Karyna Gomes
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Date
- 19:00 / Cancelled 19:00 / Sold out Sunday, 19:00
Location
Open-Air Amphitheatre Gulbenkian Garden
Singer, songwriter and journalist Karyna Gomes brings Guinea-Bissau to the Summer Garden with a solo concert that promises to liven up the Open-Air Amphitheatre.
With a vibrant voice and a focus on civil and women’s rights, Karyna Gomes began her musical career in a gospel choir in Brazil. In 2007, she joined the band Super Mama Djombo and took part in the recording of their latest album in Iceland.
She released her first solo album, Mindjer, in 2014, followed by N’na in 2021. She currently lives in Portugal, collaborating with national and international artists and performing on various stages.
In addition to her work as a singer, Karyna Gomes is the curator of the 1st Bissau Biennial of Art and Culture and one of the founders of the peace movement MIGUILAN [women of Guinea, we rise up!].
About the concerts
This year, the Summer Garden invites us to embark on a journey of sound where the soul dances and the body recognises itself.
From Fado to Funaná, from Semba to Gumbé, from Axé to Mbalax, passing through the eternity of Soul Music — each rhythm will be a compass and each song a territory.
To the sound of these ancestral and contemporary beats, we will land in the living imagination of countries such as Senegal, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Angola, Brazil and Portugal.
Places where time becomes a drum and memory is sung with eyes closed.
A true celebration of what unites us: the pulse of freedom that resists, persists and insists on being a party.
— Dino D'Santiago
Summer Garden 2025
This event is part of Summer Garden 2025, a free admission festival with concerts, DJ sets, talks, films and dance. Learn more
The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation reserves the right to collect and keep records of images, sounds and voice for the diffusion and preservation of the memory of its cultural and artistic activity. For further information, please contact us through the Information Request form.
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