Há Fado no Cais
Gaspar Varela | Fado on the Waterfront
Date
24 November, 2018
Prices
Laterals 12,5 €
Discounts 20% for those aged under 25 and over 65 (anywhere in the hall, except the front stalls)10% for holders of the FNAC card (valid in the Main Auditorium and Small Auditorium, for tickets purchased at sales points)25% for customers of CP, after the checking of the CP tickets (for tickets purchased at sales points)50% for unemployed persons, on presentation of official proof from IEFP (valid in the Main Auditorium and Small Auditorium, for tickets purchased at sales points)50% for last minute tickets, Half an hour before the start, on the day of the actual performance€5 for professionals involved in the production of the show or performance, students (this discount only applies to performances produced by the CCB and purchased at the CCB Box Office, and there are only a limited number of tickets available)30% Discount for holders of the CCB Friend’s Card
© Sebastião Varela
Gaspar Varela is the great-grandson
of celeste rodrigues and, from a very early age, wished to learn how to play
the Portuguese guitar so that he could accompany his great grandmother. He
achieved this dream when he was just seven years old, at the gala da Rádio Amália,
playing under the guidance of his teacher and master, the guitarist Paulo Parreira.
After this, he accompanied celeste rodrigues on several occasions. In his still
very short musical career, Gaspar has already participated on three albums,
Saudade do Futuro, Brincar aos Fados and
. His main references are the guitar masters Artur Paredes, Carlos Paredes
and Jaime Santos. Besides his own master teacher, Gaspar has been lucky enough
to be taken under the wing of several musicians and Fado singers, most notably
the guitarist Pedro de Castro, who has kindly encouraged him to play
occasionally at his Fado house, mesa de Frades, in Alfama. Gaspar is the
youngest guitarist yet to have performed a concert in his own name in the Fado
on the Waterfront cycle. At the age of just 15, he will present a series of
guitar instrumentals and some Fados of his own choosing, in what is expected to
be the first concert of a long and distinguished career.