Hermeto's Mothership

A tribute concert to Hermeto Pascoal by Hermeto's Mothership, a group made up of musicians who for decades accompanied the Brazilian composer and multi-instrumentalist, both live and in the studio. The programme features repertoire drawn exclusively from his work.

Hermeto's Mothership is a jazz project made up of musicians who played alongside Hermeto Pascoal, the composer and multi-instrumentalist who created concepts such as Música Universal and Som da Aura. It is presented as a tribute: the repertoire belongs entirely to Hermeto and is performed with his original arrangements, combining classics, rarely heard pieces and recent works. Hermeto's Mothership is not Hermeto Pascoal himself, but a group that champions his legacy.

The current line-up brings together Itiberê Zwarg (bass, with the group since 1977), Fábio Pascoal (percussion, recording director of Hermeto's albums since 1999), André Marques (piano and arrangements, since 1994), Ajurinã Zwarg (drums, composer and educator) and Jota P. (saxophones and flute). Itiberê Zwarg, born in São Paulo in 1950, released his first album, « Intuitivo », in 2018, and his work falls within Brazilian jazz.

Among the group's recent accolades is the Latin Grammy for « Pra Você, Ilza » (2024), an album dedicated to the memory of Ilza, Hermeto's wife. Its members have toured festivals and venues on several continents over the decades of collaboration with the composer.