TEHRAN – Portuguese singer Ricardo Ribeiro, who is one of the most famous musicians in fado music, gave a concert during the 33rd Fajr Music Festival in Tehran on Tuesday.

Three guitarists also accompanied Ribeiro in the performance, which was held at Vahdat Hall, the Persian service of Honaronline reported on Wednesday.

Fado, a type of Portuguese singing traditionally associated with pubs and cafés, is renowned for its expressive and profoundly melancholic character, Britannica writes.

The singer of fado (literally, “fate”) speaks to the often harsh realities of everyday life, sometimes with a sense of resignation, sometimes with hope of resolution.

There are two distinct styles of fado, the older of which is associated with the city of Lisbon and the more recent with the north-central Portuguese city of Coimbra. The Lisbon style emerged in the first half of the 19th century, following the 1822 return to Portugal of the Portuguese government, which had been displaced to Brazil during the Napoleonic Wars.

Ribeiro, 37, is primarily influenced by fado legend Fernando Maurício. Ribeiro made his commercial recording debut in 2004 with “Quando Se Gosta de Alguém”.

Photo: Portuguese singer Ricardo Ribeiro performs a fado concert during the 33rd Fajr Music Festival at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall on January 16, 2018. (Honaronline/Mojtaba Arabzadeh)

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