Filho Único Concerts

Vasco Alves and the Rochas da Ajuda
A formation shaped by pressure, friction, and the movement of air. Since the summer of 2024, the group has been working on polyphony from a materialist perspective through bagpipes in constant transformation. Like a weave of small pieces exploring different aspects of the instrument—its physical limits and its auditory perception—the piper friends Teresa Mendonça, André Pires, and Carlos Santos join Vasco Alves here.

Inês Tartaruga Água
A multidisciplinary maker, enthusiast of radical regeneration, sculptor of sonic situations, and advocate of the DIY philosophy, her practice unfolds between the visual arts and performance. She has taken part in group exhibitions and public events since 2013. Água has passed through various venues, festivals, and institutional drifts, and frequently collaborates with Xavier Paes, being one of the minds behind REFLUXO and DIES LEXIC.

Sheila Ramirez
Sheila Ramirez (Santiago de Cuba, 2000) is a Cuban-Angolan artist, researcher, and designer. Drawing on the philosophies and imaginaries of eastern Cuba, Haiti, and ancestral Kongo memory, she constructs gestures from family archives, oral traditions, and musicalities. Her practice explores continuous renewal, transformation, and initiations, addressing colonial violence in relationships between people, ancestors, and territory.

sara
Drawing on the sonic plasticity of cyberspace and its archives, sara collects samples and field recordings. Through lo-fi assemblage, she builds a lexicon of unfolding sounds and textures while taking inspiration from the worlds of dub and hip-hop.

Vaiapraia
A self-taught transdisciplinary artist from Setúbal, Rodrigo Vaiapraia began performing live in 2013. He created the project Vaiapraia e As Rainhas do Baile, releasing the LP 1755 (2016), influenced by riot grrrl and queercore. He performs widely in festivals, closed venues, and independent spaces. He is co-founder of Maternidade and of the festival Rama em Flor. In 2025 he released the album Alegria Terminal.

Amuleto Apotropaico
Full-spectrum percussion oscillates between elastic polyrhythms and pointillist gestures off the grid, unfolding into the modulation of polyphonic resonators. António Feiteira exchanges traditional instruments for concrete electronic percussion inspired by Milford Graves. Samples replace drums, and muscle memories become MIDI automatisations, in an exploration derived from the techno-gnosis of hyperreality.

Open Museum programme.