The guitarra Portuguesa, or Portuguese guitar, looks a bit like a mandolin on steroids, and has a long history of great performers – all of them men. Until Marta Pereira da Costa showed up.  She plays the double six-stringed, teardrop-shaped instrument in its traditional setting – Portuguese fado music – but has also written her own music and collaborated with artists like Iranian singer Tara Tiba and Cameroonian bass player Richard Bona.

Hear works by master player of the guitarra Portuguesa, Marta Pereira da Costa, together with pianist Alexandre Diniz, performed live in The Greene Space, for the 2022 New York Guitar Festival. - John Schaefer

Watch "Terra":

Watch "Verde Anos/Summertime":

Watch "Encontro":

Watch "Minha Alma":

Watch  "Meditando /Fado Lopes" :

Watch "Alfonsina y el Mar”, “Dia de Feira":

Watch the entire concert from Night 4 of 2022's New York Guitar Festival from The Greene Space: