Sonia Shirsat... Goa's fadista, singer and more. Interviewed at the TAG
Channel: Frederick FN Noronha
Date: 14/11/2023

The Tiatr Academy of Goa, which works to promote the thirteen-decade old Konkani theatre form in Goa, the tiatr, holds its meet-the-artiste (kolakarak bhett) programme every few months. In this, Socorro Fernandes (of Santa Cruz) interviews the talented singer.
Sonia (B. 16 Apr 1980) is India's best known Fado singer. She is from Ponda, Goa, and has been called "the ambassador of Goan music to the world". She has performed in many countries, and also taken part in a few Konkani tiatrs like 'Police Officer' and 'Tim Tikam Sandlolim' (Those Lost Diamonds).
Earlier a lecturer of Law, she holds an LLM degree. She is one of the few singers from India (mostly Goa), to excel in the Fado, and her talent is appreciated even in Portugal and other parts of the Portuguese-speaking world today. She has performed at numerous venues, in Goa, the rest of India and across the globe too. She has won a number of awards too. More about her here, in Konkani. Excerpts. Recorded by Frederick Noronha (FN).