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FADO! An Evening In Portugal Internationally nominated Artist: Ramana Vieira
Note to purchasers: Pre-purchased ticket holders are guaranteed a seat, however it is best to arrive early to secure the best seating. The venue will open at 4pm Sunday. Full menu is available, along with full bar and large wine selection.
Described by the San Francisco Examiner as a "rising star in world music" and by the Boston Globe as deserving "a prominent place in the front rank of today's Fado singers," Ramana Vieira will celebrate the October 16 release of her third album, Fado da Vida (Fate of Life), with two CD release concerts in the SF Bay area. she and her touring band - Elzbieta Polak on violin, Patrick Fahey on mandolin, Alberto Ramirez on bass, will be making a debut into Portland, Oregon performing at the amazing venue Vie de Boheme on Nov. 29th show starts at 7:00p.m.
On Fado da Vida, Vieira continues to infuse the centuries-old style of fado the most widely recognized music of Portugal with a uniquely modern sensibility. Recognized by the New York Times as an American at the forefront of a fado resurgence that is seeing Portuguese singers such as Ana Moura and Mariza selling out concert halls in the US, Vieira expands fado's basic configuration of 12 string guitar and vocals into performances that include cello, violin, bass, accordion and drums. "Nobody else is doing what we are doing with fado," says Vieira.
Read this review: http://theworldmusicreport.com/2015/11/12/reviews/cd-reviews/ramana-vieira-fado-da-vida/
Fado da Vida features ten tracks that combine fado classics by Amadeu da Vale and Amália Rodrigues (known as the Rainha do Fado, or "Queen of Fado," Rodrigues helped popularize the style worldwide in the middle of the last century) with original compositions written by Vieira, either solo or with the Portugal-born and Canadian-based poet Euclides Cavaco. Among those written with Cavaco is the album's title track, which Vieira says is about "the passion of life, living, loving, struggle, challenge, loss...the path on which life takes you and the trials, the tribulations, the beauty and the pain, the gains and the losses."
ABOUT RAMANA VIEIRA
Ramana Vieira has been described by Mundo Portugues newspaper as the "New Voice of Portuguese World Music." She has headlined the world's largest Portuguese festival, the New Bedford Portuguese Feast in Massachusetts, and performed at the 2010 Encontro Festival in Macau. One of her original songs, "Unido Para Amar," was played during the 2006 Winter Olympics opening ceremony. Vieira was also chosen to sing for the 50th Grammy Awards special MusiCares benefit honoring Aretha Franklin, and was invited by United States Congressman Jim Costa to perform for the president of the Azores, alongside the internationally acclaimed guitarrista and artist Chico Avila.
The most widely recognized music of Portugal, fado is a passionate, soul-stirring music with soaring vocals and dramatic tales of love, loss and redemption. Legendary fadista Amália Rodrigues popularized fado in the 20th century, and it is once again enjoying considerable popularity today, thanks to platinum-selling Portuguese singers such as Ana Moura and Mariza. The New York Times has recognized Vieira as an American artist at the forefront of the fado resurgence. Traditionally, fado was music for voice and the guitarra Portuguesa, a 12-string guitar derived from a type of African lute. But as Larry Rohter of The New York Times has noted, "Conservatory-trained singer Ramana Vieira adds a New Age sensibility and instrumentation to the music with cello and drums."
Vieira's personal relationship to fado music lies deep in her family history. Her grandfather was a well-known musician and composer from Madeira Island, Portugal. She was born in San Leandro, California, to Portuguese immigrant parents, and was exposed to the voices of Portugal's past at a young age. "During my childhood, I sang with my mother to Amália Rodgrigues and other fabulous fadistas that were part of her special record collection," she remembers.
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LocationVie de Boheme (View)
1530 SE 7th Ave.
Portland, OR 97214
United States
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| Kid Friendly: Yes! |
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| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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