Event
Fique em Casa... de Fados
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Fado on the Waterfront | Online
Digital Sound Archive
Listen to historic moments online.
Fado Route
Meet fado in Lisbon.
Fado is meant to be felt,
not understood,
or explained.
not understood,
or explained.
- Amália Rodrigues
An interactive museum to see, hear and feel Fado - Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Discover centuries of history and personalities that still reinvent and keep this heritage alive today. Visit us.
Get to know who sings, who plays and the history that unites all of us.
Personality of the Week
Carlos Gonçalves03 June, 1938 - 23 March, 2020
Between 1968 and 69, he became player of the group who accompanied Amália Rodrigues on her performances, on which Fontes Rocha was the conductor. Musical arrangements to Amália’s performances denote his technique and musical perception. The lyrics of some songs like "Grito", "Ai Maria!" and "Lágrima" (1983) were of Amália’s authorship.
