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7.00PM // Alma Mater
SATURDAY DECEMBER 9TH
PLS NOTE: DOORS OPEN AT 6.30PM FOR A 7PM SHOWTIME
(SHOW DURATION IS 7PM-8.40PM)
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Their passion for passionate music brought the members of Alma Mater together.
Alma Mater reawaken the voices of worlds gone by, bringing to life the traditions of Portuguese fado. The music is fiery, gripping, tense, yet surprisingly delicate. With its rare combination of musical influences and cultures, the group creates a fresh and faithful sound.
The group is led by singer Yuliya Mik, whose old-world sensibility and passion for the music of times before her own breathes new life into the haunting and beautifully robust fado melodies.
Since the group’s launch in May 2013, Alma Mater has taken to Melbourne’s cosiest hideaways and top music venues including the Paris Cat Jazz Club, The Butterfly Club, the Wesley Anne and others, has attracted radio features around the country, and has played at music festivals around Australia including the Cygnet Folk Festival (Tasmania), the Illawarra Folk Festival (NSW), the Melt: Chocolate festival (Melbourne) and the Darebin Music Feast (Melbourne).
Alma Mater proudly launched their debut album, Fado ao largo (meaning ‘fado from offshore’), to a sold-out crowd at the Melbourne Recital Centre Salon in May 2015, and look forward to a follow-up release in 2017.
Alma Mater will take you back in time, to a world where delicate beauty and unrefined passion walk hand-in-hand down the snaking corridors of an antique city.
Alma Mater are:
– Yuliya Mik (voice),
– Nathan Slater (guitar),
– Anthony Schulz (piano accordion),
– Enzo Ruberto (double bass).
Genre – Portuguese Fado
Performance Room – Basement
