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Friday,21st @ 8pm

Sofia Koutsovitis Trio

Sofia Koutsovitis brings her unique world sound to the Adams this month for one night only! This versatile vocalist and composer from Argentina will fill the Adams with her incredible music that draws upon a world of influences. Joining Sofia for this concert are -
Lionel Loueke - guitar
Richie Barshay - drums
Tickets: $15-Adult \ $12-Senior 65+ \ $12-Student w/ID - Buy Tickets

The music of the Sofia Koutsovitis Trio is grounded in South American rhythms like chacarera and zamba from Argentina, Afro-Peruvian festejo and lando, and various Brazilian genres, which she unites with the harmonic and melodic innovations of jazz in a pan-stylistic tapestry of sound. Alternately singing in Spanish, Portuguese and English, her voice seems to simultaneously employ stylistic modes drawn from multiple sources. Sofia also performs songs by Silvio Rodriguez, Astor Piazzolla, Paulinho daViola, Chabuca Granda, Raul Carnota, and more. Combined with her own compositions of Latin rhythms with a heady infusion of innovative jazz, the result is something indefinably new and exciting.


“… a wonderfully unique young singer.”
Luciana Souza

“Sofia Koutsovitis is one of the most memorable performers I have ever encountered…As a songwriter she is superb and original.”
Curtis Fuller



“… a very gifted Latin American singer.”
Danilo Perez

“Sofia’s rich, warm alto is equally at home with quick latin rhythms and sensuous ballads. Her sound appeals right to your heart, but her witty and intelligent interpretations and compositions will win your mind. A unique and wonderful talent.”
Dominique Eade
Originally from Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sofia Koutsovitis is an active vocalist, composer and arranger. She is the leader of an octet that performs her own music, influenced by a wide variety of styles that range from jazz and experimental music to folkloric music from South America, specially Argentine, Brazilian and Peruvian.

After her professional singing debut at age 9 in the Teatro Colon Children’s Choir, Sofia later became a member of the internationally renowned National Youth Choir of Argentina, taking part in seven tours to South America, Europe and the USA. Subsequently attending the National Conservatory, she was part of several groups interpreting Renaissance, Baroque and Classical music in the most distinguished halls of Buenos Aires. Sofia also gained experience within the circles of experimental Avant-garde music. In 2001 she moved to Boston to pursue a Master's Degree in the Jazz Program at the New England Conservatory where she studied voice, improvisation and composition with jazz masters Danilo Perez, Dominique Eade, Charlie Banacos and Steve Lacy.

Now a resident of New York, Sofia is part of several projects that involve Jazz, experimental, Brazilian, Argentine, Afro-Peruvian and Afro-Colombian music. She is the lead vocalist of Alcatraz, a modern Afro-peruvian/jazz sextet. In AVANTRIO, Sofia joins Jorge Roeder in acoustic bass and Jorge Perez Albela in cajon in a distinctly contemporary take on traditional Creole and Afro-Peruvian music. She is also a member of Folklore Urbano, an Afro Colombian/Jazz big band led by pianist/composer Pablo Mayor. Sofia is also collaborating with Spanish composer Montserrat Torras in a series of original pieces for solo voice and prerecorded vocal samples.

So far, Sofia Koutsovitis’ performances have found great critical success, including her appearances at Washington D.C.’s Kennedy Center, Boston’s historic Jordan Hall, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, and other top-tier jazz clubs like the Regattabar and Ryles. In 2004 she was invited to take part in the international ‘Betty Carter Jazz Ahead’ institute, a program designed to promote emerging jazz composers, and in 2005 her music was featured during a residency at the 2005 Aspen Jazz Academy, directed by Christian McBride.