Portuguese singer Salvador Sobrals / Article will perform in Riga in December

On December 12, Portuguese singer Salvador Sobrals will perform in the cultural space “Hanzas perons”, the concert organizers informed. The musician’s performance will be part of the European tour of the third album “bpm” released at the beginning of the summer.

Salvador Sobrals became known to a wide audience around the world after the Eurovision Song Contest in 2017, when the ballad Amar pelos dois, composed by Sister Louise Sobral, won both the audience and the jury vote, setting a record for the most points.

“His music lives outside the confines of specific styles and offers a global vision of the modern world,” the concert organizers wrote. “This is also the program of the new album, which was created during the pandemic.” The album “bpm” includes songs composed by Sobrala himself in Portuguese, Spanish and English, performed by the singer with a quintet of accompanying musicians, which includes Sobrala’s longtime colleagues – double bassist Andre Rosinja and drummer Bruno Pedroso, as well as guitarist Andre Santab, pianist Abe Rab and Leo Aldrijs, a keyboardist for electronic keyboards, who is also the co-author of the new songs and producer of bpm.

The name of the new album refers to the number of beats per minute, which is used in both music for determining the speed of rhythm and in cardiology. As the concert organizers explained, Sobral underwent heart surgery just before winning the Eurovision Song Contest, so this connection between him and his work can be attributed in the most direct way. This is the first album in which the singer has participated in the composition of all the songs, so in an interview with the BBC he says: “The songs are mine, so they are also my heartbeat per minute… The sister says she feels – this is my first adult album. She is proud of it. Her opinion is most important to me. ” By the way, sister Louise Sobrala has also participated in one of the songs on the new album – “Fui ver meu amor”, for which she wrote the lyrics.

The concert in Riga will also feature Sobrala’s most popular songs from his first two albums – 2016 “Excuse Me” and 2019 “Paris, Lisboa”, whose songs were sung in four different languages: Portuguese, Spanish, English and French. The world-famous Portuguese also participates in many other musical projects, the latest of which is the song program of the legendary Belgian singer Jacques Brell, therefore, as the concert organizers promise, it is possible that visitors to the Riga concert will have the opportunity to hear something from it.

The concert starts on December 12 in the cultural space “Hanzas perons” at 20.00.

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