Projects
2024
FIRST BREATH AFTER COMA + SALVADOR SOBRAL
At the end of 2024, First Breath After Coma and Salvador Sobral came together for an artistic residency at Casa Varela. Over the course of two weeks, they shared the same house, and that is where the songs shaping this show were born.
“A Residência” (The Residency) recreates on stage the intimacy of a rehearsal room and the essence of those creative days. It is not a concert by Salvador, nor is it by FBAC; it is an open door, an invitation to step into this space and experience a little bit of that time.
2019
Salvador Sobral sings Brel
The famous chanson française refers to a musical universe with a unique language where the word assumes a primary role in the construction of the songs.
Jacques Brel is a fundamental name of French-speaking culture with a mark in several artistic manifestations, ranging from cinema to music. It was in the latter that he affirmed his own identity as one of the most renowned interpreters of the last century—crossing the borders of his native Belgium and the France that welcomed him.
A storyteller (either through his words or through the intensity of his performances) who captured Salvador Sobral’s attention and led him to the creation of this project where the proposal is explained in the title: to sing Brel. To achieve this, he surrounded himself with musicians who could understand this musical language in all its complexity and richness.
Cello – Ana Cláudia Serrão; Guitar – André Santos; Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Transverse Flute – Diogo Duque; Accordion – Inês Vaz; Drums – Joel Silva; Bass – Nelson Cascais; Vocals – Salvador Sobral; Piano – Samuel Lercher
Musical direction – Salvador Sobral, Samuel Lercher and Nelson Cascais
2019
Alma Nuestra
A band created by two friends, Salvador Sobral and Victor Zamora, who share a passion for the sweet sounds of Latin America and, simultaneously, for Jazz. Joined by two other friends, they worked on well-known and timeless songs from Cuba, Argentina, and other South American sounds, reinventing them and transforming them into unique and personal sounds.
Vocals – Salvador Sobral; Piano – Victor Zamora; Bass – Nelson Cascais; Drums – André Sousa Machado
2019
Quinta das Canções
Quinta das Canções is the sharing by good friends André Santos and Salvador Sobral of songs that captured their attention and sharpened their desire to make them their own through their original interpretations and performances.
Every Thursday, the two musicians play a song that inspires them, paying homage to their affections, admirations, and musical influences. In the first season, they dedicated themselves to interpreting songs by Portuguese authors sung in our language. For future seasons, who knows?
It is with a free spirit and without rules that the songs that enliven this Quinta das Canções are built week after week.
2018
Mutrama
Salvador Sobral is one of the guest musicians in this project focused on the reinterpretation of traditional Madeiran music, with musical direction by guitarist André Santos.
2016 – 2020
Alexander Search
One of Fernando Pessoa’s many English heteronyms gives its name to an electronic rock band with indie-pop influences, whose songs are based on poems signed by this Pessoan heteronym who spent his adolescence in South Africa.
The project is led by pianist Júlio Resende, who is in charge of composing the themes. Inspired by the universe of Pessoa’s heteronym, Júlio Resende involves the band’s universe in fiction and also assumes a heteronym—Augustus Search—a challenge extended to the rest of the group.
Salvador Sobral is Benjamin Cymbra and gives voice to the songs written by Resende or, rather, by Augustus Search. Guitarist Daniel Neto takes on the role of Marvel K., while André Nascimento plays the character of Sgt. William Byng in the electronic component. Drums and percussion are handled by the talented jazz drummer Joel Silva, incarnating the mysterious Mr. Tagus.
Vocals – Benjamin Cymbra / Salvador Sobral; Piano – Augustus Search / Júlio Resende; Guitar – Marvel K / Daniel Neto; Electronics – Sgt. William Byng / André Nascimento; Drums, Percussion – Mr. Tagus
2014
Noko Woi
Noko Woi means “listening around” in Warao, a native Venezuelan language.
This project is the result of an attempt to bring together different sources of inspiration: places where we came from, places where we are, people we know, people who we are, ideas other people suggested to us, and ideas that we found.
