Biography SON DOS Daisy Jopling (Great Britain): Violin, Voice Milagros Piñera Ibaceta (Cuba): Guitar, Voice, Percussion Milagros and Daisy met in Vienna in a band bringing musicians from latin, funk, jazz and classical music together. They were immediately ignited by each other's expertise in such contrasting, yet appealing styles of music. They shared a passion to develop into new styles and form their own, original sound. Daisy spent much of her childhood in Ireland soaking in the fiddle tunes from the local pubs; and while Mily studied percussion, guitar and singing, she discovered beautiful, unusual Cuban songs, and became inspired to write some of her own. SON DOS is the musical encounter of Cuba and Ireland, the sound of the Irish fiddle in the streets of Havanna, a Bolero at the riverside of the Themse. SON DOS is also the life in Vienna, with Rumba and English ballads in the air. Son Dos present contrasting programmes including original compositions as well as arrangements of traditional Cuban and Irish music. SON DOS have toured Belgium, Norway, Austria, Germany and Mexico, and have released their first CD „Mañana mi Amor with Extraplatte, www.extraplatte.at.       DAISY JOPLING Daisy Jopling was born in England in 1969. At the age of fourteen she made her concerto debut at the Royal Albert Hall in London. She studied with Itzhak Rashkovsky at the Royal College of Music, David Takeno at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and Boris Kuschnir at the Vienna Konservatoire. In London she played in many varied ensembles, including the classical chamber music groups "Capricorn","Endymion" and the "Matrix Ensemble"; the contemporary music group "Mercia"; the West African band "Dunni"; and with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Daisy also recorded and performed with traditional Hungarian folk violinists in Transilvania and spent 3 months studying African Panlogo drumming in Ghana. In 1994 she moved to Vienna, where she founded the string trio "TRIOLOGY", with whom she has recorded the CDs "Triology plays Ennio Morricone" and "Who Killed the Viola Player?" on RCA Victor, Around the World in 77 minutes" with Extraplatte, and That's All Daisy Needs" with Wolfgang Muthspiel on Material Records. With Triology she has toured the world and arranged & recorded the Hans Zimmer film score for two Hollywood Dreamworks films, „El Dorado‰, with Tim Rice and Elton John, and Jim Brook's latest film "Spanglish", which was released on 12th December 2004. Triology have just performed in Mexico with Bobby McFerrin. In 2000 Daisy founded the duo "SON DOS" with the Cuban singer MILAGROS PIÑERA-IBACETA . Their first CD Mañana mi Amor" was released on Extraplatte in May 2003, and their new project with JON SASS the New York tubist will be on tour in Europe and USA in 2004/5. SON DOS & SASS -the sound of an Irish fiddle in the streets of Havanna intoxicated on New York jazz! In 2001 Daisy played a solo performance of her own music in the opening of the Vienna Town Festival, and the Danube festival in Austria, and wrote the film music for the Vienna documentary "Wien - Gesicht einer Stadt". In May 2005 she played a solo with Omara Portuondo in the Opening of the Vienna Festival.       MILAGROS PIÑERA IBACETA MILAGROS PIÑERA Milagros Piñera Ibaceta was born as the daughter of a musician in 1965 in Cardenas, Cuba. Following her studies at the “ Escuela Nacional de Instructores de Arte, La Habana” (National School of Art Instructors, Havana), where she specialized in singing, guitar and directing, she took part in various festivals in Cuba were she performed as a singer and guitar player. Milagros lives in Austria since the mid 90’s, where she has performed as the lead-singer and percussionist of various groups (such as; “Son Rumberos”,“ Sanmera”) in various events and festivals, as well as in single projects at Porgy & Bess, Metropol, Jazz on Snow, Jazz-festival Wiesen were she has been enthusiastically received by the audience. As well as an appearance in “F@lco a Cyber Show” were she impersonated “ Demon Death” in the establishment Ronacher under the direction of Paulus Manker. In 2000 begins a cooperation with the violinist Daisy Jopling were as a result in 2003 they launch their first CD as the Duo “Son Dos” titled “Mañana mi amor“. With an impressive interpretation of “Ausencia” (Goran Bregovic/Cesaria Evora) as solo artist, Milagros was part of the opening ceremony for the Vienna Festival Week in May of 2003. Together with Daisy Jopling and Jon Sass, Milagros Ibaceta Piñera is accompanied by success while on tour in Austria, Norway, Sweden and Belgium. Solo interpretations at various festivals and conducting various workshops round up Milagros artistic creativity. Following the launch of the CD “Leche Condensada” (jive Music) – Milagros Piñera & Sanmera at the beginning of 2005. Sanmera and Milagros are voted best Artists in the category Folk & World Music of the year, by the editorial department and lectors of the magazine “Concerto”. „Milagros Pinera , the woman who perfectly conciles spirit and musical prowess Robert Urmann, Oberösterreichische Nachrichten