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11/12/2024

We are very happy and proud to announce DMMB2025, along with many other exciting things in the works!
Come join us at the Monastery of Batalha for a unique experience of medieval music and culture!
Estamos muito felizes e orgulhosos de anunciar o DMMB2025, entre muitas outras coisas incríveis que estão a ser preparadas!
Venham unir-se a nós no Mosteiro da Batalha para uma experiência única de música medieval e cultura!

16/11/2024

The moment we learned one of our tracks had passed 1.000.000 streams on one of the major music stream platforms!
We are amazed and awed, power of eternally beautiful melodies, we couldn’t have done this if 800 years ago dedicated people of music and beauty hadn’t wrote it down on a manuscript in the first place.
The Wandering Bard salutes all our listeners with love. ❤️
And as Esin and Ricardo .nap of our “self-build castle” of CordaSonora, we are looking forward to our solo projects receiving this much world wide love and support too! 🔥
Give a listen to all our music including via link in BIO
Ps. Car was stopped for the selfie 😉

22/10/2024

No próximo dia 1 de novembro, o Castelo de Leiria será palco do 5.º concerto do Ciclo de Música Medieval de Leiria. A programação inclui um workshop às 15h, seguido de um concerto às 16h.
No workshop, o foco estará na cultura e na vida medieval através das Cantigas de Santa Maria, com uma apresentação enriquecida pelas iluminuras dos próprios cancioneiros. Exploraremos uma vasta coleção de milagres, que documentam as questões e preocupações da vida quotidiana das gentes medievais da Península Ibérica.
Durante o concerto, The Wandering Bard contará com a participação especial da talentosa cantora Joana Godinho, que subirá ao palco para interpretar as melodias desses milagres. Através das Cantigas de Santa Maria, veremos como a Virgem Maria, em tempos de fartura ou escassez, demonstrou a sua compaixão, garantindo alimento inesgotável para aqueles que enfrentavam prateleiras e sacas vazias.
Num período marcado pela celebração da Segunda Colheita, do Magusto convidamos o público a desfrutar de um encantador e envolvente fluxo de canções, onde humanos e até animais da quinta elogiam a benevolência da Santa Maria.

18/10/2024

04/10/2024

(EN below) Durante o concerto comentado “O Livro do Rei”, o público vivencia a Idade Média através da música da época. A performance conta com comentários feitos por Ricardo Alves Pereira, membro do grupo de música antiga TWB Ensemble (The Wandering Bard), quem irá interpretar a solo o programa de concerto da formação. A união da performance historicamente informada com breves comentários partilhados par-a-par com a música, criam uma ponte entre cultura,repertório, músico, e público, formando uma unida emoção entre todos os participantes envolvidos.
With the concert “The Book of the King,” the audience will experience the Middle Ages through the music of the time. The performance will include commentary by Ricardo Alves Pereira, a founder member of the early music group TWB Ensemble (The Wandering Bard), who will be performing the program in solo format. The combination of historically informed performance with brief remarks shared alongside the music is there to create a bridge between culture, repertoire, musician, and audience, forming a unified emotion among all participants involved.

23/09/2024

This Friday the 27th, founders of The Wandering Bard (TWB Ensemble) will be performing a selection of pieces from The Songbook of Tchinar volumes of Esin Yardimli Alves Pereira, and from The Wandering Bard’s Leyriath albums in a very fantastical context, celebrating the 50th year anniversary of Dungeons&Dragons!
Concert will take place in Caves Ramos Pinto in Gaia, starting at 19:00, information related to events prior to the concert is available on the image.
Free entry.
Come and join us!
Notícias de Concerto!
Esta sexta-feira, dia 27, os fundadores do The Wandering Bard (TWB Ensemble) irão apresentar uma seleção de peças de The Songbook of Tchinar volumes de Esin Yardimli Alves Pereira, e dos álbuns Leyriath do The Wandering Bard, num contexto muito fantasioso, celebrando o 50.º aniversário de Dungeons & Dragons!
O concerto terá lugar nas Caves Ramos Pinto, em Gaia, com início às 19h00. Informações sobre eventos anteriores ao concerto estão disponíveis na imagem.
Entrada gratuita.
Venha e junte-se a nós!

