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Stockholm Lisboa Project
Portuguese/Scandinavian/Folk/World
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Musicians from Portugal and Sweden joined to communicate their music traditions. Distant in space, under the universal language of music they found new textures and bridges between North and South, one tradition and the other.
The repertoire is about Portuguese and Scandinavian folk music, from Fado songs to Polska dances, brought to the ears by the sound colors of violin, mandolin, Nordic mandola, harmonica and voice.
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"Is there something that connects Swedish polskas with Portuguese fado? At first sight – nothing! Perhaps it was this simple fact that made me so interested in the StockholmLisboa project. After listening to the record I immediately knew the answer – in the musical emotion everything becomes possible. Fado is the blues of Portugal – a music that means a lot, a music that makes a difference. Fado is vocal music in the first place. A singer, fadista, is in focus, accompanied by a small instrumental group. Swedish spelmansmusik is in many ways its opposite – instrumental, solo, connected to dance…
But the keyword – the mutual core – is saudade, a Portuguese term for a state of mind or an emotion. A feeling of sorrow, melancholy and longing; Often a desire for something unattainable; an impossible love or a longing to a place that will never be seen again. Saudade is always present in fado but it’s also a part of Swedish music – even though we don’t have a word for it.
In the feeling, in saudade, the music and musicians meet. In saudade can the two corners of Europe come together, the periphery becomes central and love springs out.
I like this CD! "
Dan Lundberg, director of Swedish Center for research in Folk Music and Jazz.
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NOW BOOKING
After a successful Caandian Tour in Western-Canada Fall 2009, including Alix Goolden Hall in Victoria, Centennial Theatre in North Vancouver and Rotary Centre for the Arts in Kelowna, the band is looking forward to returning for an Eastern-Canada Tour Summer 2010. NOW BOOKING Festivals, Theatres and other venues. If interested in having the band in your city please contact Terry Costa via email info@mirateca.com
Liana - Vocal
Sérgio Crisóstomo - Violin
Filip Jers - Harmonica
Simon Stålspets - Nordic mandola, harmonica
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Canadian Media
"Stockholm Lisboa Project, a remarkable quartet where talented singer and musicians present folk music encompassing a great varied repertory." Claire Chainey, Musique Autour du Monde, CKAJ-FM
Stockholm Lisboa Project, un quatuor remarquable où chanteuse et musiciens de talent nous présentent une musique folklorique entraînante dans un répertoire très varié. De Musique Autour du Monde, CKAJ-FM, ici Claire Chainey
European ensemble explores world fusionPhotos from North Vancouver performance by Jacee Tan. Photos from Victoria performance by Maria Miranda Lawrence. |
Other Media Support
"I shiver from pleasure"
"It works amazingly well"
"The musicians are excellent"
"Liana has a gorgeous voice"
"You sound good"
"beautiful record"
MazzMusikaS (Belgium)
"The musicians made it all come together"
Jornal de Letras (Portugal)
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 Western Canada tour supported by CityTV
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