Dan Costa (composer)

Dan Costa (born April 7, 1989) is a jazz pianist and composer, known for his album Suite Três Rios.

Biography

Born in London to Portuguese and Italian parents, he studied classical piano at the Académie de Musique Rainier III in Monaco prior to entering Sir Paul McCartney's Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts. He then graduated in jazz piano from the Escola Superior de Música, Artes e Espetáculo in Portugal and was awarded a grant to study Brazilian music at UNICAMP in São Paulo, Brazil.^[1]

Costa recorded his debut album Suite Três Rios in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, winner of a Global Music Award and considered one of the best albums of 2016 by Down Beat.^[2][3][4] Dubbed "a finely crafted album" by critic Carlo Wolff, it was amongst the best-selling albums on the iTunes Portugal Chart and peaked at number 5 on the Roots Music Report Jazz Chart in the United States.^[5][6][7] The track "Bossa Nova (feat. Leila Pinheiro)" was Top 10 on the Jazz Song Chart.^[8] He has worked with Jaques Morelenbaum, Leila Pinheiro, Marcos Suzano and Jan Erik Kongshaug, amongst others.^[9][10]

Discography

As a leader

• Suite Três Rios - 2016

References