"VOHA Project"
New Clip Presentation
Video by A. J. Lopes
Andreia João Viana Lopes was born in Sintra, Portugal, on November 4th, 1978.
She completed the Social/Cultural Entertainment course, where she had her first acting experience, with the Drama professors Maria Joao Fontainhas and Joao de Mello Alvim, director of the Theater Company in Sintra. In 2002, she took vocal technique lessons with Maria do Rosario Coelho. Currently she is learning piano and voice technique with Francisco d' Orey.
VOHA 2008
Andreia's soul and heart are hands tight with VOHA project!
In 2007, Andreia started working with the musician/composer Lúcio Vieira, from Cape Verde, and the great producer, sound engeneer / composer / guitar player LuÃs Vicente Pereira.
VOHAhas some portuguese lyrics writen by Andreia, and melodies too. A result of many influences, along with several artists colaborations, such as Cáu Paris, gathering acoustic, etnic and electronic sounds.
At the moment VOHA is recording its first CD, to be launched this year.
A CORDA 2007
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Currently, she is also singing Portuguese Fado and other "Lusofonias", with A Corda, performing for private groups, in historic and fantastic places of Sintra, such as the Royal Sintra Palace, Sintra National Pena Palace, Caffé Paris, etc. A Corda offers the sound double bass, flamenco guitar, classic guitar, voice, and other guests.
ZURAWSKI ENSEMBLE 2006
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Andreia was the first singer of Zurawski Ensemble, a modern chamber music quintet, which mixes Portuguese music (Fado, contemporary and traditional music), Erudite Music, Pop universe, Brazilian Music.
At the moment Zurawski Ensemble is recording its first CD, with the new great singer Catarina Moura.
The unique portuguese lyricist Tiago Torres da Silva, is also working for such beauty.
ATLANTIC VOICES FESTIVAL 2007
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Last August, Andreia represented the Azores in the Atlantic Voices Festival 2007 at Madeira. The song "Fragrâncias", written by Carlos Massa, born in Azores, finished the competition in first place, and also received the awards for best poem and best music.
Ten songs were competing, from Continental Portugal, Azores Islands, Canary Islands and Madeira Islands.
The festival counted with the winner from the previous year, Ricardo Soler.
SERENATA EM CENA 2002/2006
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In 2000, by the age of twenty one, she started to sing professionally with a Portuguese-Brazilian vocal quartet Serenata em Cena, conducted by Pedro Moreno . Their repertoire started with romantic music such as New Bossa, and Chorinho.
Seven years later she was invited to be the female singer of a new project Serenarte for the media release promotion (live serenatas at Portuguese tv stations - RTP, SIC, SIC Mulher, TVI - and radio stations - ANTENA3, RCP, RR.
AMIGOS DO PEITO 2006
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Amigos do Peito, is a concert for all ages, produced by Helena Percheiro, with musical arrangements by Paula Oliveira.
In January of 2006, the invitation to dress the roll of a singing doll arrives, thus conciliated the two areas: Singing and Acting.
One multimedia concert, mixing videoclips, drawings and enclosing several musical genres like: rock, jazz, reagge, hip-hop and tango.
The show wants to awake specialy children solidarity spirit, for such, music represents the diversity and the tolerance.
EDUARDO LOPES - NEW SHARISH PROJECT 2004
2004, the chance of singing solo, with Eduardo Lopes & New Sharish Project , a percussion group from Évora. In the repertoire we find blemishes of popular Celtic Music, African, Drum' n' Bass, Pop-Rock, Jazz and Erudite Contemporary Music.
Some presentations happened in Festivals like Monsaraz Festival Open Museum 2004, Évora University 2005, Alter do Chão 2005, Samora Correia 2005, Redondo 2006, etc.
