The Festival “Aqui mora o fado” begins in the lisbon neighbourhood of Alfama – the Observer

The 4.º Festival "Aqui mora o fado", which starts this Friday in lisbon neighbourhood of Alfama, honors the singer, Beatriz da Conceição, who died in November of last year, and counts with the participation, among Marco Rodrigues.

Marco Rodrigues, who works on the sabbath on stage Magalhães de Lima, is nominated for a Latin Grammy award in the category "Folk Music" for his latest album, "Fados do fado".

The cratz, with about 100 artists, includes names such as Cidália Moreira, Marina Mota, Aldina Duarte, Ricardo Ribeiro and Fábia Rebordão, which features this is certainly your second album, "Me."

in Addition to the stage at the Cultural Center Dr. Magalhães Lima, are installed on two stages at the Museum of Fado, a stage next to the Tagus river, the stage Box, and still in the Largo das Alcaçarias, in the church of S. Miguel, in the Group Sportivo Adicense, in the Good Society the Union, in the churchyard of the church of St.St Stephen, and in the Club Lusitano, which joins the initiative "Fado à janela", in the squares of the Chafariz de dentro and in S. Miguel.

The tribute to Beatriz da Conceição, who died at the age of 76, will be held on Saturday, in the stage Box, with Filipa Cardoso, Artur Battle, Diogo Rocha, Maura Airez, Miguel Ramos, Pedro Galveias, Sara Correia and Raquel Tavares. Today up to this stage, Carminho, Ricardo Ribeiro and Gisela João.

In the Museum of the Fado act today the guitarist Guilherme’banza and singer Pedro Calado, and tomorrow the fado singers, António Pinto Bastos and Carla Pires. In the museum are also still provided for the performances of the guitarists António, Paulo and Ricardo Parreira, who this year released the first CD together, the singer Kiko and Mary of Nazareth and António Passão, who will present the project "Fado nation".

FF, and José Gonçalez & Bleed another contest, José António Silvino Sardo, Lino Ramos, Ana Margarida, José Quaresma, Rui Vaz, Linda Rodrigues, Conceição Ribeiro, José da Câmara, Vânia Duarte, João Casanova, the young fadista from Coimbra Beatriz, Ana Pinhal, Sérgio Martins, Patrícia Costa and Miguel Xavier, Matilde Cid, Francisco Salvation Barreto, Maria Ana Bobone, Liliana Velasquez, Margarida Ribeiro and Pedro Pereira, are other names that make the poster of the festival.

completing the cast of the show is Marian Boots, the novel fado Beatriz da Conceição, whose name coincides with that of the malograda creator of "you gave me a kiss and I saw", and even Rodrigo Figueira, Bárbara Santos, João Leote, Marina Mota, Marco Oliveira, Aldina Duarte, the lusodescendente Nathalie, Cidália Moreira, Carlos Leitão and Cláudia Madur, among others.

last year, about 12 thousand people attended the different shows, according to organization data.