Biennial 2025 – Camino Irreal

Tânia Carvalho, Rocío Guzmán
Nossas Mãos / Nuestras Manos

16 – 17 October

Lisboa – Teatro da Garagem / Teatro Taborda, Sala Berlanga Biennial 2025 Concert, Music

© Raimundo Pérez-Messina

Tânia Carvalho and Rocío Guzmán meet on stage for an intimate concert, complex and emotive, where their voices — distinct from each other in origin and texture — intertwine in an unexpected and profoundly harmonious dialogue. This encounter reveals not the fusion but the coexistence of the Portuguese and Spanish artists, between melancholy and force, between the fragility of gestures and the power of presence.

Both these artists have pursued singular careers at the meeting point between music and stage, and here they create a space for mutual listening — where the audience is invited to join them. There is a subtle melancholy that runs through each song, almost cinematic in quality, as if each moment were the soundtrack to an interior place, a shared memory. Tânia Carvalho’s voice, at times whispered, at others firm, echoes the inflections of the Portuguese songbook; Rocío Guzmán, in turn, evokes the roots of flamenco and Andalusian tradition, filtered through a delicate, contemporary approach. Together, they build a common language made of silence, timbre and vibration.

More than a concert, this piece is a meeting between two ways of giving voice to the world. An act of friendship and listening, where difference transforms into sonic understanding and music becomes a territory of communion.

© Alejandra Amere

Sessions

16.10.25

Teatro da Garagem / Teatro Taborda, Lisboa

21:00

World premier

17.10.25

Sala Berlanga, Madrid

20:00

World premier

Concept and performers
Tânia Carvalho & Rocío Guzmán
Sound technician
Juan Mesquita
Lighting design
Anatol Waschke
Commission and production
BoCA - Biennial of Contemporary Arts (Lisboa)
Artistic residencies
Futurama / Câmara Municipal de Mértola, Goethe Institut Madrid
Presentation partners
Teatro da Garagem / Teatro Taborda (Lisboa), Sala Berlanga (Madrid)
Support
Fundácion SGAE, Câmara Municipal de Mértola, Acción Cultural Española (AC/E) - Programa para la Internacionalización de la Cultura Española (PICE)