{"id":236201,"date":"2026-09-22T14:04:26","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T11:04:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vilnius-events.lt\/?post_type=event&p=236201"},"modified":"2026-09-22T14:04:26","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T11:04:26","slug":"vilnius-jazz-2026-matchume-zango-mz-s-o-paulo-underground-usa-br","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.vilnius-events.lt\/en\/event\/vilnius-jazz-2026-matchume-zango-mz-s-o-paulo-underground-usa-br\/","title":{"rendered":"Vilnius Jazz 2026: Matchume Zango (MZ), S\u00e3o Paulo Underground (USA-BR)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Matchume Zango (Mozambique)<\/strong>
\nMatchume Zango – percussion, timbila<\/p>\n

Matchume Zango, a Mozambican percussionist, composer, music producer, instrument maker and cultural scholar, has gained international recognition as a unique virtuoso of the African xylophone \u2013 the timbila \u2013 and a resourceful custodian of his country\u2019s artistic traditions.<\/p>\n

The artist\u2019s family roots lie in the Zavala region of Mozambique\u2019s Inhambane Province, which is regarded as the cradle of timbila music, a tradition inscribed on UNESCO\u2019s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. This shaped Zango\u2019s life path \u2013 from childhood, he has been passionately interested in his country\u2019s traditional music and dance; he plays mbira, xitende and djembe, and later began crafting African instruments, becoming an innovator in the field of timbila.<\/p>\n

Zango combines his knowledge of African percussion and musical traditions with a fusion style, improvisation, musical experimentation and electronic elements. He plays a vital role in preserving, promoting and revitalising the musical traditions of the Chope people of Mozambique for future generations, building bridges between Mozambican heritage and jazz, improvisational, experimental and electronic music whilst creating his own distinctive artistic language.<\/p>\n

At the Vilnius Jazz, the artist will present an audiovisual programme introducing the songs, dances and rituals of the Macua and Chope peoples of Mozambique, as well as the Nyau Brotherhood, and will employ a unique artistic language to tell the story of the heritage and present-day life of these traditional communities.<\/p>\n

S\u00e3o Paulo Underground (USA-Brazil)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rob Mazurek – cornet, electronics, modular synths, voice
\nGuilherme Granado – keyboards, synthesizers, samplers, voice
\nMauricio Takara – drums, percussion, cavaquinho, electronics<\/p>\n

Celebrating 20 years of fearless musical exploration, S\u00e3o Paulo Underground continues to redefine the possibilities of electro-acoustic composition, spontaneous composition, and sonic invention. Formed in S\u00e3o Paulo in 2005 by Rob Mazurek and Mauricio Takara, the ensemble made its debut later that year in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, and released its first recording on S\u00e3o Paulo\u2019s Submarine Records, marking the beginning of one of the most distinctive creative partnerships in contemporary music. With the addition of Guilherme Granado, the group evolved into a singular trio whose music brings together Brazilian rhythmic traditions, electronic experimentation, improvisation, and immersive sound worlds into a constantly unfolding collective language.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":236202,"template":"","categories":[6,4],"tags":[],"ticket-vendor":[21],"class_list":["post-236201","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-festivaliai","category-koncertai","ticket-vendor-bilietai-lt"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t