She was born in Buelach (Switzerland) in 1965, since then she\'s been singing (professionally since 1988) and lately also composing. Her father “Camillo Santamaria” has been playing, since he was a kid himself, accordeon, flute, sax alto and tenor, all over Europe and he still writes music, along with his daughter. Her grand father was a Hungarian well known “Helden” bariton (Kammer Sänger der Wiener Staadt Oper) , born in Szeged and dead under tragical circumstances while performing Wagner ‘s “The Flying Dutchman”, at the Opera of Zürich. His name, Endre Böhm (1901-1952), is inscribed on the Warnai Peter opera lexicon. Some of the beautiful people she has personally learned from: Sheila Jordan, Tiziana Ghiglioni, Nat Adderley, Benny Golson, Reverend Lee Brown; Hèctor Ulises Passarella and well, if you wanna know all of them, please, go to her website and read the whole list:o) Some of the nice words they wrote about her: Patrick Arena from Southern Voice: Full of light, the italian Cartolari caresses jazz, improv, blues and swing with the aplomb of a seasoned artist. Her voice is welcoming and generous. with a musical attitude that transmits vocal joy, she weaves her happy way through standards and originals. Twolips as a whole sounds bright and spontaneous and makes you want to hear her work in a live performance. Frank Rubolino from Cadence: €žCartolari is a sultry, multi-lingual vocalist who sings to the accompaniment of a strong piano/trumpet/bass Jazz trio on. In any language, she comes across as a congenial artist who fits that elusive definition for a jazz singer. They all come together in a very pleasing excursion of familiar and new songs that showcase Cartolari as a fine vocal talent. It is nicely done.\" Some of her bands and festivals she\'s sung at: 1990/2007 \"Sandra Cartolari/Giovanni Ceccarelli duo\" : Jazz aus Italien Jazz und Weltmusik im Englischen Garten Salon de la chanson im Bellevue Teehaus in Englischen garten (Berlin) 1994/95 \"The Swing Alligator\" (with Franco Valussi, Glauco Venier, Slatko Kaucic and Andrea Massaria) 1994/96 \"Kassandra Band\" (with Stefano Calzolari, Stefano Cappa, Adriano Molinari) - first prize at the first \" Festival Canoro Città di Modena\" 1995/2004 \"Sandra Cartolari/Simone Guiducci duo\" 1997/98 \"Swingo\" (with Giampiero Martirani, Mario Parisini, Glauco Zuppiroli, Andrea Burani) 1997/2007 \"Freedom Family\" (trio, choir) directed by Reverend Lee Brown: Politeama Genovese Palasport Pordenone Jazz and Image Festival (Villa Celimontana, Roma) Festival delle scuole italiane di jazz (Palermo) Il Vapore (Ve), Alexanderplatz(Roma) Biella jazz club Tour in Spain Teatri Storchi e Comunale di Modena Teatri Regio e Colosseo di Torino 1998 \"Jazz Art Orchestra\" directed by Carlo Gelmini : Albinea Jazz, festival jazz and Cinema Museo Cervi (Reggio Emilia) 1999 \"G.D.Band\" by Gianni D\'aquila 1999/2003 \"Twolips\" with Giovanni Ceccarelli, Stefano Cantarano, Samuele Garofoli: Giostra di maggio(Fidenza) Le vie del suono (Pievepelago) Barcollando nel jazz (Imola); Jazz in it (Vignola - Mo) Biella jazz club 2001/2002 \"Twicenice\" (with Lara Luppi voice, Simone Guiducci, Stefano Cappa, Riccardo Biancoli) 2001/2007 \"Segrè ensemble\" (based on poems by Emilio Rentocchini with Lalo Cibelli voice and octet) 2001 Festival filosofia sulla felicità (Sassuolo, Mo) 2005 \"Prendimi e Baciami\" her new quintet with Giovanni Ceccarelli, Samuele Garofoli, Ferruccio Spinetti and Francesco Petreni 2004/2007 Sam Paglia: The Quartet! With the Godfather of lounge music she has sung all over!!! Trasimeno Blues Festival, Purple Weekend festival in Leòn (Spain). 2005/2007 God’s Angels: An irresistible mix of Women from all over the world, who sing spirituals and gospel 2007/2008 “Voci in viaggio”(Traveling Voices) it\'s Sandra Cartolari and Giovanni Ceccarelli\'s new musical project with Alessandro Paternesi on drums. The new Trio plays the new songs! 2007/2008 Cartolari Trio Cartolari-voice/Cesare Vincenti-guitar/Flavio Piscopo-percussions ( www.flaviopiscopo.com) italian Jazz/latin/funky/blues 2007/2008 NEW NEW NEW!!! TANGO FATAL www.myspace.com/tangofatal Tania Righi violin Elena Luppi viola Sandra Cartolari voice Alessandra Fogliani piano Anna Palumbo accordion and percussions, collaboration with Veronica Medina violin Ravenna Festival; Cafè Tango Music Award (1°Price); Festival Tango y mas, ecc Original Soundtrack on “Sensualitango” short film, directed by Evelina Dozza for Feedback Video Radio, TV interviews and appearences 1998 “Help” by Red Ronnie 2000/2007 Radio Popolare Milano, Radio Popolare Verona, Nuova Radio Firenze, Radio Citta’ Futura Roma, ICN New York, This way Out Los Angeles, Carosello Musicale Italiano Hartford Connecticut, Amazon Country Philadelphia, Radio Swiss Jazz, Anima jazz Discography: 1999 Twolips (Sandra Cartolari Quartet) - PSM 2002 Segrè (Segrè ensemble) - Libreria Incontri Other people\'s cd\'s Collaborations: 1997 Explosion-Live- GOA 1999 Lee Brown and the Italian Tour Live - General records 2003 Killer chacha (Sam Paglia) - Cinedelic Records-(the song you want to hear is STRIPPER GIRL and YOU CAN BUY IT HERE ON CDBABY!!!) 2003 Fra tanta gente (Modena jazz trio by M°Pippo Casarini) - Charlie Records production \"Twolips\", her first album, has been reviewed on various italian and international magazines and newspapers such as: America oggi (USA), November 1999 - Paolo Tartamella Just Out (USA), December 1999 - Kati Davidson Musica di Repubblica (It), January 2000 - f.b. Cadence, the review of jazz & blues (USA), February 2001- Frank Rubolino Gazzetta di Modena (It), January 2000 - Nicola Calicchio Gazzetta di Parma (It), February 2000 - Fabrizio Marcheselli Curve magazine (USA) June 2000 - Ruven Afanador \"Segrè\" has been reviewed on: Cadence, 2002 Musica Jazz, May 2003 - Aldo Gianoglio