Still Life

An Intersections of paths. A series of life coincidences. The proof that every being is exactly where it is supposed to be. This is Still Life, an original music project, based in Barcelona. Still Life was born as a violin solo project (2017), during a week of isolation at home due to João being ill. It became a duo when João met Margherita as a result of one of li fe’s coincidences. They met in the city of Porto (Portugal), in “Rua da Alegria ( “Happiness Street”). This was the moment when Still Life’s music started to have a vocalist and lyrics. The name of this project comes from the “still life” we use in our music: pc, pedals, cables, effects, loops. João records the music background using a loop station.
In June 2018 Margherita moved to Barcelona and they released the first album (“Still Life”), and in the beginning of 2019 the second album (“Dream Machine ”). With the lyrics connected to nature and primordial emotions, our goal is to share a message of hope, literally enclosed in the expression “Still Life”.
Still Life is the winner of Premio Andrea Parodi XIII (1º prize, best music and interpretation, Premio Bianca d'Aponte International and “Premio Ragazzi”) , and a semi-fnalist in the International Songwriting Competition in the United States of America. João Silva is a finalist in the Seifert Competition for jazz violin in Poland (2020), and also received an honourable mention from the Ponte de Lima Municipal Assembly (2020);

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