Casa Fado ao Centro is a Cultural Centre – Fado House. Located in the city’s historic centre, it opens its doors every day of the year, without exception, to welcome anyone who wants to come and discover, remember and appreciate the genuine academic experience and traditions surrounding Coimbra’s Fado.
Every day, at 6pm, we hold our live show, a unique cultural experience and an opportunity to witness the magic of Coimbra’s Fado, performed by some of the city’s most renowned musicians. Book your place and visit us.
The Casa de Fados – Cultural Centre ‘àCapella’ presents a daily show/serenade of Fado, Song and Guitar from Coimbra.
New winter timetable, the show starts at 21:30.
Open every day
Come and visit our 14th century chapel and enjoy our terrace, bar service and free internet.
Opening hours: 7pm until 2am
Café Curto, at the table with music.
The Café Curto cycle is returning in 2025 with the usual proposal: every week a thirty-minute showcase is served, with a strong focus on young artists and emerging projects. Since 2020, more than 170 sessions have taken place, putting Coimbra on the map of the national music circuit. In addition to the express showcases, music is enjoyed in double doses in the last week of each month with Café Duplo, an artistic dialogue between different languages and geographies, resulting in a unique concert.
Gisela Mabel
Gisela Mabel is a Portuguese-Angolan pianist, composer, producer and artist based in Lisbon. Influenced by classical, neoclassical, jazz and contemporary music, as well as Afro-Brazilian cultural rhythms, her music is characterised by the contrast between delicate melodies and dense, troubled harmonies, in a strongly cinematic and sensorial atmosphere. The result is an expressive style that invites the listener to a moment of introspection and intimacy, in an immersive and emotional experience.
Griot 3000 is a new intercontinental project by six artists in multicultural non-jazz improvisation, in an unprecedented formation to expand the range of soundscapes.
Brazilian Spoken Word artist Rodrigo Brandão has selected instrumentalists who have had little or no contact with each other prior to the meeting proposed by the wordsmith, in a sextet that proposes to fuse songs that range from the most solid rhythmic foundation to the most abstract areas. Reaffirming jazz and its African heritage, in a dialogue between legacy and innovation, this project pays homage to the griots, chroniclers of the history of the African continent.
The lyrical depth, the spiritual relationships between the urban imaginary and ancestry, define Brandão’s particular universe, who has recorded albums and accumulated partnerships with big names on the world stage: from Tony Allen to the master Pharoah Sanders.
The group is made up of Luís Vicente on trumpet, Braima Galissá on kora, Thiago Costa on guitar, Carla Santana on electronics and Dudu Kouate on percussions.
Luís Vicente is a fellow member of free jazz podium names such as William Parker, Hamid Drake and Tony Malaby, and together with Carla Santana – an electronic alchemist descended from the minimalism of Terry Rilley – and Guinean kora master Braima Galissá, they make up the Lisbon-based nucleus.
Two cross-border members complete this line-up: Senegalese percussionist Dudu Kouaté, a teacher of African ritualisms and known for his work with the legendary Art Ensemble Of Chicago and Moor Mother; and Thiago Leiros Costa, a Brazilian neuroscientist and guitarist based in Italy, leader of the Onça Combo project and partner of Juçara Marçal, who mixes indigenous and Latin traditions.
In a journey inspired by Don Cherry’s legendary Organic Music Society, Griot 3000 aims to co-ordinately jump the fence between West Africa, North-East Brazil and Southern Europe, without defining or limiting the sonic possibilities.
Rodrigo Brandão – Vocals
Luís Vicente – Trumpet
Braima Galissá – Kora
Thiago Leiros Costa – Guitar
Carla Santana – Electronics
Dudu Kouate – Percussion
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Doors open: 21h30
Tickets: 10€
[Paid from 12 years old]
Age Rating: > 6 years
Orelhuda emerged during the pandemic as a result of the reunion of a group of friends. What was initially a project that lived off the pleasure of taking to the stage has become something bigger and indispensable for its members, who now see Orelhuda as an integral part of themselves, a vehicle for artistic and emotional expression. The Indie Rock band, made up of Andreia Gaudêncio on vocals, António Marques and Daniel Gaudêncio on guitars, Guilherme Santos on drums and Tomás Caçoete on bass, is currently finalising its first album, having released its second single last month, available on all digital platforms.
On 22 February, at 6.30pm, in the Treasurer’s Room of the Machado de Castro National Museum, the Orquestra Clássica do Centro, as part of its programme for 2025, will perform the first of its concerts remembering Miguel Torga, on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of his death.
