Africa and More! – Nancy Vieira / Djénéba & Fousco in Budapest

Nancy Vieira / Djénéba & Fousco in Budapest, presented by Müpa Budapest.

Date and time: 28 November 2018, Wednesday 8 pm — 10 pm 
Venue: Béla Bartók National Concert Hall

Nancy Vieira, born in Guinea-Bissau, grew up on the islands of Cape Verde before moving to Lisbon, where her father became ambassador of the Republic of Cape Verde. During her university studies in the 1990s, Nancy won a song contest which resulted not only in the release of her first album, but also in her decision to focus on her ambitions as a singer. Since then, she’s released four albums – the most recent, Manhã Florida, in 2018 – using songs from such prestigious Cape Verdean songwriters as Mário Lúcio, Teofilo Chantre and Eugenio Tavares. Based on her overwhelming success, we can confidently say that she took on the title of ‘Ambassador of Cape Verdean music’ after the death of Cesaria Evora. She was destined for this title after several of Evora’s musicians got behind her, but it was above all her brilliant voice, radiant performance style and the ease with which she created her own style from morna traditions that won people over.