Music

Calcutá


Original Soundtrack for Cinema and Theatre

Collaborations and compilations




Calcutá is the sonic territory of Teresa Castro, a composer, multi-instrumentalist and sound artist based in Porto. With a background in classical guitar, she intertwines lines of folk, drone, ambient and experimental music, creating a sonic lexicon entirely her own: insistent guitars, harmoniums that seem to breathe like living organisms, and subtle yet effective electronics that make the whole ritual pulse. Her voice – at times an intimate lament, at times a long held breath – becomes an instrument that guides us through spaces where time slows down and listening grows denser.

Her evocative compositions exist as fragments of an inner world, inviting us to contemplate emotional landscapes emerging from abstraction, texture and tone. Each piece works as a shelter for feeling, a meditative gesture or a body dissolving into resonance.

Calcutá’s first demo Love Path Again appeared in 2015, followed by Over Night (2017). In 2024 she released Feux d’Artifice, an ambient work that marked a new phase in her practice. Alongside her recorded output, she has composed for theatre – Real Dog (Solange Freitas, 2017) – and for film – Anoche Conquisté Tebas (Gabriel Azorín, 2025). As a sound artist, she has developed several installations, most recently the quadraphonic work “Madre Antiga”, created for the Monastery of Arouca in 2025.

On stage, joined by Maria Amaro on double bass, Calcutá offers a dense, free-form and hypnotic performance. Voice, guitar, harmonium and electronics unravel slowly, building a shared space of attentive listening – halfway between concert, ritual and soundscape.

In December 2025 she releases “Eterno Retorno”, the first single from her debut full-length Soon After Dawn, out on 23 January 2026. With this album, Calcutá deepens her exploration of memory, cycles and liminal states between night and morning, inviting audiences into a world where songs stretch, breathe and blur into shimmering landscapes.


Releases as Calcutá
2024 feux d’artifice (single)
2020 Real Dog (soundtrack for a theatre play by Solange Freitas)
2017 Over Night (EP)
2015 Love Path Again (Single)

Collaboration releases
2023 O Meu Corpo - teryl kaiz
2019 Culto da Brisa - Jasmim (vocals)
2018 New Home - April Marmara (guitar, harmonium, vocals)
2017 Luís Severo - Luís Severo (vocals)
2016 Vida Salgada - Filipe Sambado (vocals)
2016 Big Pink vol. 2 - Mighty Sands (guitar, synth, vocals)
2015 Big Pink vol. 1 - Mighty Sands (guitar, keys, vocals)

All collaborations
April Marmara, Filipe Sambado, Emil Saiz, Oswaldo Terrones, Silvia Torres, Adrian Ceballos, Jasmim, Mighty Sands, Borja Caro,  Legendary Tigerman, António Poppe, José Mendes, Steve Gunn, Helena Espval, Savage Ohms, Alek Rein, Sun Blossoms, Gonçalo Formiga, Ron Guetta, Keep Razors Sharp, Violeta Azevedo, Solange Freitas, Francisca Marvão, Luís Barros, Ditch Days, Rui Antunes, Luís Severo...

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