The concert was commented on by Manuel Castelo Branco (director of the Miguel Torga Institute), with the participation of actor Guilherme de Bastos Lima.
Under the baton of the OCC’s guest conductor for this programme, Cláudio Ferreira, will be performed :
– Symphony No. 1, op 21 by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827). Rui Campos Leitão writes that ‘while it’s true that the First Symphony is the most conservative of all Beethoven’s symphonies, it’s also true that it was with it that the composer announced “what he had come for”: to break new ground in the light of a deeply individual conscience, but one that was always awake to the world around it and projecting itself into posterity.’
– the Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, op. 35 – Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893), with Sirui Zhou as soloist.
Tchaikovsky composed this work in just one month. Considered one of the most difficult violin concertos ever written, it was initially dedicated to Leopold Auer, first violin of the string quartet of the Russian Musical Society and the orchestras of the Imperial Theatres of St Petersburg, who found it impossible to play. Saddened by this, Tchaikovsky prepared a second edition, this time dedicated to the violinist Adolph Brodsky, who premiered it in Vienna on 4 December 1881 under the direction of Hans Richter.
With free admission, limited to existing space, bookings can be made from 10 February at www.orquestraclassicadocentro.org or at the Pavilhão Centro de Portugal from 2.30pm from Monday to Saturday.The jazz quartet formed by Moisés Viegas on piano, Mauro Ribeiro on guitar, João Cação on double bass and Nuno Oliveira on drums brings a sui generis approach to the American songbook. With a repertoire that explores the roots of classic jazz, the group mixes different arrangements and creative improvisations, giving new life to iconic themes.
The interaction between the musicians is fluid, creating a sound that ranges from intimacy to bursts of energy. This quartet offers an immersion in the legacy of jazz, revered through a contemporary and captivating interpretation.
The album PANGEA is a metaphor for unity in the fight against the climate crisis, reflecting the Earth’s contrasts through the seasons and accelerating climate change. Driven by ‘eco-anxiety’, Máximo explores the ecological and social crisis with a sensory and impressionistic approach. The album includes tracks for each season performed alongside Joppe van Noten (drums) and Jan Honnef (bass), as well as an interlude with Selma Uamusse and a solo piano.
PANGEA performs on stage in a trio format and with a penchant for improvisation, thus extending the album’s five tracks to create a longer narrative arc, making each performance unique, but maintaining the original structure. During the shows, there will be moments of solo piano, including visits to the previous album, but also parts of spoken word and exploration with electronics, synthesisers and pre-recorded tracks.
In addition to the music, the show will also have an audiovisual component created by Joana Cardoso and Rui Major, including new content and images from video clips made by various directors and artists, such as Raquel da Silva, João Pedro Vale and Nuno Ferreira, Paulo Lisboa, Paulo Castilho and Joana de Verona.
TICKETS:
Early bird (until 31 January): €15.00
Normal ticket (after 31/01): 18,00€
Café Curto, at the table with music.
The Café Curto cycle is returning in 2025 with the usual proposal: every week a thirty-minute showcase is served, with a strong focus on young artists and emerging projects. Since 2020, more than 170 sessions have taken place, putting Coimbra on the map of the national music circuit. In addition to the express showcases, music is enjoyed in double doses in the last week of each month with Café Duplo, an artistic dialogue between different languages and geographies, resulting in a unique concert.
Nick Nicotine + Jafuipedro
In February, Café Duplo is hosting another musical meeting, this time between JAFUIPEDRO and Nick Nicotine. The former is Pedro Afonso, co-founder of Albicastrenses Norton. He made his solo debut in Portuguese with the singles ‘Estendal da Razão’ and ‘Vida de Recreio’. JAFUIPEDRO represents the essence of a singer-songwriter, a storyteller who dresses up the apparent simplicity of his songs with guitar, drum machine and a couple of synthesisers. Nick Nicotine emerges from the smoky city of Barreiro in an ode to the origins of rock and roll, to love as a weapon aimed at the heart and psychedelia aimed at the head. A man of seven instruments, he has played vocals, guitar, bass, keys and drums in dozens of bands. He is the founder of ‘Hey, Pachuco!’, the cultural association that created the Barreiro Rocks festival in 2000 and which houses Estúdio King. He is currently working on two new discs for Nicotine’s Orchestra.
