Live recording at MIA Festival 2019 

From an almost compulsive fascination with sound, the overwhelming resonance of large acoustic spaces, and the subtleties of false emptiness. We are left with the collective exploration of strings and wood, in constant vibrations in their reflected silences.

A different string quartet, which sacralizes the profane. Or profanes the sacred, initially presented as StringChamberPot, later renamed as ZARM Ensemble. 

ZARM Ensemble are:
Carlos “Zingaro” - Violin
David Magalhães Alves - Violin
Ulrich Mitzlaff - Cello
Alvaro Rosso - Double Bass 

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About the show:
"Cleanly connected in all facets of a performance, the established quartet’s
balance meant that sonorous double bass notes were as prominent
throughout as trebly sweeps from the others.
By midpoint, blazing staccato upsurges were bursting from “Zíngaro”’s and
Mitzlaff’s string sets, while Rosso prepared his strings with clothespins
placed just above the bridge to create thumping strokes that were then
decorated with rococo pulses from the violins.
Later with Alves’ output more tonal and “Zingaro”’s more dissonant, the two
fiddlers tossed the theme back and forth without losing its lilt, with all four
contributing to a savory pitch-sliding finale."
KEN WAXMAN
(2019 - Jazz World)
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Recording by Daniela Sousa E José Felix Da Costa

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Live at MIA festival 2019

Jetsam, from sea unworthiness, things thrown overboard to lighten a hurrying ship.

ZARM Ensemble present a short video, a collage of discarded recordings reconstructed into something new. Miniatures of improvised moments, brimming with collective life and variety making landfall.

Recorded at Galeria Monumental by António Busca.
Edited and Produced by David Magalhães Alves

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ZARM Ensamble are an award-winning string quartet started by Carlos "Zíngaro” (violin), David Magalhães Alves (Violin), Ulrich Mitzlaff (Cello) and Alvaro Rosso (Double bass).

From an almost compulsive fascination with sound, the overwhelming resonance of large acoustic spaces, and the subtleties of false emptiness. We are left with the collective exploration of strings and wood, in constant vibrations in their reflected silences.
A different string quartet, which sacralizes the profane. Or profanes the sacred.

ZARM Ensemble has held performances at Galeria Monumental, Lisboa(2018); the MIA festival, Atouguia da Baleia ( 2019); Faroeste EMCII, Caldas da Rainha (2021); Culturgest - Caixa Geral de Depósitos, Lisboa(2022); Ciclo de Polinização, Paredes de Coura (2022); and was part of the “Renova” project led by Musician Carlos Zíngaro and Choreographer Paula Pinto, winner of Renova Art Commissions (RAC) 2021 curated by Martim Sousa Tavares.

Jetsam

ZARM Ensamble is an award-winning string quartet started by Carlos "Zíngaro” (violin), David Magalhães Alves (Violin), Ulrich Mitzlaff (Cello) and Alvaro Rosso (Double bass).

With performances held at Galeria Monumental, Lisboa(2018); the MIA festival, Atouguia da Baleia ( 2019); Faroeste EMCII, Caldas da Rainha (2021); Culturgest - Caixa Geral de Depósitos, Lisboa(2022); Ciclo de Polinização, Paredes de Coura (2022); and was part of the “Renova” project led by Musician Carlos Zíngaro and Choreographer Paula Pinto, winner of Renova Art Commissions (RAC) 2021 curated by Martim Sousa Tavares.

From an almost compulsive fascination with sound, the overwhelming resonance of large acoustic spaces, and the subtleties of false emptiness. We are left with the collective exploration of strings and wood, in constant vibrations in their reflected silences.
A different string quartet, which sacralizes the profane. Or profanes the sacred, initially presented as StringChamberPot, later renamed as ZARM Ensemble.

Links - 
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Carlos "Zíngaro" - Violin
www.audeo.pt/carlos-zingaro.html 
www.facebook.com/carlos.zingaro
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David Magalhães Alves - Violin
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Ulrich Mitzlaff - Cello
www.facebook.com/ulrich.mitzlaff 
www.ulrichmitzlaff.bandcamp.com 
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Alvaro Rosso - Bass
www.alvarorosso.bandcamp.com
www.jacc-records.com/pt/musicians/alvaro-rosso 
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ZARMensemble