A contemporary look at Portugal's rhythmic and percussive heritage.
After two decades of study, training and work in roots music, Tiago Manuel Soares performs solo, with traditional Portuguese percussion at the centre of the narrative of a pioneering multimedia show.
Nativo sets out to discover new aesthetics and offers a contemporary view of the diversity of this intangible heritage, through the eyes of today's artists who keep a deep connection to their roots.
The show premiered on 22 March 2025 at the Centro Cultural Municipal de Vila das Aves, with compositions by Fernando Lapa, Ângela da Ponte and Filipe Fernandes, marking a passage from tradition to new aesthetic horizons. The visual creation by Adriana Romero draws on video footage gathered from the north to the south of the country, in dialogue with the artistic world of the project.
On 13 December 2025, Tiago Manuel Soares presented Nativo at Laboratório das Artes, Teatro da Vista Alegre, in Ílhavo. The performance was recorded and gives rise to this edition.
Accompanying this recording is a mini-documentary on the creative process of Nativo, covering its different stages: research, experimentation and artistic creation.
“O bater inexorável dos corações produtores, os tambores…” (FMI, José Mário Branco)
Tiago Manuel Soares
Ângela da Ponte, Fernando Lapa and Filipe Fernandes
Catarina Barros
Matilde Reigó and Conceição Medeiros
Adriana Romero
Paulo Pimenta, Estelle Valente, Luana Ribeiro, Miguel A. Pereira/Casa da Música
Berto Pinheiro
Rui Ferreira
Rui Ferreira / Antena Zero studio
Mário Barreiros
Manuel Maio
Manuel Maio, João Machado
Pedro Isidro Soares
Ricardo Reis Miranda, Ricardo Newton Miranda
Napoleão Ribeiro
Marta Azevedo
Blackdress
Andrada Berceanu
Município de Santo Tirso | 23 Milhas / Município de Ílhavo | Município de Idanha-a-Nova
República Portuguesa, DGArtes
Central de Informação
60 minutes
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