SONGLINES FADO SERIES
Duarte
Last Show: Friday 25 th August 2017
The Pheasantry (Chelsea)
Duarte was born in Évora, but spent his childhood and adolescence in the village of Arraiolos. He began to sing fado as a joke, but from 1997 Duarte became committed to fado "as a space par excellence for musical expression", both as a performer and as a singer-songwriter. 2004 was a key year for Duarte with the release of his debut album 'Fados Meus', an invitation from Maria da Fé and the poet José Luís Gordo to join the cast of the famous Senhor Vinho restaurant, where he continues to sing, and the inclusion of one of his compositions in a collection '100 Years of Fado' by the newspaper Público.