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Every Petal Tells A Story

Tiago Lageira

Every Petal Tells A Story

Price: € 19.95
Format: CD
Label: Challenge Records
UPC: 0608917364323
Catnr: CR 73643
Release date: 02 October 2026
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Challenge Records
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0608917364323
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CR 73643
Release date
02 October 2026
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About the album

With Every Petal Tells a Story, guitarist and composer Tiago Lageira presents an intimate musical portrait of love, commitment and the transformation of becoming a parent. Rooted in personal memory, the album unfolds like a sequence of emotional chapters: from the first spark of romance to marriage, from expectation to birth, and from uncertainty to the overwhelming discovery of a love growing beyond oneself.

Lageira’s music carries the imprint of several worlds. Born in Portugal and shaped by the traditions of Fado and Brazilian rhythm, he later immersed himself in Amsterdam’s jazz scene, absorbing the language of improvisation, harmony and storytelling. His playing combines melodic sensitivity with rhythmic fluidity, bringing together Portuguese lyricism, modern jazz colours and a deeply personal sense of narrative.

Across seven original compositions, Every Petal Tells a Story invites a rich cast of voices and instrumental guests. The album features Vanessa Torrens Juaneda, Anna Serierse, Hermine Deurloo, Jina Sudemi, Iris Feijen and Marisa Petraglia, each adding a distinct shade to Lageira’s musical world. From the atmospheric opening of “Under the Shadow of the Lotus” to the reflective closing piece “Futuro Incerto,” the album moves through tenderness, wonder, doubt and devotion.

The title reflects the album’s essence: every moment, every memory and every fragile detail carries meaning. Like petals gathered from different seasons of life, these compositions form a story of love in bloom: vulnerable, resilient and profoundly human.

Every Petal Tells a Story is both a personal dedication and a universal invitation: to listen closely to the quiet turning points that shape our lives, and to hear in them the music of becoming.

Mit Every Petal Tells a Story präsentiert der Gitarrist und Komponist Tiago Lageira ein intimes musikalisches Porträt von Liebe, Verbundenheit und der tiefgreifenden Veränderung, die mit dem Elternwerden einhergeht. Verwurzelt in persönlichen Erinnerungen entfaltet sich das Album wie eine Folge emotionaler Kapitel: vom ersten Funken einer Liebesbeziehung bis zur Ehe, von der Erwartung bis zur Geburt und von der Unsicherheit bis zur überwältigenden Erkenntnis einer Liebe, die über das eigene Selbst hinauswächst.

Lageiras Musik trägt die Spuren verschiedener Welten in sich. In Portugal geboren und geprägt von den Traditionen des Fado und brasilianischer Rhythmen, tauchte er später tief in die Amsterdamer Jazzszene ein und machte sich die Sprache der Improvisation, Harmonik und des musikalischen Erzählens zu eigen. Sein Spiel verbindet melodische Sensibilität mit rhythmischer Leichtigkeit und vereint portugiesische Lyrik, moderne Jazzfarben und einen zutiefst persönlichen erzählerischen Ausdruck.

In sieben Eigenkompositionen versammelt Every Petal Tells a Story eine facettenreiche Gruppe von Sängerinnen und instrumentalen Gästen. Auf dem Album sind Vanessa Torrens Juaneda, Anna Serierse, Hermine Deurloo, Jina Sudemi, Iris Feijen und Marisa Petraglia zu hören, die Lageiras musikalischer Welt jeweils eine eigene Klangfarbe verleihen. Vom atmosphärischen Auftakt „Under the Shadow of the Lotus“ bis zum nachdenklichen Schlussstück „Futuro Incerto“ bewegt sich das Album durch Zärtlichkeit, Staunen, Zweifel und Hingabe.

Der Titel bringt das Wesen des Albums auf den Punkt: Jeder Augenblick, jede Erinnerung und jedes fragile Detail trägt Bedeutung in sich. Wie Blütenblätter, gesammelt aus unterschiedlichen Jahreszeiten des Lebens, fügen sich diese Kompositionen zu einer Geschichte über eine Liebe in voller Blüte zusammen: verletzlich, widerstandsfähig und zutiefst menschlich.

Every Petal Tells a Story ist zugleich eine persönliche Widmung und eine universelle Einladung: den leisen Wendepunkten, die unser Leben prägen, aufmerksam zuzuhören – und in ihnen die Musik des Werdens zu entdecken.

