LUCAS ETCHEVERRIA
– MUSICIAN & COMPOSER –
BIO
Lucas Etcheverria is a Brazilian guitarist and composer based in Hamburg, Germany, since 2019. His music brings together a vibrant blend of jazz, Brazilian traditions, and progressive rock/metal influences, shaping a sound that is both colorful and distinctly personal.
His most recent album, “The Great Puzzle” (2024), presents his original compositions in both quintet and quartet settings. The release has received warm international attention, appearing on worldwide playlists, blogs, and regional TV programs.
His upcoming album, “Color is a Gift” featuring his trio (with Lucas Kolbe and Tobias Frohnhöfer) and names like Kurt Rosenwinkel, Gabriel Coburger and Paul Beskers will be released this winter.
In Brazil, Lucas released the EP “Ways Ahead” (2019), a collection of jazz standards recorded with renowned musicians like Kiko Freitas and Edu Martins.
He is an active member of several projects, including the trio Peace (with Jiuning Liu and Lennart Meyer), with whom he released the album “peace” this year, performed on NDR Hamburg television, and played an extensive series of concerts; the duo Tucumã with Nikolai Voigt; as well as the bands GIDAM, Maracutaia, Savoy Stompers and Yuliia Holub Trio. He has also been a former member of projects such as Tudo Azul and many others.
As a performer, he has shared the stage with major artists such as Kurt Rosenwinkel, Yumi Ito, Eva Klesse, and Toninho Horta. His concert activity has taken him across Brazil, Germany, England, Italy, Japan, Latvia and France, including performances at ELBJAZZ, Vibraphonissimo Festival, Pinneberg Summerjazz, Hamburg.stream, JazzHall Hamburg, the Hamburger Rathaus, Jazz Kitchen, Cheltenham Festival (UK), International Jazz Day (BR), Musik Week Asciano (IT), and many venues throughout Hamburg and northern Germany.
Lucas also curates and leads the concert series “Sons do Brasil,” a project dedicated to presenting diverse Brazilian music together with Hamburg’s thriving local scene and exceptional invited guests such as Toninho Horta and Kiko Freitas.
Committed to spreading and teaching Brazilian music, Lucas regularly gives workshops at the University of Music and Theater Hamburg and other institutions across northern Germany.
He is a former scholarship holder of the Franz-Wirth-Gedächtnis Stiftung.
Foto: Anton Deyß
NEWEST RELEASE
COLOR IS A GIFT
Bringing own compositions and versions of some of my favorite jazz-repertoire songs, my desire with this album was to play an intimate trio live recording (and in some cases with featured guests) to capture some life moments through music, and through the colors of the sound. For me, color is a gift. Color in life, in our sight, in sound and in all senses. Too much color, however, can also turn tables and result in extremes that we don't expect. For me, this music represents those thoughts.
I'm also honored and thankful to have this special band with me, and the amazing features of Kurt Rosenwinkel, Gabriel Coburger and Paul Beskers, which brought even more beautiful colors to this record.
Lucas Etcheverria - guitars
Lucas Kolbe - double bass
Tobias Frohnhöfer - drums
featuring:
Kurt Rosenwinkel - electric guitar (track 4)
Gabriel Coburger - tenor saxophone (tracks 5, 8)
Paul Beskers - alto saxophone (tracks 3, 6) and soprano saxophone (track 9)
credits
released March 27, 2026
Recorded at Milchkettenmusik on April 2025
Mixed at Milchkettenmusik by Matthias Schwarz-Tkotz
Mastered at Sonarrec by Alex Huber
Artwork by Gabriela Basso
Videos by Lennart Meyer
Special thanks to Roland Cabezas for the support with the gear.
TOUR DATES
VIDEOS
Featured Videos
Featured Videos
"SINKI NIGHTS" – Lucas Etcheverria Trio
"RESILIENCE" - Lucas Etcheverria Quintet
Jazz Tied | Zu Gast: Lucas Etcheverria Quintett
On The Street Where You Live
MORE MUSIC
Here's a playlist with recordings I had the pleasure to participate. Those include my releases "The Great Puzzle", the EP "Ways Ahead" and releases from the bands Peace, GIDAM, Tudo Azul, Alex Petratos Strings and Lutes and Yuliia Holub Trio.
LUCAS ETCHEVERRIA QUINTET
THE GREAT PUZZLE
(2024)
Lucas Etcheverria brings a handful of songs which translate some of his thoughts on certain human feelings and common social behaviours. Most of the songs were inspired by attributes such as pride, ego, fear, joy, admiration and inner peace.
The band brings this concept to life with a mix of sensibility, dialogue and impactful energy. The group explores different scenarios in an overall dark-nostalgic mood.
The listener can expect a spectrum that goes since contemporary souding songs like "Asciano" and "Deconstruct", to brazilian-inspired rhythms like in "Pontestrela" and "Nuvem", until intense rock-like moments like in "Resilience". In addition to that, the album brings the nostalgic short ballad "Daily Reminder" and an up-tempo song with influences from traditional jazz, "The Value of Innocence".
Lucas Etcheverria (guitar / composition)
Björn Atle Anfinsen (trumpet / flugelhorn)
Jonas Oppermann (piano)
Giorgi Kiknadze (double bass)
Rafa Müller (drums)
credits
released October 6, 2023 on Bandcamp
to be released January 5, 2023 on all platforms
Recorded at FrogStudio Hamburg
Mixed by Matthias Schwarz-Tkotz / Milchkettenmusik
Mastered by Alex Huber / Sonarrec
Cover design by Gabriela Basso
Pictures and video recording by Ronald Frommann
Produced by Lucas Etcheverria
PHOTOS
for download
