Marta Pereira da Costa is the world’s first and only female professional Portuguese guitarist of fado music, the soulful sound of Portugal recently acknowledged by UNESCO as part of the World’s Intangible Cultural Heritage.
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Marta Pereira da Costa started playing the piano at the age of four, and at eight began to study the classical guitar. At 18, she began to study the Portuguese guitar at the hand of Carlos Gonçalves, one of the most importa...
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Join mezzo-soprano Nicole Takesono in collaboration with guitarist Sharon Wayne for an evening in exploration of classical Spanish songs, traditional Portuguese fado, classical guitar repertoire, and traditional Hawaiian tunes.
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Nicole Takesono - mezzo-soprano
Sharon Wayne - guitar
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Originally from Hawaii, mezzo-soprano Nicole Takesono has been praised for her sweet, warm voice and dedication to character. She has performed roles with San Francisc...
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Ramana Vieira pays tribute to time-treasured fado classics of Amália Rodrigues, as well as performs Portuguese folk music, jazz, and original compositions.
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Ramana Vieira - vocals
Leslie Thorne - bass
Stephen LaPorta - percussion
Brad Bivens - guitar
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Recognized by the New York Times as an American at the forefront of the fado resurgence, Ramana Vieira has also been described by Mundo Português newspaper as the “New Voice of Portuguese World Musi...
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Ramana Vieira and her ensemble present rapturous rhythms and the passionate stirrings of fado, the folk music of Portugal. Also performing original compositions and American blues/jazz/pop standards, Vieira captivates her audience with the evocative laments of the old world classics blended with innovative instrumentation, creative layers, and soaring vocals.
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Ramana Vieira - piano
Brad Bivens - guitar
Leslie Thorne - acoustic bass
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Internationally acclaimed fado artist Ramana Vieira returns to the Poppy for an evening of ballad-style fados and uptempo compositions from her latest album.
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Ramana Vieira – vocals
Ela Polak – violin
Brad Bivens – guitar
Leo Nobre – bass
Steve Fowler – bass
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Ramana Vieira, described by Mundo Portugues newspaper as the “New Voice of Portuguese World Music,” has headlined the world's largest Portuguese festival, the New Bedford Portuguese Feast in Massachusetts, ...
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Backed by a guitar/bass/violin trio, acclaimed fado singer Ramana Vieira breathes new life into the works of Portuguese fado icon Amália Rodrigues.
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Ramana Vieira - vocals
Brad Bivens - guitar
John Clark - bass
Ela Polak - violin
Ramana Vieira has been described as the “new voice of Portuguese world music.” “Cabo Verde,” the opening track of her 2015 album, Fado da Vida, was nominated as “Best World Music Song” at the 2015 International Portuguese Music Awards, and her versio...
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With soaring vocals that tell dramatic tales of love, loss, and redemption, Fátima Santos breathes life into fado, Portugal’s passionate, soul-stirring version of the blues. Her repertoire, a mix of original compositions and traditional songs, showcases her command of Coimbra fado style, an operatic vocal technique seldom practiced by women.
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Fátima Santos - vocals
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Portugal native Fátima Santos began singing in church, inspired by composers such as José Afonso,...
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East Coast duo Fátima Santos and José Luis Iglésias join West Coast vocalist Ramana Vieira for an evening of fado-inspired music. Fado, the most widely recognized music of Portugal, is a passionate, soul-stirring genre with soaring vocals and dramatic tales of love, loss and redemption.
Ramana Vieira’s personal relationship with fado music lies deep in her family history. Her grandfather was a well-known musician and composer from Madeira Island, Portugal, and she grew up singing fado with ...
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Ramana Vieira and her group performs traditional, ballad-style fados that pay homage to the “Queen of Fado,” Amália Rodrigues, along with up-tempo compositions from their new album, Fado Da Vida. Her new work captures both the language and cultural heritage of Portuguese-speaking countries in a musical tapestry that ranges from whispering, haunting ballads to collaborations featuring the works of famous Portuguese-Canadian poet, Euclides Cavaco. Two of the tracks on the album were internationall...
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