Alfama Box 11700 spectators had this year – Daily News – Lisbon

It was a few minutes for the clock hands point to eight in the evening when people began to sit on the floor of St. Michael’s Church, occupying the few empty spaces still left. By this time the church welcomed the singer José Gonçalez, who presented a repertoire of religious nature or not was singing in a church. Was guessed at the outset one day as hectic as the first festival Box Alfama and the end of the second day the suspicion was confirmed with the figures advanced by the organization: 11 700 spectators passed through Alfama this year, exceeding ten thousand of last year.

At the festival proved that the fate not only live voice and guitars. The pianist Júlio Resende showed his vision of Fado Amália Rodrigues in the Museum of Fado restaurant terrace, starting his concert with a reinterpretation of the piano I will give to drink Pain , which was followed Seagull . In both subjects did not miss the jazzy nature that characterized the beginning of the journey of Resende in music.

We went to Union Boa Society and on the way there we again lost in the streets of Lisbon neighborhood, passing always by fado houses and taverns where the tourist clientele dominated. We arrived at the destination in time to see onstage Box Future those who may be the singers of tomorrow, since this stage only acted voices under 18 years. Although very young, do not forget the history of this song, as proved with José Luis Frosts, who spent the repertoires of Alfredo Joiner and Fernando Farinha. Diana Vilarinho already interpreted verses of Augusto Gil.

The path of Dr. Magalhães Lima Cultural Centre you’ll come across a night marathon passing through the streets of Alfama, taking place parallel to the festival program. Dozens of popular shouted words of encouragement to the runners, others cast their jokes for all to hear: “Get a tavern and leaves you racing,” shouted one of the popular, wearing a James Dean T-shirt

<. p> And if anyone doubted today fado is a completely cross-generational music level, needed to be by ten o’clock in the cultural center, where they held a tribute to Fernando Maurício. Ana Mauricio, niece of singer, began the tribute, and even shared the stage with Luis Duarte. Among the audience were people of all ages, from older to young people who exhibited with some vanity their tattoos spread throughout the body and hairstyles to imitate the most publicized football players. Others brandished phones and laptops to record the fate that happened onstage cameras.