Sound · narrative · body
Multidisciplinary artist, violinist, performer, creator and sound designer.
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“In my work and in my life, the safety of going unnoticed is the opposite of my mission.”
Cire Ndiaye
01 / PRACTICE
I work across music, stage, body and thought — each project finds its own language.
02 / TRABALHOS
01A four-day journey bringing together music, performance, games and encounters, with 50 audience members taking part in the experience. Artistic direction and creation by Cire Ndiaye and Lee Meneres.
14–17 October 2026 · Departure and return: Rua das Gaivotas 6, Lisbon.
A musical and performance work about artistic identity, entertainment, oppression and the survival of art, shaped by electronics, synthesisers and live jazz.
Photography: Filipe FerreiraCo-founder, violinist, vocalist and songwriter. Following Xando, the second album, Que Pesadelo! (2024), brings together nine tracks.
Photography: Lea Cunha · Salitrada Fest, 2025Performer in a work by João Pedro Vale and Nuno Alexandre Ferreira, in an exhibition that transforms the gallery into a journey through sculptural bars, pleasure, politics, belonging and queer nightlife.
Photography: Alípio Padilha · Courtesy Cristina Guerra Contemporary ArtPerformance as Almena, musical support and artistic consultancy for a work by Inês Vaz and Pedro Baptista, produced by Teatro Nacional D. Maria II. Original songs by As Docinhas, Tita Maravilha and Menino da Mãe.
Photography: Filipe Ferreira / TNDMIISound design for a work by the Aurora Negra collective: a Black feminist revolution built through cycles of memory, hope and freedom.
Image: Teatro do Bairro AltoCo-creation and performance in a work by Sónia Baptista, moving between beauty, ugliness, terror, pleasure and the experience of the sublime.
Photography: Joana DilãoResearch and tools for navigating artistic processes around biographical material and violent subjects through informed consent, boundaries, responsibility and method.
Image: CoffeepastePerformer and violinist in Mónica Calle’s work, built around Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony and presented in Portugal, Spain and Belgium.
Official image: Casa de Iberoamérica / FIT CádizPerformer in a work by Sofia Santos Silva, winner of the fourth Amélia Rey Colaço Grant and co-produced by Teatro Nacional D. Maria II.
Promotional image for Another RoseOriginal cast of Alice Azevedo’s work, with Cire Ndiaye and João Nunes Monteiro, as part of Próxima Cena and the National Odyssey of Teatro Nacional D. Maria II.
Photography from the original version: Cire Ndiaye and João Nunes MonteiroSpecial appearance in a work by Odete, presented at Teatro Nacional D. Maria II as part of the Antecipar o Futuro programme.
Official image: Teatro Nacional D. Maria IINarrator in Tomás Moital’s work for the centenary of Iannis Xenakis, with the Gulbenkian Choir, percussion, electronics and lighting, presented in the Gulbenkian Foundation’s Grand Auditorium.
Photography: Jorge Carmona · Gulbenkian Digital ArchiveExperimental short film created by Hannah Santos and Cire Ndiaye, selected for the 9th International Video Poetry Festival in Athens.
Official image: Film Poetry · Hannah Santos · Cire NdiayeConcert at TBA with Pierre Bastien on trumpet and objects, Vuduvum Vadavã on voice and electronics, and Cire Ndiaye on violin.
Official image: Teatro do Bairro Alto · 16 September 2023A new work by As Docinhas, awarded an O Espaço do Tempo Creation Grant. Featuring a work by João Pedro Vale and Nuno Alexandre Ferreira. World premiere scheduled for November 2026 at #ETFEST.
Project and official image: O Espaço do TempoWorkshop conceived by Cire Ndiaye, drawing on research developed at CAMPUS Paulo Cunha e Silva within Reclamar Tempo.
Official image: Teatro do Bairro AltoViolinist and singer in the collective. Performed on Sentimental Machine Gun and created arrangements, including work for string ensemble.
Official cover: Vitorino Coragem, Joana Paz and Vera GagoCompleted a tarot reader course with Planeta Sérgio.
Photo: personal archiveOTHER WORK
03 / JOURNEY
A journey shaped across orchestras, stage, composition, performance, production and research.
Began studying violin at the age of nine at Academia de Música Fernandes Fão with Eva Neiva, continuing at Escola Profissional de Música de Viana do Castelo in Armando Gonzalez’s class. APROARTE orchestral residencies from 2013 to 2016 and first prize at Idipsumúsica, Casa da Música, in 2016.
Member of the Portuguese Youth Orchestra, conducted by Pedro Carneiro, performing at festivals and on tours in Germany, Romania and Spain. Through MusicXchange, joined an exchange with the Spanish National Youth Orchestra. Worked professionally as a violinist with the Portuguese Chamber Orchestra.
Created Côco & Pétalas delicadas; performed in Carta, Carapinha, Another Rose, WOW, Atlântida, Transformer L’Homme and Nau Nau Maria. With As Docinhas, released Xando and toured venues and festivals across Portugal.
Created Eartha Quit and developed the research project “Child Sexual Abuse — Prevention tools through Theatre/Performance”. Collaborates with João Pedro Vale and Nuno Alexandre Ferreira on works, exhibitions and events, and has also collaborated with Teatro Praga, sustaining a practice across performance, consultancy, sound design and production.
04 / PRODUCTION
2015Festival Dezenrascar-te — co-creation and production
Post Internet Suicidal Party
2022MUD — Carolina Varela, Sofia Vitória and Jorge Carvalhal
2026Dragon Soup — Carolina Varela, presented in Santarém
05 / WATCH & LISTEN
Violin improvisation + “Menino”
As Docinhas · AIAIAIAI
06 / ABOUT
Born in 1999 and originally from Viana do Castelo, Cire Ndiaye, also known as Syrah, is a non-binary multidisciplinary artist, classically trained violinist, actor, performer, creator, singer, composer and sound designer. Their practice moves across music, theatre, dance, visual arts, production and research.
Their career has developed through ongoing collaboration with leading institutions including the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Teatro Nacional D. Maria II, Culturgest, Teatro do Bairro Alto, Rivoli and ZDB, with performances in Germany, Romania, Spain and Belgium.
07 / CONTACT