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Beyond Fado: Portuguese folk music with a twist
No full textBeyond Fado: Portuguese folk music with a twist is a project that presents the Portuguese musical heritage in a fresh and unique way. One of the main goals is to keep the tradition alive by fusing it with modern concepts, techniques and sonorities and promoting the culture around the world. After researching and collecting some traditional folk tunes that are getting forgotten, I created some arrangements with the knowledge I got during my studies at Berklee Valencia to then present them in a performance where the audience can not only have a sense of what Portuguese music sounds like but also what my identity and skills as an artist are. Another part of this project is to compile the new version of the tunes I rearrange and reharmonize in a song book with some illustrations so that other musicians and musical groups can have access to this project. By doing that, Portuguese folk music will be kept alive and get spread easily as well as reaching more people and the future generations.https://remix.berklee.edu/graduate-studies-contemporary-performance/1321/thumbnail.jp