ANA MILVA GOMES
VINCENT BUENO & BAND
The Great Night of Music Legends

The Dutch-born singer and actress with Cape Verdean roots completed her training at the Lucia Marthas Musical Academy in Amsterdam. In 2005 she celebrated her debut in Elton John's Aida where she enjoyed her first great successes as Nehebka and the cover of the title role. Ana Milva Gomes soon took over the first cast of Aida on tour until 2007. This was followed by an engagement in Hamburg, where she appeared as Nala in The Lion King and until 2009 as Kala in the German-language premiere of Tarzan stood on the stage.

In 2011, she wowed audiences in Vienna for the first time as Deloris van Cartier in Sister Act and also celebrated great success there as Mary Magdalene in Jesus Christ Superstar of the Vereinigte Bühnen Wien. In 2013, she also took on the role of Deloris in the Dutch and German productions of Sister Act and was in the same year at the Ronacher in Vienna as Paulette Buonufonté in Naturally blonde to see. This was followed in 2014 by Donna in Mamma Mia! at the Raimundtheater.

In 2015, she played the Baroness von Waldstätten at the Raimundtheater in Mozart! and at the same time was a juror at the Kiddy Contest worked on Puls 4. In 2016/17 she appeared as Betty Jean in the Winter Wonderettes at the Kammerspiele der Josefstadt. In 2017, she came second in the eleventh season of Dancing Stars on ORF.

Ana Milva Gomesist has performed many times as a soloist at the Best of Musical Gala in Germany and performed at numerous guest shows, for example at Holiday on Ice or at the Alte Oper Frankfurt with the German Film Orchestra Babelsberg.

Born in Vienna with Filipino roots, he studied from 2002 to 2006 at the Music and Arts Private University of the City of Vienna, now the MUK, where he completed his training as a musical performer. Vincent Bueno's big breakthrough came in 2008 when he won the ORF show Musical! The show he suddenly found himself in the spotlight of the Austrian entertainment scene.

His career soon took him to the Philippines, where he appeared on the TV show ASAP XV and completed a tour. During this time, he also signed a record deal with Star Records and, in addition to his work in German-speaking countries, established another foothold in South East Asia.

At the same time, Bueno has repeatedly appeared in major musical productions, including West Side Story and Mamma Mia!. He also appeared regularly as a soloist at concerts and galas, where he was able to present his repertoire of musicals, pop and soul.

In 2020, Vincent Bueno was nominated by ORF as the Austrian participant for the Eurovision Song Contest. Due to the cancellation of the competition, his performance had to be postponed; in 2021 he finally represented Austria with the song Amen. Although he did not make it to the final, his performance brought him international attention and cemented his reputation as a versatile singer and entertainer.

The versatile singer and musician completed her diploma in instrumental and vocal pedagogy for pop singing at the Vienna Conservatory and her bachelor's degree in jazz and popular singing at the Jam Music Lab University - both with distinction. In addition to singing, she is also active as a violinist and thus combines different forms of musical expression.

She has been working successfully as a vocal and studio coach since 2016 and accompanies numerous artists in their vocal and artistic development. At the same time, she works as a live and studio musician in various pop and rock productions. Concert appearances have taken her to renowned festivals such as Nova Rock, Frequency, Full Metal Mountain and the Donauinselfest.

As the lead singer of the rock band Cil City she inspires an ever-growing audience with her energetic performances and striking stage presence.

The son of an Indonesian father and an Austrian mother began his musical career as a teenager: at the age of 15, Eric Papilaya founded the band Milkwith which he was active for 13 years. At the same time, he initially worked as a graphic designer before devoting himself entirely to music.

He found his big TV stage in 2006/2007 in the third season of the casting show Starmaniawhere he competed under the stage name "Ric", took fifth place and won with the song Everything you are became known to a wide audience for the first time. After a name dispute, he dropped the pseudonym and started 2007 as Austria's representative at the Eurovision Song Contest. With the official Life Ball song Get a Life - Get Alive he competed in Helsinki, but was eliminated in the semi-finals. In the following years, he took part in Starmania tours and in 2007 he took part in the Ö3 campaign The New Austrians with.

From 2010 to 2012, Papilaya hosted the program Music Nuggets on ServusTV and at the same time released his own singles such as Time to Fly, Ready to Move or I love you (I.L.D.). As a singer and performer, he also appeared in the show Musical Rocks! on the stage. In 2013, he founded the formation with Norbert Oberhauser, Volker Piesczek and Pepe Schütz The Rats Are Backwith whom he released several albums, including One Night Only (2014) and Bad Boys (2017). His concert appearances have included supporting Xavier Naidoo in front of 12,000 spectators in Ansfelden.

In addition to his band projects, he also remained active as a soloist: his first solo album was released in 2020 Eric Papilayawhich he wrote and produced himself. In 2018, ServusTV already had its own program The moment of happiness which he helped to conceive and realize. In 2022, he played the role of Malcolm X in the German-language musical Martin Luther King - The choral musicalwhich toured Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

Lorenz Spritzendorfer, saxophone

Martin Fischer, trumpet

Manfred Wechslauer, guitar

Alexander Sebr, Keyboards

Martin Enzmann, Bass

Christian Stolzl drums