Ana Roque is a Portuguese singer. Although she started to sing at a very young age, it was during her university time that she discovered her call for Fado. Despite her young career Ana looks back on an impressive list of collaborations of both the theatre and music "landscape" of Portugal. Her reputation brought her into the most famous "Casas de Fado" of the country such as Marquês da Sé, Luso and Clube de Fado. In constant search for her musical identity with roots in Fado, Ana took part in several musical projects such as Fado Inverso. In December 2015 Ana finalized her debut album "Olhares" (meaning "Glances"). The Album shows a selection of original compositions with a beautiful variety of Fados and Portuguese songs. In the making of "Olhares" Ana was supported by great musicians of the Fado scene:
Eurico Machado - Portuguese Guitar
Eurico Machado, Miguel Gonçalves, Nelson Aleixo and Ivan Cardoso - Classical Guitar
João Penedo - Bass/Double Bass
In April 2016 Ana will present her debut album in Portugal and have her international release in the Netherlands on the 30th of April in the concert series Quintessences Invites! in Teatro Munganga.
After the great success of “Sentir Portugal” in May 2015 we are very happy to announce a second edition of this unique program on the 30th of April 2016.
For this special occasion we have invited the singer Ana Roque from Lisbon - Portugal. She will enchant us with the great Fado repertoire and her original songs. As last year we will also feature Rafael Fraga who will enrich our program
with his compositions and add the “authentic” note by his Portuguese guitar playing.We are very much looking forward to another exciting evening full of Portuguese music, traditional delicacies and great vibes. Come and join us, get your tickets now.
You can get your ticket online via
There will be a limited amount of tickets. Be sure to get yours in time! 30th of April.
Double concert - 15€
Get here your tickets for the concert at 17h:
http://munganga.nl/mini2/programma/2183
Get here your tickets for the concert at 21h:
Sentir Portugal!
Rafael Fraga was born in Lisbon and lived in the Azores (Portugal) most of his childhood. He started playing the guitar at the age of 13 and after concluding a BA in Biology he dedicated himself entirely to music and writing.
He studied jazz guitar for a short period and then pursued studies in classical composition, completing a BA at the Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa in 2008 and a MA at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam in 2010.His main musical influences are Bossanova, Portuguese folk music, Jazz and classical-contemporary music.
His work as composer and arranger reflects a need to blend these diverse musical contexts and perspectives in a balanced way.
He has worked as a guitarist, composer and orchestrator in many projects. Some of his most relevant collaborations include leading fado singers such as Carlos do Carmo and Ana Moura, poet Nuno Júdice, pianist João Paulo Esteves da Silva or the editor Nelson de Matos (Portugal), the Nederlands Blazers Ensemble, Quatro Ventos, Daisy Correia (Netherlands), along with many other artists and ensembles.Besides music, he writes prose and poetry, with sparse publications. He has released and participated in several music albums and edited two songbooks, with Augusto Macedo as co-author.
Rafael is currently based in Amsterdam.
