Next Thursday, we welcome Arianna Casellas y Kauê for the second Dashed Concert of 2025, part of the annual program of concerts, conferences, exhibitions, and performances, The Stranger.

Arianna Casellas y Kauê, of Venezuelan and Brazilian nationality, both emigrants in Portugal, share the same experience as individuals—a life they explore in their music through themes such as sharing and the sense of belonging.

Through sounds, onomatopoeias, and words, they seek to translate emotions and memories—expressions that emerge from the body as an urgent need.
The artists’ cultural roots are reflected in their choice of instruments: the cuatro and quitiplás from Venezuelan tradition, the bombo leguero typical of the Argentine pampas, and the maracas, a common symbol in Afro-Latin American music.

Suenan las campanas, the album they will present at the concert, challenges false memories—the myths passed down from generation to generation about identity and belonging. “It’s about how we exist in the world and in the heart of every person. I speak for myself,” Arianna explains, “but I know that what I feel applies to many others.”

From Latin America to Portugal, Arianna Casellas y Kauê carry with them a rich heritage of stories and songs that evoke past times. Listening to them is like unraveling a collection of personal memories—the childhood in Caracas, the echoes of Rio Grande do Sul, the youth in Porto, and the landscapes of Trás-os-Montes—but it’s also about entering a very particular universe of what music should be.

In addition to performing together under their own names, they also present themselves in parallel with another musical project, Montes, and are integral members of bands such as Sereias as well.