Bio
Cristina Clara, a singer and songwriter from the north of Portugal.
Living in Lisbon since 2005, Cristina Clara explores in her first album - Lua Adversa - the musical influences that have shaped her since arriving in the city, inspired by the constant intercultural dialogues she experiences.
She is interested in promoting a dialogue between different traditional identities and urban songs, considering them as major expressions of the history and affective heritage of the people.
Cristina's artistic identity is particularly influenced by artists from Portugal, Brazil and Cape Vert.
Her album, "Lua Adversa" [Adverse Moon] mirrors this experience, namely the approach to Brazilian choro, its affinity with Fado narratives and the rapport with new composers who ignited her own desire to compose and write.
Since the release of her debut album, she has performed on various stages, both in Portugal and internationally. Notable performances include the NOS Alive Festival, Teatro da Trindade in Lisbon, the "Há Fado no Cais" series at the Centro Cultural de Belém, the Atlantic Music Expo in Cape Verde, the Casa de Portugal in São Paulo, Brazil, the Centre Culturel des Arts Pluriels in Luxembourg, and the Azores International Festival.
She was one of the invited authors for the RTP Festival da Canção 2024, where she was a finalist with the song Primavera, for which she wrote the lyrics, with music by Cape Verdean composer Jon Luz.
This year, Cristina Clara was selected for an official showcase at Womex 2024.
Versatile and intuitive, it is impossible to fit Cristina Clara into a single genre. Her interpretative skills are the result of a constant dialogue between her own inner world and her circumstance. The album "Lua Adversa" [Adverse Moon] is a musical portrait of this experience.
In addition to her career as a performer and songwriter, Cristina Clara has been deeply committed to promoting the value of traditional Portuguese music. She has been organizing and developing workshops—both solo and in collaboration—where traditional Portuguese songs and percussion serve as tools for study and experimentation.
Lua Adversa
Lua Adversa [Adverse Moon], an appropriate name for an album that mirrors the various phases-faces of Cristina Clara and her creative process! Handpicked words, songs that tell stories, and a brilliant team of musicians who, more than accompanying her, were true agents in her path, chosen for their role in the plot.
"I belong to the stars/Who come to teach me/The calendar of this arbitrary fate/And the vagaries of using it..."
Galeria
Shows
Oct.
2024