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 Les Inrockuptibles, France 2009 PROMO PHOTOS "RUAS" by Youssef Nabil
WHAT THEY ARE SAYING ABOUT MÍSIA » PATRICE LECONTE, Film director Mísia's hair trim, her fringe, is rather graphical. She also has gestures. Postures. Blacks and whites. Angles and curves. Fine and thick tines. This is why more than singing the Fado she actually designs the Fado.  » ANTHONY MINGHELLA, Film director Mísia is the angel of regret. » GILBERT & GEORGE, Plastic artists She is really a very special woman! Her fados are the most emotional music we have listened without even understanding a single word. She dares to listen to her body and creates beauty from the most extreme situations. She is an authentic artist. » WILLIAM CHRISTIE, Conductor Mísia is one of my favourite singer. » UTE LEMPER, Singer When Mísia sings we are transported to an universe of theatrical passion and emotional deepness. » BILL T. JONES, Dancer & choreographer Mísia is one of the most avant-garde and charismatic fado singers of our time. » EDUARDO PRADO COELHO, Essayist Only those capable of hearing the voice emerging from the throats worn by flame, only those capable of following the nocturnal pace of an unusually intelligent enunciation - in recognizing the verbal textures and the consumed emotions that gather within - may come to understand that sharpest pain hardly ever derives from open wounds. Mísia relates to Fado in a way that reaches the 'mystical' - and it is almost scaring. MÍSIA'S COLLABORATIONS Isabelle Huppert, Actress Patrice Leconte, Film Director Sophie Calle, Photographer Fanny Ardant, Actress Maria de Medeiros, Actress Agnès Jaoui, Actress Ute Lemper, Singer Gilbert & George, Plastic Artists Bela Silva, Painter & Ceramist Maria João Pires, Pianist Bill T. Jones, Dancer & Choreographer Maria Bethânia, Singer Carmen Maura, Actress Miranda Richardson, Actress Angélique Ionatos, Singer Sérgio Godinho, Poet & Compositor Amélia Muge, Poet & Compositor Adriana Calcanhoto, Singer Júlio Pomar, Painter Arman, Painter Manuel Paulo, Musician & Productor Jorge Palma, Compositor & Author Vitorino, Productor & Compositor Ricardo Dias, Musician & Productor Padma Subramanian, Dancer VENUES PRESENTING FADO FOR THE FIRST TIME WITH MISIA'S CONCERTS Philarmonie Berlin, Germany Alter Oper Frankfurt, Germany Musikhalle Hamburg, Germany Festival de Jazz de Montreux Montreux, Switzerland Grande Cour d'Honneur du Palais des Papes Festival of Avignon, France Teatro Nacional Maria Guerrero Madrid, Spain Palácio de Congressos Madrid, Spain Festival El Grec Barcelona, Spain Grande Auditório da Culturgest Lisbon, Portugal Festival de Capuchos Portugal Théâtre des Champs Elysées Paris, France Maison des Cultures du Monde Paris, France Théâtre du Châtelet Paris, France Womad Festival Adelaide, Australia Midem Cannes, France Konzerhaus Vienna, Austria Amphithéâtre Herodium Atticus Acropole, Athens, Greece Berkeley Performance Boston, USA Cleveland Museum of Art Cleveland, USA Helsinki Finland Listner Audiotorium Washington, USA Ravinia Jazz Festival Chicago, USA Dranouter Festival Dranouter, Belgium Teatro Gral. San Martín Buenos Aires, Argentina Palais des Beaux Arts Brussels, Belgium Flagey Brussels, Belgium Le Carré Amsterdam, Netherlands AWARDS & RELEASES 2009 » Release "Ruas" 2005 » Medal of the Order of Merit, Portugal » Release of Drama Box 2004 » Great Red Medal of the City of Paris » Order of Arts and Letters, France » Award of the German Record Critics » Prix au Festival International du Film » d'Art et Pédagogique - (Le Fado de Misia » by Carmen castillo) 2003 » Release "Canto" 2001 » Release "Ritual" 1999 » Release "Paixões Diagonais" 1998 » Silver Disc, Garras dos Sentidos, Portugal » Release "Garras dos Sentidos" 1997 » Signing Detour/Warner 1996 » Grand Prix of the Academie Charles Cros CONCERT PROGRAMM    PRESS QUOTES Mísia drawing tears in any language. » New York Times Her vocal artistry is faithful to the tradition - delicately nuanced with power achieved through dramatic softening and hardenings of tune - but her instrumentation draws on a broader harmony of effects. » BBC Music Magazine Many countries sing it - rembetika in Greece, morna in Capo Verde, the blues in the United States. But the essence of the Portuguese equivalent - fado (fate) is somehow even more elusive than other music that takes singular pleasures in expressing pain. Enter Misia. Selfnamed from one of Post-Impressionist painter Pierre Bonnard's favourite model, with performances stylized in a manner reminiscent of Japanese Noh theatre - Misia adds a new layer to the fado mystery. » The Globe and Mail |
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