Susana Santos Silva is a Portuguese trumpeter, improviser, composer and performer based in Stockholm, Sweden, known for her innovative approach to music.
She draws inspiration and works with other artistic expressions such as image and body movement. She is interested in expanding the sonic possibilities of her instrument and creatively exploring the dissolution of the boundaries between perception, genre and media. She has played with a variety of projects and with musicians such as Anthony Braxton, Fred Frith, Evan Parker, Joëlle Léandre, Mat Maneri, Paul Lovens, Hamid Drake, Mats Gustafsson, Lotte Anker, Sten Sandell, Catherine Christer Hennix and Ictus Ensemble, as well as choreographers/dancers such as Vera Mantero and Némo Flouret.
