Tim Bernardes: Tiny Desk Concert

From jazz and Tejano to norteño and ska, 'El Tiny' returns with a takeover from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15 for Latin Music Month.

Anamaria Sayre | October 6, 2026
"I will no longer carry the weight and burdens that aren't mine," Tim Bernardes coos behind the Desk. The Brazilian singer-songwriter sits easily in the poetry of the cosmos and his country, but communicates every emotion with tangible complexity.

Like so many great Brazilian artists, Bernardes translates hope and tragedy with the airiness of a butterfly but the precision of a surgeon. And beyond that, he integrates all of that sadness into his guitar. It's a wonder to watch him quite literally dance as he strums.

By the time he's moved the feeling through, a revelation bursts through his chest: "I came here to live," he chants. There is always melancholy at the outset — Brazilians call this saudade — but in his confrontation and curiosity, Bernardes finds joy on the other side.

Tim Bernardes: Tiny Desk Brasil
Tim Bernardes performs at Tiny Desk Brasil
Before he performed solo behind the Desk in Washington, D.C., Tim Bernardes took his songs and a small orchestra to Tiny Desk Brasil in São Paulo.

SET LIST
"Praga"
"Poeira Cósmica"
"Realmente Lindo"
"Eu Vou"

MUSICIANS
Tim Bernardes: vocals, guitar

TINY DESK TEAM
Producer: Anamaria Sayre
Director/Editor: Maia Stern
Audio Director/Mix: Josh Newell
Host/Series Producer: Bobby Carter
Videographers: Maia Stern, Kara Frame
Audio Engineer: Tiffany Vera Castro
Production Assistant: Dora Levite
Tiny Desk Team: Joshua Bryant, Ashley Pointer
Photographer: Elizabeth Gillis
Translator: Phoebe Smolin
Tiny Desk Team: Joshua Bryant, Ashley Pointer
Series Editor: Lars Gotrich
Executive Producer: Suraya Mohamed
Executive Director: Sonali Mehta
Series Creators: Bob Boilen, Stephen Thompson, Robin Hilton

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