Two of Jazz is the concept that was born in 2018 and has as components Ioana-Teodora Spinu - voice (ROMANIA) and Lucas Contreras - guitar (COLUMBIA). The program of the two musicians includes arrangements and reinterpretations of some of the most beloved and well-known pieces from the standard jazz repertoire such as compositions by Sigmund Romberg, Cole Porter and Brooks Bowman. Among the notable appearances of this duo we mention the Jazz Festival - Sibiu, the Stone Film Festival - Piatra Neamț, Green Hours - Bucharest, Șușote - Constanța.
Ioana-Teodora Spînu was born in Constanța and studied singing and jazz at the “Regina Maria” National Art College. Continuing at the jazz department of the National University of Music in Bucharest, she is currently a master's student. She has given concerts in numerous festivals in Romania, including “Women on Silks”, Street Delivery - Jazz for Kids, Outdoor Jazz Festival - Promenada Mall, National Improvisation Festival - Godot in Bucharest, within the Jazz Evenings and classical music - Radio Romania Târgu Mureş, Season of events "Music and arts at the museum" in Târgu Mureş, within the project "Padurea Rotundă", Reghin and within the Filmul de Piatră festival in Piatra Neamț. The most recent project in which she is involved is called “Tarot Tales” from the Romanian Playwrights Theater and is a musical by Mircea Tiberian based on texts by Saviana Stănescu.
Lucas Contreras is a jazz guitarist born in Colombia. He began his musical studies at the Universidad el Bosque Bogota, where he learned the basics of jazz and Latin American folklore. At the moment he is a student at the jazz department of the National University of Music in Bucharest. Able to combine his Latin influences with jazz music, Lucas Contreras is a versatile and dynamic musician. He sang in various formulas, from duet (guitar-vocals) to sextet. The most recent project in which he was involved is Cristina Radu quartet, a formula with which he sang at the Jazz In The Park festival in Cluj, with which they won the Special Award.
