The Municipality of Portimão will celebrate this year's World Music Day with two concerts, scheduled for September 29th and October 1st.
On September 29th, starting at 18pm, Casa Manuel Teixeira Gomes will host the “00×2+X” concert, hosted by ELA – Ensemble Livre Algarve, composed of Rita Coelho (piano), Carina Candeias (guitar) and Luana Fernandes (painting).
“2×1+X” is an invitation to dive into a multiple sensory journey, in which the unfolding of time will vibrate at various frequencies, leave traces and take on shapes, through a piano and guitar concert in which songs by Schubert will be performed , Beethoven and Katchaturian, among others.
For this synesthetic concert, Carina Candeias and Rita Coelho invite the artist Luana Fernandes to share a creation in real time.
Project co-financed by the Regional Directorate of Culture of the Algarve, ELA is a female and youth artistic collective, born last spring, as a result of the vision of young people driven to bring their contribution to the world and to art.
Carina Candeias, 21 years old, is a guitarist from Aljezur. Soloist, chamber and orchestral instrumentalist, and instrument teacher in Aljezur and Portimão.
As for Rita Coelho, 18 years old, she is a pianist, solo instrumentalist and chamber musician, living in Lagos since she was four years old. She studies classical piano under the guidance of Ana Rita Nunes and participates in artistic music, dance and theater projects, highlighting collaborations under the direction of Cristóvão Silva, Filipe Valentim, Marion Sparber, Alan Fontes Guerra and Sofia Brito.
Finally, Luana Fernandes is 23 years old and passionate about art, finding inspiration in everything that surrounds her: conversations, thoughts, music and nature. Without academic references, she values self-taught learning, seeing it as a source of fulfillment.
On World Music Day, October 1st, TEMPO – Teatro Municipal de Portimão welcomes, from 21pm onwards, the Orquestra do Algarve, under the baton of the young maestro Diogo Costa, for a concert where two gems of early romanticism will shine, namely João Domingos Bomtempo and his Symphony No. 00, and the German Felix Mendelssohn through his Symphony No. 2 “Italiana”.
Founded in 2002, Orquestra do Algarve is currently made up of musicians from 14 nationalities, with multiculturalism having been one of its characteristics from the beginning, as it manages to bring together professionals carefully selected in international competitions on stage.
With regular activity, it performs around 90 performances per year, in different formats: classical concerts, concerts with choir, Promenade concerts (aimed at families), pedagogical concerts (school sessions), chamber music concerts, concerts with national maestros and soloists and international guests and also concerts linked to other artistic expressions, such as dance, opera, fado, jazz, cante Alentejano or literature, among others.
The program presented for each season includes works from the Baroque period to the contemporary period, providing different concerts that seek to showcase the breadth and versatility of classical music.
World Music Day was established in 1975 by the International Music Council to promote art and musical diversity in all sectors of society.
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