Salvador Sobral

Portuguese singer Salvador Sobral presents A Flor do Recomeço, an album of songs by Brazilian writers, performed live with a five-member band at Union Chapel in London.

Salvador Sobral is a Portuguese singer from Lisbon, born in 1989, who has performed alternative rock and jazz since 2009. Sobral won the Eurovision Song Contest, and the first album, Excuse Me, appeared in 2016. This London concert presents A Flor do Recomeço (The Flower of Restarting), a record of songs by Brazilian writers, recorded in São Paulo and produced by Marcus Preto and Tó Brandileone.

The album's songs are new, written for Sobral by Adriana Calcanhotto, Arnaldo Antunes, Chico César, Céu, Marcelo Camelo, Mallu Magalhães, Marcos Valle and Tim Bernardes. The title comes from a poem by Eveline Sin, set to music by Chico César. The project is framed as a return to musical foundations, recalling early listening to Maria Bethânia in a family car and to Chico César in another.

On stage, the songs are performed by Katerina L'dokova (piano), André Rosinha (double bass), Joel Silva (drums and percussion), Sebastià Gris (guitars) and Eva Fernández (saxophone). The evening takes place at Union Chapel, a religious building on Compton Terrace in London N1.