan Lins">Ivan Lins</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:3Rsba5XTDhxUyjK4sn1wBj" data-name="Randy Brecker">Randy Brecker</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:4KmKbbEq6PMnW2TdkrbBIH" data-name="John Patitucci">John Patitucci</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:3zX0EMvB00JzxnRi5EIICP" data-name="Mike Stern">Mike Stern</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:5COT5dVPZHSd0ZFyCQCm7s" data-name="Hermeto Pascoal">Hermeto Pascoal</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:429bUEZe2Hq5QJvO2CmhLn" data-name="Dave Liebman">Dave Liebman</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:3SQrLX0O6RbBjmSIkwCgJb" data-name="Dave Douglas">Dave Douglas</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:5QdS83aNvQzKgj43VTdY8d" data-name="Jaques Morelenbaum">Jaques Morelenbaum</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:4YBLaoTWDgIwBB6Y61Y6Nb" data-name="Leila Pinheiro">Leila Pinheiro</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:3tItkskMschazqMDZoRU7T" data-name="Nelson Faria">Nelson Faria</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:42hRz6aP75SU2kA3qUEDFP" data-name="Ricardo Silveira">Ricardo Silveira</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:7eoxe0CyQFAF2xpYYvstkp" data-name="Marcos Suzano">Marcos Suzano</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:2r1d0isPFggU8QaBzvAWmG" data-name="Roberto Menescal">Roberto Menescal</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:2vFu2RmcRZ8Gi0vl1t3BEr" data-name="Teco Cardoso">Teco Cardoso</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:2tfVfgslNHoisjzLLgnRIV" data-name="Romero Lubambo">Romero Lubambo</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:6dGUsUBJqBgIdIJyToa37C" data-name="Marcelo Martins">Marcelo Martins</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:15xTCSZpFY72P0e47a7jIg" data-name="Jorge Helder">Jorge Helder</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:0NeJNtq1DJi5NSTitlsSlL" data-name="Vittor Santos">Vittor Santos</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:0luiQsbwEuJHz0MjyajJ4Y" data-name="Augusto Mattoso">Augusto Mattoso</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:17bZjpj6dplqUsNH8TItKq" data-name="Marcio Bahia">Marcio Bahia</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:32On9aT0OV5VSV0053B3hE" data-name="Alberto Continentino">Alberto Continentino</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:3yO5jk5YMlXqaRNPiULDL1" data-name="Paulinho Vicente">Paulinho Vicente</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:5tGDXwaO3qq4w9mAhZHwZY" data-name="Seamus Blake">Seamus Blake</a>.

Following classical and jazz music studies at the Académie de Musique Rainier III and popular music at <a href="spotify:artist:4STHEaNw4mPZ2tzheohgXB" data-name="Paul McCartney">Paul McCartney</a>&#39;s LIPA, he graduated in jazz piano at ESMAE with a Rotary Club award for outstanding achievement. He won an Ibero-American grant and studied Brazilian music at UNICAMP, later pursuing further studies at Berklee College of Music with a merit scholarship. He has performed on six continents and has done masterclasses at several institutions. His music has been viewed as a message of intercultural love and a voice for the voiceless.

www.dancosta.net