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Strings come alive in Bengaluru this weekend

Marta Pereira Da Costa August 9 and 10, 9:30 pm onwards Windmills, Whitefield Tickets: ₹3,000, ₹1,500 via BookMyShow.com Jazz meets traditional Portuguese music styles at guitarist Marta Pereira da Costa’s concerts at Windmills. Her guitar strings traverse new soundscapes, blending jazz, world music, and Portuguese music while preserving the core authenticity of Fado.” Sick Society August 10, 8 pm onwards …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

A fadista's guide to Lisbon's best live fado performances

BBC

A fadista's guide to Lisbon's best live fado performances Getty Images Fado singer Carminho wowed audiences with her performance in Poor Things. "Among them is the great fado singer Maria da Fé, who is present almost every day of the week," says Carminho. "Arches create corners and give the house a mysterious and romantic atmosphere," says Carminho, who enjoys sitting …

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11 months, 1 week ago

Yesterday once more: Leading doctors recreate the Class of ‘74

Hindustan Times

MUMBAI: On Friday evening as the city sparkled to mark India’s 75th Republic Day, in Lower Parel some of the most eminent doctors and medical practitioners of their generation – all in the late 60s and 70s, and in the prime of their careers -- gamely donned wigs, gowns, hats and capes to perform to a medley of rousing pop …

India Mumbai College Class Parel Piramal Dr Swati Piramal

1 year ago

A group of musicians in Goa are reviving Fado

The Hindu

Serenaded by floral gardens, a path unfolds, guiding visitors to the iconic yellow balcao of Solar Loiola Pereira in Benaulim. As the sun dips, casting a radiant glow upon the Azulejo tiles, Omar De Loiola Pereira, custodian of this ancestral abode for three generations, tunes his guitar with a radiant smile, extending a warm welcome to the audience, a mix …

Portuguese Madragoa Goan Musicians Reviving Fado

1 year, 11 months ago

From Spain's La Tomatina to Venice's Gondola Rides, Here Are Top 7 Things to Do in Europe

News 18

With 45 countries in total, Europe is a popular travel destination for many people due to its rich history, diverse cultures and beautiful flora and fauna. Here are the top 7 things to do if you are travelling to Europe for the first time: La Tomatina Festival in Spain La Tomatina is a food fight festival that takes place annually …

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2 years, 2 months ago

The European capital of cool that keeps getting cooler

CNN

CNN — Lisbon is in the midst of a renaissance. The latest European capital of cool’s affordable rents, great nightlife and gorgeous streets – which wind high into the hills from the River Tagus – have seen younger travelers arrive in their droves in recent years, enjoying extended stays thanks to dedicated “digital nomad” visas. Alexander Spatari/Moment RF/Getty Images It …

Portugal City Cnn Past Portuguese Recent Years Lisbon

3 years, 4 months ago

India’s Goa sheds colonial legacy, 60 years after Portuguese rule

Al Jazeera

With colonial homes falling into disrepair and Bollywood’s increasing cultural influence, will local history be eradicated? Colonial homes that are falling into disrepair and Bollywood’s increasing cultural dominance portend the disappearance of local history in a place where speaking Portuguese was once a passport to status and power. “They just don’t see the point of learning it.” Those alive in …

India Goa Indian Portuguese Shirsat Goan

4 years, 7 months ago

Hope sings eternal

China Daily

Portuguese fado singer Dona Rosa performs with her band at Tianqiao Performing Arts Center in Beijing on April 16, 2017. One of them is blind Portuguese fado singer Dona Rosa, who makes a living by performing on a pedestrian street in downtown Lisbon. Beijing-based company, Stallion Era Cultural Communication, which organized Rosa's debut China tour in 2017, also contributed to …

Rosa Dona Canta Dona Rosa

4 years, 7 months ago

Hope sings eternal

China Daily

Portuguese fado singer Dona Rosa performs with her band at Tianqiao Performing Arts Center in Beijing on April 16, 2017. One of them is blind Portuguese fado singer Dona Rosa, who makes a living by performing on a pedestrian street in downtown Lisbon. Beijing-based company, Stallion Era Cultural Communication, which organized Rosa's debut China tour in 2017, also contributed to …

Rosa Dona Canta Dona Rosa

4 years, 10 months ago

Anuradha Kapur's Daughters Opera, set in post-NRC Assam, foregrounds fortitude of disenfranchised women

Firstpost

An inter-cultural Indian-Australian opera project quietly opened in Delhi’s Black Box Okhla in early January. Directed by the high priestess of experimental theatre Anuradha Kapur, Daughters Opera is based on librettist Tammy Brennan’s evocative Daughters, a song-cycle of a dozen compositions by David Chisholm that gives voice to the fortitude of women lost to violence, anywhere or everywhere. Embittered but …

Music Women Work Opera Daughters Kapur Daughters Opera

4 years, 11 months ago

Songs of the heart: A new stage for fado and mandó in Goa

Live Mint

A dark little room on the first floor of an old Goan home is buzzing with anticipation. Ghumot While fado and mandó are popular with certain sections of Goan society, Madragoa attempts to take it out of the drawing rooms and stage competitions for a wider audience, one that does not often get the opportunity to hear such music. That’s …

Music India Portugal Goa Audience Carlos Tina

5 years, 6 months ago

Photos: Lisbon nights, fado, bossa nova inspire Madonna’s album Madame X

Hindustan Times

Photos: Lisbon nights, fado, bossa nova inspire Madonna’s album Madame X From a neighbourhood bar on a cobbled square in Lisbon’s historic working-class Alfama district to local Fado singers and Bossa nova, Madonna's latest album Madame X is a melting pot of Latin musical influences. 3 / 8 View Photos in a new improved layout Madonna moved to the Portuguese …

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Strings come alive in Bengaluru this weekend

A fadista's guide to Lisbon's best live fado performances

Yesterday once more: Leading doctors recreate the Class of ‘74

A group of musicians in Goa are reviving Fado

From Spain's La Tomatina to Venice's Gondola Rides, Here Are Top 7 Things to Do in Europe

The European capital of cool that keeps getting cooler

India’s Goa sheds colonial legacy, 60 years after Portuguese rule

Hope sings eternal

Hope sings eternal

Anuradha Kapur's Daughters Opera, set in post-NRC Assam, foregrounds fortitude of disenfranchised women

Songs of the heart: A new stage for fado and mandó in Goa

Photos: Lisbon nights, fado, bossa nova inspire Madonna’s album Madame X