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56 | / rektno o onome što se dešava. Tako su oni pevali kakobi izbacili iz sebe sva lošaosećanja i ansksioznost, govorili suo ljubavi i vezama, čak i o svađama – raspravljali su se kroz fado koristeći „improvizovanepesme“.Zamenejetonačin preživljavanja, opstanak u koji unosim celu svoju dušu i život i on tako postaje odraz umetnosti. Štajetoštoovajmuzičkižanrposeduje, pa se čini toliko bliskim? Znaš da su ljudi u gotovo celom svetu omađijani emocijama koje ta muzika budi? –Magičan je, neznamkakodaobjasnim to što ljudi širom sveta žele da ga slušaju iako ne razumeju jezik ili tekst, ali osećaju nešto. Verujem da ulažemo neku vrstu energije u svaku reč, koja je istinita i u potpunosti ispunjena emocijama. To je zapravo način da ispričamo našu priču, nešto što se dogodilo unutar nas samih. Kakvujošmuzikuvolišdaslušaš? Imašliomiljenepevačeizvangranica sveta fada? –Naravno, volimmuziku iz čitavog sveta. Veoma cenim razne vrste muzike. Volimmuziku iz Brazila, bosa novu, svenjenepevače... Upravosamobjavila albumna kojemsampevala pesmeTomaŽobima, jednogodnajvećihubrazilskom žanru. Imam i svoje najveće muzičare, dive koje mnogo cenim, poput NineSimon i EleFicdžerald. AuPortugalu takođe imamo raznevrstemuzike, poput roka ili folka. Volim irsku muziku, afričku, veliki samfanmuzikesaZelenortskih ostrva, tanga iz Argentine... Reci nam nešto o Portugalu, nešto što možda niko ne zna? –Portugal jeveomaposebnazemlja, veoma stara zemlja sa mnoštvom tradicija. Otkrili smo pola sveta, naučili Japance tempuri, istina je. I imamo više od 2.000 kilometara obale i predivno vreme. Mi smo mala zemlja, ali imamo veoma raznoliku prirodu, plaže, šume, ali i planine. Može se reći da smo kompletni. Hrana je neverovatna, a pritom imamo ovu predivnumuziku zvanu fado. What did she teach you about and didyouhaveanyother rolemodels? - My mother is my rst inspiration. She taught me a lot about poems, words and how to choose my lyrics; lyrics that I truly understood in order to be authentic when singing. But I always had other fado singers and poets that inspired me, because my mother had a fado house where I met Amália Rodrigues and Beatriz da Conceição, whowere real rolemodels tome and taught me a lot about fado, but also about life and respect for elders and the most experienced, and the culture we represent. Fado-whatdoes itevenmeantoyou; howwouldyourelatethat tothoseof us who didn’t grow up in Portugal? - For me fado is all about emotion. Fado was born to let singers who lived in the poorest neighbourhoods express themselves and let others know about their lives without saying what was happening. So they sang to dispel negative feelings or anxiety, to express love or talk about relationships and even ghts - they argued through fado using “desgarrada”, which is like a singingbattle between two ormore singers, improvising the lyrics. So, for me, it is a way to survive and put my soul and life into artistic expression. It’s a way to survive. What is it that this genre of music has that is close tomost people, because people are left enchanted by that emotion almost everywhere around the world? - It’s magical. I don’t know how to explain why people all over the world want to listen to this genre, even if they don’t understand the language and the lyrics, but they feel somethingbecause I believe that we put some energy into each word, with truthandwithall that emotion. So, it’s there to tell a true story about us, about something that happened inside of us. What other types of music do you like; do you have favourite singers beyond the world of fado? - Of course! I lovemusic fromall over theworld. I appreciate somuch a lot of different kinds of music. I like Brazilian music, bossa nova, all the singers… I just released an albumsingingwithTomJobim, one of the biggest stars of the Brazilian genre. And also American jazz and classical music. I have my favourite singers, divas who I really appreciate, like Nina Simone, Ella Fitzgerald etc. I like Irish music, African music, and also Tango from Argentina… I listen to a lot of music and I’m completely fascinated by languages and roots. Tellussomethingaboutyourcountry, perhapssomethingnobodyknows… - Portugal is a very special country. We have existed for more than a thousand years, so it’s a very old country with a lot of traditions; we“discovered”half the world.We taught tempura to the Japanese people, it’s true! And we have more than 2,000 kilometres of coastlines, with beautiful weather. We are a small country, but we have lots of di erent kinds of nature, beaches, forests, and also mountains. We are very complete. The food is incredible. And we have this beautiful kind of music that is fado. „FADO KUĆE“ SU OBAVEZNE U LISABONU Ako dođemo u Lisabon, koja mesta moramo posetiti? Otkrij nam barem jedno mesto na kojem se izvodi sjajan fado? Negde u četvrti Alfama? – Ako posetite Lisabon, ne smete preskočiti pogled sa centralnog zamka, koji je veoma star, i sa njega se pruža predivan pogled na čitav grad. Šetnje ulicama, četvrtima oko zamka i Alfame, gde je arhitektura zapanjujuća, drevna, a istovremeno veoma tipična. Morate prošetati pored reke kako biste videli neke od restorana, odakle se mogu posmatrati mostovi kada je vreme sunčano. „Fado kuće“ su obavezne, mogu da predložim Mesa de Frades u Alfami, gde imam mnogo prijatelja koji tamo pevaju i mesto je zaista veoma tradicionalno i autentično. Takođe, ne smete propustiti poznati pastel de nata, kolač na koji smo veoma ponosni. IN LISBON, YOU HAVE TO GO TO A FADO HOUSE If we come to Lisbon, what are the city’s “must-sees”? Tell us at least one place where great fado is performed? Somewhere in the district of Alfama? - If you visit Lisbon you must not miss the view from the central Castle, which is very old and beautiful and has a view of the entire city, and strolling through the streets and neighbourhoods of the Castle and Alfama district, because it has beautiful architecture that is old and very speci c. You have to go to the riverside to see some of those restaurants where you can appreciate the bridge and sunny days. You have to go to a Fado house, I can recommend ‘Mesa De Frades’ in Alfama, where I have a lot of friends who sing, and which is still very traditional and authentic. You also mustn’t miss the famous ‘Pastel de nata’, which is a kind of mini custard tart, a dessert of which we’re very proud. Fado is magic music. It’s there to tell a true story about us, about something that happened inside of us. Fado je magična muzika. To je zapravo način da ispričamo našu priču, nešto što se dogodilo unutar nas samih

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