Lisbon, May 2 (EFE) .- The Fado, Flag of Portuguese music, wins more and more followers among the young Spaniards, coincided in statements to Efe the fadistas Katia Guerreiro and Fábia Rebordão and the director of the International Fado Festival, Frederico Do Carmo.
They notice it so much in the concerts – such as those that offer these days in Madrid on the occasion of the 15th edition of the festival – as in the musical lists in social networks, promoted by internationalization and the rejuvenation that this genre lives through its artists, they explained.
“I see many familiar faces every year that always go (to the festival), but we also see a new and not only new audience: a younger audience goes for the first time. Through artists such as Ana Moura or Carmiño, who have a little more happy songs and flee a bit of the nostalgia that the fado usually transmits, that has approached the young people,” said Do Carmo.
He added as an anecdote that he has also begun to see young people who have the renowned Amália Rodrigues in her Spotify reproduction lists to listen to her day to day.
Katia Guerreiro, who this year turns 25 years of career and that accumulates dozens of concerts in Spain, also notes that there are more and more young people in their shows and that they are interested in gender.
“Older audiences continue to listen and follow their favorite artists, and younger people seek fado in an initially more random way, but then they know the interpreters better and choose their favorite artists,” he said.
Guerreiro, who will perform on May 4 at the Umusic Hotel Albéniz Hotel of the Spanish capital in a concert in which he will sing pieces of several stages of his career, said that the Spanish public is “very loyal” for years, and hopes to successfully repeat this weekend, where he plans to present a new release.
For Fábia Rebordão, who acts on Saturday at the same place as Guerreiro, the Spanish public, who also encompasses more and more ages, “is very affectionate” and with a growing interest in Fado.
“It is important that the youngest absorb that music we are giving,” he added.
This edition of the International Fado Festival, held on April 22, May 3 and 4 in Madrid, is part of the Centennial Commemorations of the Birth of the Grand Master of the Portuguese guitar Carlos Paredes (1925-2004), nicknamed ‘The Man of the 2,000 fingers’.
As part of the program, the renowned guitarist and musicologist Luísa Amaro will offer a conference on the master’s degree, analyzing her technique and legacy in the Fado and the Portuguese culture; And the documentary ‘Perpetual movements’ of Edgar Pèra will be screened, which pays tribute to the life and work of the musician and composer, among other activities.
The director of the festival explained to Efe that what they want is to “make this genius better” and how important it was for the Portuguese guitar, an instrument with six pairs of strings and a pear -shaped body.
“Carlos Paredes was revolutionary because he took a unique instrument, which is the Portuguese guitar, an instrument typically of Portugal, and transformed it. Because many times the guitar used to be like a fado companion, and Carlos Paredes what he did was that the guitar had a role outside the fado,” he said.
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