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Vitor Revoredo – Fado Singer
Portuguese Guitar (Guitarra Portuguesa)
Guitar – Viola do fado
Vivian Santos is a Fadista based out of Hanford, CA. She was born and raised in the Bay Area. Her parents are both immigrants from the island of Terceira, Azores, Portugal. Vivian began singing Fados when she was a teenager with her first live performance at the age of 16 at her father’s cafe. The two musicians that played for her then are still her most collaborated with musicians today; her husband David Santos who plays Guitarra, and her good friend Emanuel Avila who plays viola and viola Baixo. Vivian holds a degree in music education with an emphasis in…
Tony Gouveia – fadista
A Portuguese-descendent, Tania first found Fado as a child when hearing her godmother sing in the celebrations that were typical of her family. Her interest in Portuguese culture continued along the years while she was a student in Portuguese school and dancer in the Folkloric Group Ramos de Oliveira in Pawtucket, RI. With a passion for Portuguese music already established as a child, Tania began to hear the contemporary Fado singers of Portugal and with them discovered the energy of the Modern Fado. This new sound of Fado stimulated Tania to explore and to appreciate the Traditional Fado. It was this…
Sonia Bettencourt
Fadista Sandra Pinheiro Pacheco, Fadista Sandra Pinheiro Pacheco was born in Pawtucket, Rhode Island to Portuguese immigrants of the Azorean island, Faial. She loved singing as a child and claims to have inherited her father’s genes. He was a well-known singer in Faial for the “bailes.” She started singing on stage when she was a sophomore at San Jose High School. She joined the school choir and became the lead Soprano. She was fortunate enough to take Portuguese there and was one of the few early participants in the International Baccalaureate program. Sandra_Pinheiro_Pacheco_fadista She graduated from San Jose State University…