femous delphins – surfing on soundtracks

Live at

Cannes Corporate

Media & TV Awards

Le Palm Beach, Cannes // 13.10.2011

featuring:
Célia Mara (Brazil/Austria)
The Snow Owl (Columbia/USA)
Courtney Jones (Trinidad-Tobago )
and Sweet Susie (Austria)

“Surfing on soundtracks” is a specially designed Gala Music Program, exploring the world of Movie, TV and Commercial Soundtracks, presenting creative compositions by the artists.

Brazilian award winning singer-songwriter Célia Mara developed together with femous director Silvia Jura a surprising show, where the borders between commercials, “hits of the century” and Brazilian Bastardsound are dissolved… Specially featured are Célia Mara’s long term partners The Snow Owl – actually one of the world best bass-Players, Courtney Jones – internationally touring Calypso percussion master and Sweet Susie, the lady on the desks…

Femous delphins is a project by femous: 360° women in music to promote the wide range of female creativity and present female artists and producers on an international scale. http://www.femous.at

a femous production by Silvia Jura & Célia Mara

The artists

Célia Mara: Brazil / Austria: She might be small, but extremly powerful! The singer with the great voice impresses with an international career; she has been performing on important festivals and venues between New York and Moscow, London and Sofia, she played for Roman Polansky as well as for Austria’s president in the Viennese Opera, she has been on top of the European World Music Charts, has been decorated with the Brazilian Export Award and got the Austrian Citizenship by Honor. Enjoy her creativity! Célia Mara is singer, songwriter, composer and producer – and, by the way, femous co-founder.

www.celiamara.net

Sweet Susie: Austria: This lady got the groove: she is an Austrian DJ-Icon, co founded one of the most important clubs in the electronic world – the Viennese Dub-Club, remixed Mozart and international Jazz artists… Sweet Susie is not only a great electronic musician, but also curator and – femous director.

http://www.sweetsusie.net/

The Snow Owl – Juan Garcia Herreros (Columbia/USA): He’s probably one of the world’s best young Jazz Bass Players, he’s actual solo album is released by the prestigious label Blue Note in New York… In Cannes, he’s Célia Mara’s partner on stage and will present also some of his solo program. You’ll love it!

http://www.the-snow-owl.com

Courtney Jones (Trinidad-Tobago) – The Master of Steelpan, Calypso and Reggae… On stage, he’s like a magician, involving his public in surprising and groovy worlds. His long and impressing international career prooves that he is an amazing percussion player and drummer, giving good energy to all audiences…

http://www.courtney-jones.com

Silvia Jura (Austria) – Mastermind and conceptionist, she is taking care of the whole production. Silvia is director of femous, inventor of the femous orchestra and Célia Mara’s partner in all productions.
>http://www.silvias.net

2010 is gone… viva 2011!

We had a great year! I hope you did so as well!
There were very special shows going on – and we’ve been working with fantastic musicians.
No matter if the project was MEUS AMORES – brazilian lovesongs with the incredibly Benjamim Taubkin on piano and Margarethe Deppe on Violoncello – with a tour bringing us to the completly sold out Wiener Konzerthaus / Mozartsaal or the Cancarejew Dom in Ljublana – or with my regular band project presenting brazilian bastardsound – it was simply amazing!
We had a small US Tour, bringing us to New York City & Washington DC, where we had a great time at Joe’s Pub and at the Austrian Cultural Forums.
In Europe, certainly one of the highlights was playing at the Veneto Jazz Festival – or doing the opening of Into the City / Wiener Festwochen.
I loved the energetic cooperation with la Banda di Piazza Caricamento from Genova, with amazing shows in Italy & Croatia and our new project “everybody bastardista” presenting a huge band with amazing rappers and dancers – simply BOMBASTIC!
Not to forget an excursion to the roots of Bossa Nova with the brazilian legend Nelson Angelo…
Here is my present to all of you –
lots of love !!

And 2011 is even more promising!
we will party and enjoy 100 years centenary of international women’s day with a great project: femous. The femous orchestra will bring female excellency to all of you… don’t miss us!!!
and in the meantime… I’m in Brazil – between Pedra Azul, my hometown and Salvador, where I’m running the project Casa Matria — find me @ http://www.casamatria.net Axé!!!