07/08/2024

First single from Ricardo Alves Pereira’s upcoming album RETROQUEST will be out soon. 13.08
While .nap is mainly known today for his various classical and early music works, his musical journey on stage had started out with experimental live electronic music performances. RETROQUEST brings together Ricardo’s past and present, blending his early influences with a fresh and mature sound.
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28/07/2024

Premium Content of the month for CordaSonora Family members is here! It’s Behind the Scenes Part 5, and this time we are sharing stories about how each album cover was made.
CordaSonora Family came to be through love and support; the family includes people who have supported us in the way they see fit during our tours, concerts, production adventures and live-stream concerts during pandemic. And our family is growing by the minute, each month receiving a new Premium Content since 2022.
You are invited to become a family member! Visit cordasonora.com/premium-content to learn more :)

12/07/2024

Have you heard this one? Tailored for D&D and RPG enthusiasts, “The Songbook of Tchinar Vol. 3” invites listeners on a fantastical journey guided by tunes of a bard and her otherworldly violin-like instrument that has the power to evoke orchestras. With just two tracks, this release packs a punch: “Survivor’s Dance” kicks off with a fierce tune that’ll make the scariest monsters dance to their death, while “Bright is the Ring of Words”, a reflective ballad, captures the essence of heroic yet lament-like adventures, with a misty and nostalgic string section.
Get ready to dive into an orchestral adventure that’s raw, direct, and perfectly suited for your next gaming session!
Available on all major music stream platforms. Listen via link in BIO
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10/07/2024

Have you heard this one? My Vielle and the Rest is a collection of 12th and 13th century songs, mainly but not only composed by troobadours and trobairitz, presented as instrumental music in their most profound and most candlelit form. Only the bonus track is originally an instrumental piece found to be notated at a later century.
The entire album is a duo between the instrument vielle and the silence, as hinted by the title. Each track is the result of a thorough research starting from the (if available multiple) manuscript/s, and a translation work that swims through Old Occitanian, Latin and other languages songs were originally written in, to get the essence of the song out without using the human voice.
Perfomed by Esin Yardimli Alves Pereira on her instrument Venus the Vielle, an instrument funded by The Wandering Bard supporters and made specially for her by Orlando Trindade, this album is made to experience the silence, enjoy the darkness and cherish everything one finds within.
Available on all major music stream platforms. Listen via link in BIO
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08/07/2024

In his third solo classical guitar album Streams of Tranquility, Ricardo Alves Pereira explores the still and the beautiful. The immersive and modern melodies weave the album’s soundscape into the depths of calmness within the contemporary music scene. Aside from presenting his skills as a classical guitar player, in this album Ricardo Alves Pereira also shares his composer side with the audience; and it is fresh, intimate and inviting.
The album consists of 15 compositions, some dating back to 2010 and some composed only weeks before the album was recorded, all with a sound that has its roots in contemporary and classical music, but with Ricardo’s musical language inspired by many other genres as well, one can hear hints of other styles within his music.
Available on all major music stream platforms. Listen via link in BIO
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05/07/2024

Have you heard this one? Esin Yardimli Alves Pereira presents her strong connection with Celtic music through her latest album “Rooted”. The album includes sets of high spirited and exuberant Irish folk tunes, sentient O’Carolan classics and some of her originals. Recorded with Colm Larkin on the Irish bouzouki and Ricardo Alves Pereira on the bodhran, the album sets ground for the audience to engage in centuries old yet still fresh traditional music.
The word ‘rooted’ means ‘worned out’, ‘ineradicable’ and ‘grounded’ at the same time and this album sits right in the middle of them since the title of the album represents the connection between the music and the people; Celtic and Irish folk music have been some of the most wide-spread styles of music around the globe. Because this music can make anyone feeling tired or worned out feel grounded and invincible once again, sparked by just the very first notes.
Throughout the tracks, a total of 35 tunes can be heard. Some well known jigs and reels, heartfelt ballads, some hidden gems and Esin’s own compositions blend together to warm our hearts; at times the fierce tunes with the non stop bodhran make us want to dance and at times the gentle tone of the violin and the bouzouki make us gaze through our sweet sad memories. Each track performed with loyalty to the genre, this album presents the authentic strengths of the Celtic music.
Available on all major music stream platforms. Listen via link in BIO
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03/07/2024

Have you heard this one? “The Foundation” is the second solo guitar album of Ricardo Alves Pereira. It is a complete collection of works first published in 1836, known as the Introduction à l’Étude de la Guitare, Op.60, written by composer and virtuoso guitarist Fernando Sor, one of the most famous musicians of the classical and romantic era.
With this album Ricardo Alves Pereira recalls the beginning of his classical guitar journey, shares his connection to the learning process of his instrument and adds a personal touch to the repertory by titling them with the essential emotions and thoughts that can be sparked with each piece that builds the very foundation of any classical guitar player’s musical language.
Available on all major music stream platforms. Listen via link in BIO
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02/07/2024