Concert by the Alcobaça Symphonic Band concludes the Fronteiras cycle
Performance honors painter Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso with a work by conductor and composer Luís Carvalho
On December 7th, the Fronteiras cycle concludes its journey through territories where music intersects with other forms of artistic expression with a tribute to Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso. Written to mark the centenary of the painter's death (in 2018), Sinfonia Amadeo is the highlight of the concert performed by the Alcobaça Symphonic Band, conducted by guest conductor Luís Carvalho, who also composed this work inspired by six paintings by the modernist painter. According to the conductor, "the quality of the work that Amadeo left us deserves to be celebrated in a grand way, and that is what I sought."
Considered one of the leading figures of Portuguese modernist painting, Souza-Cardoso associated in Paris with some of the greatest artistic figures of his time—such as Modigliani, Chagall, and Klee—and in Lisbon he lived alongside Almada Negreiros and the Orpheu group, a generation of artists linked to the introduction of modernism in Portuguese arts and literature.
The Jazz of Carlos Bica and the Guitar of Carlos Paredes evoked by Laginha
On the closing weekend, we will also have two concerts with great names in Portuguese jazz, on December 5th and 6th, in a great partnership with Panorama - Multiusos de Alcobaça, in the Sala Lustre. First, the bassist and composer Carlos Bica presents the project 11:11, distinguished as Best Portuguese Jazz Album 2024. Also on stage will be saxophonist José Soares, vibraphonist Eduardo Cardinho, and guitarist Gonçalo Neto, some of the most talented and creative musicians of the new generation.
On the 6th, pianist Mário Laginha pays homage to Carlos Paredes, an unavoidable master of the Portuguese guitar and a central figure in the country's musical identity. More than two decades after the guitarist's passing, this tribute — which transforms the guitar's timbre into a jazz language — is also a celebration of the intersection between jazz and traditional music, between memory and reinvention, between cultural heritage and contemporary creation.
Original Jazz Works by the Hot Club of Portugal Orchestra
This Saturday, the Hot Club of Portugal Jazz Orchestra presents Impermanence(s), a project with a repertoire ranging from improvisation to contemporary composition. Under the direction of Pedro Moreira, it promotes the creation of original repertoire through collaboration with national and international composers. These include Sara Ross from the Azores, Estela Alexandre from Leiria, the German composers Samuel Gapp and Lars Arens, and the American double bassist Michael Formanek.
A concert that invites you to listen to "music of our times," blurring the lines between written composition and improvisation, between contemporary jazz and classical music, between collective and individual expression.
Promoted by ABA – Banda de Alcobaça Associação de Artes, the Cistermúsica program has the support of the Portuguese Republic – Culture / Directorate-General for the Arts, with the strategic partnership of the Municipality of Alcobaça and the institutional partnership of Museus e Monumentos de Portugal, EPE /Mosteiro de Alcobaça.