Gileno Santana

Address: Rua Daciano Baptista Marques 59 B3, 4400-617

Vila Nova de Gaia- Portugal
Tel: +351 936213003
E-mail: gilenosantana1@hotmail.com
Nacionalidade: Luso-Brazilian
birthdate:05/05/87
Languages: Portuguese, English and Italian
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Born in Salvador (Bahia, Brazil), Gileno Santana is a Portuguese-Brazilian trumpeter and

composer. He won the international BEJAZZ’14 jazz competition in the city of Bern
(Switzerland) with the Egli-Santana Group. He received the Medal of Honor of the Order of
Musicians of the State of São Paulo and is a Schagerl International Artist.

While in Brazil, Gileno Santana started studying music in 2003, and two years later he
participated in the recording of the album of the american saxophonist Mike Ellis, as part of
the Bahia Band.

In 2006, he moved to Portugal to study at the Hot Club Portugal and the Superior School of
Music and Performing Arts. He was invited to integrate the Orquestra Jazz de Matosinhos
(OJM), the most prestigious Portuguese big band. As lead trumpet, he performed works by
Jim McNeely, Chris Cheek, Mark Turner, Ohad Talmor, Andy Sheppard, Lee Konitz, Kurt
Rosenwinkel, Joshua Redman, Maria Schneider, Carla Bley, Steve Swallow, Jason Moran,
Dan Weiss, Maria João, Mayra Andrade, Julian Argüelles, Florian Ross, Pierre Bertrand,
Michael Mantler, Fred Hersch among many others. He also recorded four albums as the
lead trumpet of OJM and participated in notorious jazz festivals in Portugal, France and
Spain. Of notice his presence in the prestigious Wiener Konzerthaus (Austria) and the
famous New York jazz clubs Birdland, Jazz Standard and Blue Note.

The solo discography of Gileno Santana dates back to 2010 as leader of the GS Quartet. His
first album Início, Gileno was joined by the world leading musicians Hermeto Pascoal and
Hamilton de Holanda. His next album, Metamorphosis (Caligola Records, 2014), was
considered by the critics one of the best albums of the year. In 2016, he presented his third
album, called Inevitável (Caligola Records). This last project, in duo with the guitarist
Tuniko Goulart, reached a world-wide popularity level. Its composition "Malaco" has
become a true phenomenon and counted with the participation of more than 100 musicians
from various parts of the world. With this album he made a long tour through Portugal,
Czech Republic, Hungary, Austria, Switzerland, South of Korea and England. In 2017,
Gileno, in duo with the accordionist Inês Vaz, presented his fourth album, “Ciranda”, which
features tradicional Portuguese music.
His work as an arranger includes collaboration with highly successful Portuguese artists. He
is constantly requested for both studio sessions and live concerts with some of the greatest
and most respected musicians in the country, spanning from rock, to pop and soul, to cite a
few. Internationally, he collaborated with Tony Allen, Amp Fiddler, Munir Hossn, James
Morrison, Edmar Castaneda, Andy Hunter, Marshall Glikes, Bob Stewart, Thomas
Gansch, Dick Oats, Hermeto Pascoal, Adam Rapa and Maceo Parker. In 2015 and 2017, he
was the invited soloist to perform with the Symphony Orchestra Casa da Música in two
concerts with the singer Gregory Porter. He also collaborated with the Italian project PoLo,
with which he recorded the album Pleasures (Auand) and performed dozens of concerts in
the north of Italy. In Switzerland, he is a member of the Egli-Santana Group and the DRO
jazz orchestra - David Regan Orchestra.

Gileno Santana is often invited to teach masterclasses and workshops in different venues
across the World. Of notice his presence across five continents, namely Japan, Australia,
Colombia, Cape Verde and Austria. In October 2017, he was a resident professor at the
famous Australian University James Morrison Academy in Mount Gambier. He is a
professor of jazz trumpet at the Music Conservatory of Oporto.

He is sponsored by international trumpet brands such as Inderbinen, Schagerl (where he has

its own line of mouthpiece and trumpets), Applied Microphone Technology and Joyo. He is
one of Portuguese ambassador of the British clothes brand Fred Perry.