Hamilton de Holanda Trio

The word alone: pure poetry! "Bandolim" means mandolin in Portuguese. And the greatest poet among Brazil's numerous mandolin players is Hamilton de Holanda, who elicits hitherto undreamed-of sounds from the instrument like no other.

Only eight strings on the mandolin? No, that's not for Hamilton de Holanda. For the 47-year-old musician from Rio de Janeiro, just ten strings are enough to realize his idea of an instrument that should express both harmonic and rhythmic facets. This only does justice to the so incredibly complex work of an Antônio Carlos Jobim, which Holanda approaches boldly and virtuously with his trio. Rarely can the Bossa nova à la Jobim be experienced more intensely.