More than merely live music entertainment, Fado na Baixa offers an insightful cultural experience created to help to understand what is Fado for the Portuguese People. Four artists, male and female Fado singers and top musicians, open their hearts and invite you to get intimate with Fado in all its unique and different expressions. Immerse into the experience, with hand-picked personal testimonials in various languages, and see Fado up close and personal.
Experience first, traditional Fado, a highly marketed and intense style from Lisbon, where it all began.
Then, enjoy the stylings of the unique Portuguese Guitar while tasting a Tawny Port. Listen and witness the nuances of the Lisbon and Coimbra playing techniques.
Discover the Coimbra Fado genre, completely unique to the Portuguese people and sung live by a male singer, a former student at the Coimbra University, as tradition demands.
Then, in the fourth segment, discover Amalia Rodrigues, the queen of the Portuguese Fado. Watch how she transformed traditional Fado and brought unprecedented recognition.
Finally understand how Fado survives and thrives through the years. Through different poetics, fusions with other musical genres, and honouring tradition, Fado is preserved, as you will see by the end of the show.