Gaspar Varela

Gaspar Varela is greatgrandson of Celeste Rodrigues and wanted to learn to play Portuguese guitar from a very young age in order to accompany his greatgrandmother This dream came true when he was seven years old at the Radio Amália Gala by the hand of his Master and Professor guitarist Paulo Parreira After that he accompanied Celeste Rodrigues on several occasions In his still short musical life Gaspar has participated in three albums Saudade do Futuro Brincar aos Fados and Vozes de Amália His main references are the Masters Artur Paredes Carlos Paredes and Jaime Santos In addition to his Mestre Gaspar has been fortunate to be cherished by several musicians and fado singers namely guitarist Pedro de Castro who has kindly encouraged him to play occasionally at his fado house Mesa de Frades in Alfama 2019 was a year of complete change for Gaspar After recording his first album Gaspar with the label Museu do Fado Discos and selling out the CCB auditorium the guitarist meets Madonna who he joins for various musical gatherings in Lisbon bars From this meeting the artist invites Gaspar to join her on her world tour Madame X