The funeral of the musician Luís Represas is scheduled for Thursday, in the Basilica of Estrela, in Lisbon, and the funeral takes place on Friday, Lusa told the source of the agency that represents him.
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22/07/2026
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Lusa
Lhe died today at 69 as a result of a prolonged illness.
According to that source, the wake on Thursday in the Basilica of the Star, in Lisbon, will be public between 16:00 and 22:30.
The funeral takes place on Friday, after a religious ceremony at 3:00, in that basilica, and is reserved for the family.
Born in Lisbon in 1956, Luís Represas was one of the founders of the Trovante in 1976, and the group remained active until the 1990s, editing, for example, “Baile no Bosque” (1981) and “Cais das Colinas” (1983), strongly inspired by traditional Portuguese music.
In the following decades, the musicians followed solo paths and the group would meet again for some sporadic concerts, particularly in 1999, in 2006, in 2017 and last March, with exhausted performances in Lisbon and Porto.
Luís Represas was released solo in 1993, with the album “Represas”, the result of a trip to Cuba, where it was recorded, and of which are part songs such as “Out of Time”, “Neva sobre a marginal” and “Wizard”. The latest album, “Mirage”, is from 2024.
The story of Luís Represas also includes support for the independence of East Timor. The song “Timor”, with music by João Gil and lyrics by João Monk, which came from the group’s album “One of these days” (1990), he joined the Trovante in 1999 and became one of the main themes of the struggle that led to Timorese independence. The lyrics would be translated into tetum by Xanana Gusmão.
Dams was invited by the then President of the Portuguese Republic Jorge Sampaio to accompany him on his official visit to Timor-Leste in 2000. In 2016, he was awarded the Medal of the Order of East Timor by President Taur Matan Ruak.
In 2005, he was distinguished by the Portuguese State with the Order of Merit – the Commendador degree.
Fausto Bordalo Dias, José Afonso, Carlos do Carmo, Bernardo Sassetti, Pablo Milanés, Ivan Lins, Martinho da Vila, Simone, Jorge Palma, Phil Collins, Compay Segundo, Gilberto Gil and Carlinhos Brown are some of the musicians with whom Luís Represas collaborated.
The singer was celebrating 50 years of career and had announced two concerts at the Lisbon and Porto coliseus for April 2027,