Charity concert
After José de Portugal’s many successes in recent years, one of Portugal’s greatest romantic artists is performing in his hometown of Coimbra for the first time. The renowned artist dedicates this show to ‘chasing and conquering dreams by embracing risk and seeking adventure, travelling through the world’s great names in music and delivering a strong message of overcoming.’ In a charity concert that will go entirely in favour of DOCE – Associação Nacional para Divulgar e Orientar para Combate e Enfrente a Tay-Sachs e outras Gangliosidoses, José de Portugal and the house DOCE are preparing to once again thrill audiences, win hearts and impact people’s lives with love, music, dance and lots of surprises.
Rockin’ since 1986, Peste & Sida are one of the most emblematic bands in Portuguese rock. At the Convento São Francisco they will perform a varied set promoting their recent ‘live’ vinyl, which will include classics such as: Sol da Caparica, Bule Bule, Acordas pela Manhã, Chuta Cavalo, Gingão, Paulinha, Carraspana, among others.
Artistic/Technical Sheet
Vocals and bass: João San Payo
Guitar and vocals: João Alves
Drums and vocals: Sandro Oliveira
Guitar: Ricardo Barriga
Baritone Saxophone: Gonçalo Prazeres
Saxophone: João Cabrita
Sound Technician: João Pedro Pereira
Sound Technician: Nuno Mergulhão
Light Technician: João Tourais
Backline Technician: João Pinto
Backline Technician: Paulo Victorino
Road Manager: João Henriques
Merch Manager: Inês San Payo
Age Classification
M/6
Running Time
75 minutes
Enquiries
Ticket office: 239 857 191
bilheteira@coimbraconvento.pt
Orchestra and 1st Box seats
€10
€8 students / over 65s / groups (minimum 10 people) / unemployed / performing arts and music professionals
2nd Box and Balcony
€8
€6 students / over 65s / groups (minimum 10 people) / unemployed / performing arts and music professionals
CSF Friend Card applicable (40% discount)
– To purchase Reduced Mobility tickets, please contact the Convento São Francisco box office (daily between 3pm and 8pm) by telephone on 239 857 191 or send an e-mail to bilheteira@coimbraconvento.pt.
RAY is back with the album ‘Buffalo’, which will be released this year. This intimate and profound work was composed by the artist with his acoustic guitar, an instrument with which he will perform on stage alone, honouring his compositional process.
‘Buffalo’, RAY’s second full-length, is the artist’s reflection on his surroundings. Known for his critical and astute vision, in this album RAY tackles themes such as death, love, everyday life or even his constant rebirth and reinvention as a human being, as well as eternal existential anguish and observation of the chaotic world around him. There is maturity and urgency in RAY, so that every word carries its weight when released in front of a microphone.
‘Buffalo’ was produced by Paulo Furtado (The Legendary Tigerman), a renowned artist and producer, who brought his experience and talent to this long-player.
‘Luís Raimundo is an extremely talented musician, a singer with an extremely particular and powerful timbre. His career in Portuguese indie-rock has been extremely solid for two decades. The idea for this disc came about when I saw him singing, only with an acoustic guitar, without any amplification, in an open-air space in Anjos in the summer of 2023.
The way his voice won over an audience that was scattered between locals and tourists was absolutely impressive, creating a golden silence only broken by the round of applause between songs. What I witnessed that day was the birth of a unique singer, a modern-day troubadour, in the direct line of greats like Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash or Josh T. Pearson. His elegant and solid writing has been prolific in recent years, and there is now a repertoire that urgently needs to be put on disc.’
Paulo Furtado
RAY began his career as a musician in 2003 and has an extensive discography. He is part of projects such as The Poppers, Keep Razors Sharp and RAY.
As a musician he has collaborated with bands such as Delfins and The Legendary Tigerman, thus demonstrating his vocal and artistic versatility.
He has spent the last few months composing and playing live on his own, accompanied by a band of five musicians.
Over the years he has also composed soundtracks for advertising, winning the award for best soundtrack for a national advert in 2016 with his band Keep Razors Sharp, from the prestigious Clube de Criativos. In Spain, he was awarded the prize for best Iberian band by the Spanish association Pop-Eye in 2012 (The Poppers) and 2015 (Keep Razors Sharp). In 2021 they released their debut album, the eponymous RAY, which was considered by the press to be one of the best national albums of the same year.
In 2023 he took part in the single ‘Bright Lights, Big City’ from the multi-award-winning album ZEITGEIST by The Legendary Tigerman, and is a guest musician on the artist’s tour.
The tour to present the new disc has already been confirmed for 2025 in Portugal, Spain and the Netherlands, with an extensive tour planned for 2025 and 2026.
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