Harp Concert at Sunset, by Helena Madeira

Helena Madeira has a degree in Anthropology and Italian Language. She started her lyrical singing studies with Fernando Serafim at Juventude Musical Portuguesa in 2004, attending since 2007 the Singing and Harp course at the National Conservatory. Despite having also attended the Jazz School of the Hot Club in Lisbon, Helena Madeira defines herself as mainly self-taught and in a constant search for techniques and influences. She has participated in singing seminars with Lúcia Lemos, Claire Honigsbaum, Cathérine Rey, Meredith Monk and Jill Purce (London) and Harp seminars at the Edinburgh International Harp Festival since 2009, dedicating herself to the study of Music Therapy ever since. She recorded her first album in 2004 as a singer in the band Dazkarieh and, from 2006 to 2014, she was the vocalist of the world music band MU, with whom she recorded the album Casanostra in 2008 (Carlos Paredes Prize 2009) and Folhas que Ardem in 2012. They performed live in Spain, London, Sweden, Romania, Malaysia and India. In late 2014 she presented her first solo album Da Voz do Embondeiro, at Teatro Lethes in Faro, an album that led her to play in Spain, Brazil and Cape Verde. This work was the result of her travels through the West African coast and Europe, and meeting traditional musicians from different countries.

7th of July, friday
Passadiços do Seminário de São José, 20:00