Artist(s)

Tiago Lageira (guitar)

Tiago's music is undeniably influenced by a vibrant mix of cultural heritages, from Fado and traditional Brazilian rhythms, due to his birthplace in Portugal, to the sound of legendary Jazz pioneers, in which he immersed himself after moving to Amsterdam. Once in Amsterdam, a young Tiago found himself without anything to do. That is when he received a gift that would change his future, a guitar. A couple hours later his fingers were bleeding from the random noises he played. One year later he started to receive guitar lessons at a local music school, which encouraged him to gradually dive into the local Jazz scene. Within a couple of months, he was already performing at the BIMhuis with the Young Talents...
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Tiago's music is undeniably influenced by a vibrant mix of cultural heritages, from Fado and traditional Brazilian rhythms, due to his birthplace in Portugal, to the sound of legendary Jazz pioneers, in which he immersed himself after moving to Amsterdam.
Once in Amsterdam, a young Tiago found himself without anything to do. That is when he received a gift that would change his future, a guitar. A couple hours later his fingers were bleeding from the random noises he played. One year later he started to receive guitar lessons at a local music school, which encouraged him to gradually dive into the local Jazz scene. Within a couple of months, he was already performing at the BIMhuis with the Young Talents Jazz Band.
After graduating from the conservatory and inspired by John Coltrane, Pat Martino, George Benson, João Bosco, Elis Regina and Pedro Jóia, Tiago tested himself by participating in some of the biggest music competitions in Europe today. He performed at the North Sea Jazz Festival, he was one of the finalists at the Bucharest International Jazz Competition 2020 and he won the UK Jazz Guitar Competition in 2020, among others.
Furthermore, using his Portuguese roots and playing his trusted Godin, Tiago brought a modern version of Fado to the Dutch TV competition “We Want More”, which he ended up winning as part of the duo FADOpelos2. This resulted in national fame in both The Netherlands and Portugal, where he played live on TV with the renowned Fado singer Mariza.
His current projects include FADOpelos2, CoolHaven Quintet, Trio Dos Anciões and the Amsterdam Big Band. Besides that, he also has his own Tiago Lageira TRIO, with which he is releasing his debut album “Maré Noturna”, featuring the giants Kiko Freitas on drums and Matheus Nicolaiewsky on bass.

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Hermine Deurloo (harmonica)

Hermine Deurloo’s style on the chromatic harmonica is characterized as being rich, lyrical, and varied, combined with effortless fluency. Hermine studied saxophone at the Amsterdam Conservatory while, at the same time, teaching herself to play the harmonica. She’s recorded and performed all over the world and with musicians such as Steve Gadd, Jim Black, Han Bennink, Tony Scherr, Willem Breuker Kollektief, Candy Dulfer, Al Jarreau, and the Metropole Orchestra. Hermine Deurloo and drum legend Steve Gadd, together with Tony Scherr and Kevin Hays, released “Riverbeast” (2019), a collection of tunes composed by Hermine, as well as other members of the group, performed together with Alain Clark as special guest. They’re on tour during 2020, together with pianist John Cowherd. Her most recent recording...
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Hermine Deurloo’s style on the chromatic harmonica is characterized as being rich, lyrical, and varied, combined with effortless fluency. Hermine studied saxophone at the Amsterdam Conservatory while, at the same time, teaching herself to play the harmonica. She’s recorded and performed all over the world and with musicians such as Steve Gadd, Jim Black, Han Bennink, Tony Scherr, Willem Breuker Kollektief, Candy Dulfer, Al Jarreau, and the Metropole Orchestra.

Hermine Deurloo and drum legend Steve Gadd, together with Tony Scherr and Kevin Hays, released “Riverbeast” (2019), a collection of tunes composed by Hermine, as well as other members of the group, performed together with Alain Clark as special guest. They’re on tour during 2020, together with pianist John Cowherd.

Her most recent recording before that, “Living Here” (2016) is with pianist and composer Rembrandt Frerichs, cellist Jörg Brinkmann and special guest on drums Jim Black, released by Zennez Records. This group did concerts in the Netherlands, Norway, Italy, Egypt, and Germany.

Previous albums include “Welling” (2015), which she recorded with jazz string quartet Zapp4, “Glass Fish” (2012), released by Challenge Records, and “Crazy Clock” (2005), recorded in New York with bass player/guitarist/vocalist Tony Scherr.

Hermine performed in films and commercials like recently for the Los Angeles based filmcomposer Austin Wintory, for a film of Amin Matalqua. She’s a guest solist on many CD’s and playes with a variety of groups, such as with Mathilde Santing and Ronald Snijders. Hermine has appeared on TV many times, in prime time programs such as “Pauw”, “De Wereld Draait Door” and “Jinek”. In 2011, Hermine was interviewed for the daily news item on RAI 3 in Italy.

In 2022/2023 Hermine is playing concerts with the Jazz Orchestra of the Concertgebouw, the Brussels Jazz Orchestra and pianist Gwilym Simcock and guitarist Mike Walker.


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Anna Serierse (vocals)

Jina Sudemi (accordion)

Iris Feijen (vocals)

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