Louder! Pre-election Concert

Synopsis

Elections cycle

 

On an election sunday, we left the house whistling, on our way to mark a cross on a paper.

The place where we choose to mark this cross it’s not an ordinary place: this is where many of our thoughts live. Concerns, projects, thoughts that excite us. Things we don’t want to lose or things we really want to change, of which we want more.

Often, songs stood by our side, stating all we wished for.

On an election sunday we leave the house whistling, and this may not be just any whistle: in this melody it is possible to fit some of our dreams (or the dreams of a crowd).

This pre-election concert will celebrate the power of music. Can music change the world? Does the world change music? What does music say about people’s projects? This is going to be a traveling concert, through time and space, during which we’ll discover some of the songs that brought us together and had to be sang (loudly!), in order to make our voices heard.

Are you listening or do you need to sing it louder?

 

Biographies

Francisca Cortesão

Composer, guitar player and lead singer of Minta & The Brook Trout, Francisca Cortesão is also part of They’re Heading West. Live, she regularly plays with Bruno Pernadas, Mão Verde (music project for children by rapper Capicua and guitar player Pedro Geraldes) and Lena D’Agua.

 

Sérgio Nascimento

Drummer and producer, Sérgio began his career in the mid-1990s as a member of Peste & Sida. Since the early 2000s, Sérgio has been part of Assessores, Sérgio Godinho’s band and he is a founding member of Humanos. He also plays live with David Fonseca, Sérgio Godinho, and Lena D’Água. Together with Francisca Cortesão, Mariana Ricardo and João Correia, he formed the band They´re Heading West.

 

Isabel Minhós Martins

Author and publisher, she is one of the founders of the publisher Planeta Tangerina. Isabel Minhós Martins has written dozens of books, especially illustrated albums, such “Pê de Pai”, “Quando eu nasci” or “Daqui ninguém passa”. Recently, she has also written some nonfiction books like “Cá Dentro, Guia para descobrir o cérebro” or “Atlas das viagens e dos exploradores”. Many of her books were translated to other languages and published in other countries.

 

Illustration: Bernardo P. Carvalho

Three figures taken from the book “Daqui ninguém passa” (“Nobody passes from here”).