You can describe Pat Silva as a successful pan-European musical work of art. The jazz singer was born in a little Westphalian village in Germany. Her parents are both musicians: one from Portugal and the other from Germany. As a result, Pat was in touch with the life on stage from an early age. Music and dance became an essential part in her life. She was enthusiastic about tap dance and took guitar lessons.
In addition, she gathered her first performances on stage at the tender age of six. These experiences laid the foundation stone for her adult career. Still at young age, Pat turned her back on her hometown and went to Berlin. She tried out many things and worked in diverse jobs. Among others, she completed a formal training as make-up artist and also as fitness coach: always in search of her real vocation- which she eventually rediscovered in music and on stage.
After all these years Pat still considers this time to be important steps in her search for the right path to her destiny. The urge of the creative progress is deeply rooted within her and she used this ability throughout her musical career. Although she already took singing lessons and played several jazz gigs during her time in Berlin, her musical education began in earnest after moving to Lisbon in 1999. There she took piano and drum lessons and had numerous teachers, including Cuco Wallraff in stage acting, Sliwia York in classical singing, as well as Paula Oliveira, Ana Sterr Neves and Filomena Amaro: all of who are leading lights in the Portuguese music world.
In 2003, Pat became a member of the Luis Villas Boas Jazz School, where she dealt with jazz music on a more professional level. She worked with musicians of the well-known circle "Hot Club do Portugal" and took lessons from the widely known jazz interpreters Fay Claassen and Darmon Meader: co-founder of the â€New York Voicesâ€.
Pat inspired her audience with projects like "A Tribute To Chet Baker" and she toured Portugal, Spain and Germany with different formations. Her latest project "A Long Time Ago" is very versatile, powerful, harmonious, dreamy and easy-going. The songs deal with love and passion, depicting the question of holding on to people and letting go, always with a touch of optimism. This reflects Pat's attitude towards life: even in hard times she manages to maintain a certain charm which reminds her to always look ahead. Pat single-mindedly implements her musical visions and always follows her intuition at the same time.
The world is curious what’s to be heard next…Header Banner Made with MyBannerMaker.com! Click here to make your own!Video of the first single A LONG TIME AGO (2006)Also check out the MAKING OF here
