João Hasselberg is a heavy weight on the Portuguese jazz scene and is starting his international journey. Colaborations with Luísa Sobral, Sara Serpa, Spyros Manesis, Gianni Gagliardi, Gilles Estoppey, Afonso Pais, João Firmino, Bruno Santos e Julio Resende just to name a few have put him on the spot light. To solidify this position he won the 1ºplace in the Prémio Jovens Músicos 2011 Competition, Jazz Ensemble category. Had the oportunity to play at the Barbican
 Center
 (London), 
Half‐Note
 (Athens),
 Tempodrom 
(Berlin),
 Alte
Oper
 (Frankfurt),
 Kolner
 Philarmonie
 (Koln),
 LaeiszHalle
 (Hamburg)
 and festivals like the 
 London
 Jazz
 Festival,
 Cully
 Jazz
 Festival,
 Barcelona
 International
 Jazz
 festival,
 Cartagena
 Jazz
 Festival
, Den
Hague Jazz Festival,
 Jazz
Ahead
), IJ
 Jazz
Festival,
 Breda
 Jazz
 Festival, 
Meer
 Jazz
 Festival,
 Trytone
 Jazz
 Festival,
 Europa
 Fest
,
 Festa
 de
 Jazz
 do
 S.Luis,
 Festival
 de
 Valado
 dos
 Frades,
 Jazz
 no
 Castelo,
 Seixal
 Jazz,
 Cool
 Jazz
Fest, 
Sudoeste
TMN, Festival de Jazz de Verão de Setubal. He now introduces his own project featuring Luisa Sobral and Joana Espadinha voice; Luis Figueiredo piano; Bruno Pedroso drums; Ricardo Toscano sax; Diogo Duque trumpet; Afonso Pais and João Firmino guitar; João Hasselberg doublebass & electric bass. This is a project that features his own original compositions, and some jazz and pop standards, where improvisation and communication have a main role in the development of each tune. Influenced by Terence Blanchard, Debussy and Ray LaMontagne he managed to fusion this compositional styles and transform them into his unique musical voice. This debut album “Whatever it is you’re seeking, won’t come in the form you’re expecting” includes some of his orginal compositions inspired in some of the great XX century literary classics. A kind of soundtrack to this stories which environment is super cinematographic recreating it now as a listener.