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Two singers, a soprano and a mezzo, decided to bring to life the music of Goa, a part of their cultural and ethnic heritage. This former Portuguese colony in India has a rich repertoire of traditional, classical, and church music, yet to be disclosed. It is this blending of Western and Eastern cultures, with Portuguese and Indian themes, that gives it variety and uniqueness.
The research conducted by Veronica Milagres da Silva and Carolina Figueiredo on this subject brought about a repertoire covering their own interpretations of traditional Goan songs, transmitted mainly through oral tradition, such as the mando, the dulpod, and the dekni, among others. This study includes compositions of a religious nature and tries to make known to the public classical pieces composed by Goan musicians, such as an unpublished mass in Konkani.
The PORTUGOESAS are the soprano Veronica Milagres da Silva and the mezzo-soprano Carolina Figueiredo, accompanied on piano by Carlos Garcia.
Both classically trained singers, they have been working together for over 15 years and initially met each other on account of their work as members of the internationally acclaimed Gulbenkian Choir. It is the love to give continuity to the tradition of music in their families (their fathers played together in Goa), which leads them to revive and reinterpret these themes from a repertoire increasingly enriched by the study of authors and works spread by Goans around the world.
In this show, the PORTUGOESAS try to explore the traditional and classical Goan music, giving it a unique touch while respecting its root essence. They sing mandos, deknis, and some dulpods, from the general traditional repertoire with musical works like Tuca, Kaiboreló, San Francisco Xavier (the Goan Patron Saint), Far Farar, and the inevitable Adeus. They also premiere an unpublished "Mass in Konkani," composed by the Goan-born Jeronimo da Silva.
Unlike the approaches of other groups that seek to preserve the Goan musical repertoire, like Ekvat or Gavana, the trio PORTUGOESAS aims to offer a new "voice" to a collection of songs less known from this Goan songbook, in a very unique format.
Together with the Goan music retrieval and disclosure, the PORTUGOESAS include in their repertoire Portuguese church music as well as Portuguese folk songs, among others.
The research conducted by Veronica Milagres da Silva and Carolina Figueiredo on this subject brought about a repertoire covering their own interpretations of traditional Goan songs, transmitted mainly through oral tradition, such as the mando, the dulpod, and the dekni, among others. This study includes compositions of a religious nature and tries to make known to the public classical pieces composed by Goan musicians, such as an unpublished mass in Konkani.
The PORTUGOESAS are the soprano Veronica Milagres da Silva and the mezzo-soprano Carolina Figueiredo, accompanied on piano by Carlos Garcia.
Both classically trained singers, they have been working together for over 15 years and initially met each other on account of their work as members of the internationally acclaimed Gulbenkian Choir. It is the love to give continuity to the tradition of music in their families (their fathers played together in Goa), which leads them to revive and reinterpret these themes from a repertoire increasingly enriched by the study of authors and works spread by Goans around the world.
In this show, the PORTUGOESAS try to explore the traditional and classical Goan music, giving it a unique touch while respecting its root essence. They sing mandos, deknis, and some dulpods, from the general traditional repertoire with musical works like Tuca, Kaiboreló, San Francisco Xavier (the Goan Patron Saint), Far Farar, and the inevitable Adeus. They also premiere an unpublished "Mass in Konkani," composed by the Goan-born Jeronimo da Silva.
Unlike the approaches of other groups that seek to preserve the Goan musical repertoire, like Ekvat or Gavana, the trio PORTUGOESAS aims to offer a new "voice" to a collection of songs less known from this Goan songbook, in a very unique format.
Together with the Goan music retrieval and disclosure, the PORTUGOESAS include in their repertoire Portuguese church music as well as Portuguese folk songs, among others.
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