A singular figure in Spanish music, the Asturian composer has taken the roots of folk music and transported them into modernity, showing that tradition and contemporaneity can survive in harmony. In her revealing debut album, or in the fascinating Colección de Canciones Sencillas, Lorena Álvarez has built up a body of work that moves between the most delicate and ethereal poetry and the most fruitful connection with the land, full of songs that shrink the heart but swell the soul. This evening, the Spaniard joins Projeto Benjamim to celebrate the power of songs in the passage of time.