Poetica Saudade Fado Belém

Poética Saudade Fado Belém is created in 2005 by Marcela Ortiz Aznar. Marcela was born in La Jolla, California and she lives in Mexico City. She always felt a passion for Portugal. And is when she has a first encounter with the music of Madredeus and of Amália Rodrigues than she began to research more about Portugal and its different music. She then listens to various artists including: Mísia (one of her great favourites) , Cristina Branco, Kátia Guerreiro, Teresa Salgueiro, Filipa Pais, Mariza, A Naifa, Clã , Sergio Godinho, María Teresa , Né Ladeiras, Mafalda Arnauth, Ana Moura .. and others. Her first contact with portuguese tongue was the MPB (Brazilian popular music) like: Astrud Gilberto, Chico Buarque, Elba Ramalho, Margareth Menezes, Marisa Monte, Adriana Calcanhotto, Daniela Mercury, Paula Toller , and others. So all this music inspired her to begin this proyect. She chooses FADO for a simple reason: she loves it! Travelling to Portugal has been a great teaching for her, also because she believes in learning by knowing the place , the people, the costumes.. the dialy life of a country in orther to get to know their feelings and their music. In 2006 she sang at the " Taverna D' El Rey " (nearby the Fado Museum , in Lisbon)and at the "Clube de Fado". In 2007 she sang at the Cafe Luso and again with her friends at the Taverna D' El Rey also in the portuguese capital.She always remembers with happines the warm welcome that she has received at these places (Casas de Fado) by allowing her to sing. PSFB counts with guitarrist, Javier Noyola Zarazúa , Gerardo Franco Granados; both have being playing progressive rock , bossanova at many venues in Mexico. And on portuguses guitar with Jorge Waty who played at the Hard Rock Café in Mexico City with his rock band. Fado being played in Mexico is not that easy... unfortunately there are not big opportunities to play this music. In 2006 PSFB participated at ARTES POR TODAS PARTES. They won this contest by playing Fado. She created the term / name / concept that is the IMAGE of PSFB: "Fado por manos mexicanas" - "Fado by mexican hands". And in 2007 , they participated and won again at: RESCATARTE, held by the Cultural Ministery. This time the concept Marcela offered was : "Portugal con Alma de Barro" - "Portugal with clay soul" PSFB has two records: The first one released in 2006 including well known fados. You can also look at a video where PSFB performs at Casa Portuguesa for Tv program "A dónde ir". Marcela sings a piece of Mísia's "Xaile de siléncio" as a TRIBUTE for her. The second album(2007) where they also include traditional fados , poems written by: Sérgio Freitas (Porto,PT) and Robertson Frizero Barros (Porto Alegre,BR) those which Marcela musicalized. They included also Camané's well known fado "María II" as a TRIBUTE for him. This Cd is called "Stravaganza" by MARS PRODUCTIONS. MLOA Other Sites by Marcela: http://www.geocities/maoraz2001/index.html