20 July - Monday

Sines

Paqui Ríos (Andalusia - Spain)

Sines - Auditório do Centro de Artes de Sines | 16h00 | More information on access available soon

Born in Málaga in 1970, she is one of the leading voices in flamenco. She grew up listening to her father, Enrique “el Moreno”, and later refined her art in flamenco venues, peñas and, above all, by listening to the great masters. Paqui Ríos’s career has been an unusual one: rather than seeking recognition through flamenco competitions or recordings, she built her reputation through performances in peñas and recitals. In this way, she earned artistic prestige and the acclaim of aficionados. Paqui possesses a talent, a voice and an expressiveness that connect her to the great figures in the history of flamenco singing and make her one of the last representatives of ‘cante jondo’. She will be accompanied by guitarist Julio Romero.

Vitu Valera (Peru / Spain)

Sines - Largo Poeta Bocage | 18h00 | Free admission

A meeting point between electronic music and the sounds of the Afro-Latin diaspora. The energy of a club translated into a live music experience. Sonic experimentation and real-time production at centre stage. Vitu Valera is a composer and multi-instrumentalist with Peruvian roots who now calls Barcelona home. In this project, dembow, merengue, baile funk and guaracha coexist with synthesisers and organic percussion in an intuitive, performance-driven approach. Migration, the movement of people and intercultural connections are themes woven into his sonic tapestry. Vitu Valera will perform solo in Sines, with drum pads and percussion.

Tablao de Tango (Argentina)

Sines - Auditório do Centro de Artes de Sines | 21h30 | Buy ticket

Far removed from “tango for export”, this project embodies the underground port-city blues of tango, without embellishment. Tablao de Tango has three protagonists. The first is singer Walter ‘Chino’ Laborde: the whole soul of Buenos Aires tango inside a rock’n’roll body. At the beginning of the millennium, he was the unmistakable voice of the pioneering tango-rock group Orquesta Fernández Fierro (FMM 2009). The second protagonist is Franco Luciani, a world master of the harmonica, carrying listeners between jazz and tango. Finally, there is guitarist Raul Kiokio, distinguished by his singular harmonic understanding and improvisational skill. A minimalist formation in every respect except passion.