The Classic Festival meets Africa , the Intercultural Festival , aims to promote communication between classical music and African dance through two annual events . The festival aims to raise funds for the Youth Orchestra Bonjóia and Okutiuka Community Center in Huambo .
Classic meets Africa
Intercultural
Co-creators
Ana Maria Pinto | Zé Beato
Eliseu Silva | Joana Peres | Miguel Gullander
1st Event
12 December, 2015 | 21:30
Auditório Municipal de Gaia
Orquestra Bonjóia . Lusitanae Ensemble . Allatantou Dance Company . Xinganje & Kaviula
- The 'Classic meets Africa' Festival is a two-branched platform infusing Classical Music with African Diaspora Dances intended on gathering artists from distant cultures around the world. It promotes cultural enrichment by participating in the shows, workshops and other events. This festival will take place twice a year, during July and December.
- Another objective of this Festival is to raise funds for the Orquestra Juvenil Bonjóia (Portugal) and for the Centro Comunitário Okutiuka (Angola), in order to develop and strengthen musical projects in Portugal focused on social inclusion and the creation of dance companies and their respective artistic ateliers in african poverty aflicted locations.
- The 'Classic meets Africa' fundamental principles are Intercultural and Social Inclusion. It will act as a vehicle to create awareness and a higher conciousness of the the existing reality. It will provide the creative tools to support and build large sustainable communities interlinking different cultures.
- The first 'Classic meets Africa' concert will be held at the Auditório Municipal de Vila Nova de Gaia on 12 December 2015, and will have the intervention of Orquestra Juvenil Bonjóia, Lusitanae Ensemble, Companhia de Dança Allatantou and the musical duet Xinganje & Kaviula. The concert is organized in three parts, the first of which devoted to classical music, the second with African Diaspora Dances, and the third part constituted by a fusion between two cultural trends in the piece 'A Dança de Xinganje & Kaviula' for orchestra, capoeira groups and vocal ensemble. During the show all the above intervinients will share the stage in a real and strong artistic interaction.
- The platform 'Classic meets Africa' will also host talks and debates about the essence of classical music and respective artistis in real life and society, as well as to encourage the rediscovery of african cultural heritages, chant documentation and other texts passed on through the generations by oral tradition and that which could be lost through time.
About the author
Ana Maria Pinto (soprano and composer), who received a three year scholarship from the Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian and Fundação Walter Kaminsky (Munich), besides her professional activity on principal portuguese stages, studied and lived in Berlin for 7 years. The highest point in her career to date was the participation in the motion picture “Casanova Variations” in which she acted alongside John Malkovich and sang with Jonas Kaufman, currently one of the most acclaimed tenors. Ana Maria Pinto is the creator of Método Azul, which uses elements of nature to promote musical learning, and of the project “Clube dos poetas em flor”, which will be held in the Ateneu Comercial do Porto and that serves as a connection between young poets and composers to promote creativity. Ana Maria Pinto along with Zé Beato forms the musical duet Xinganje & Klaviula.
Joana Peres is the president of Allatantou Associação Cultural, a social intervention platform that acts through clutural and artistic manifestations. It promotes activities for all ages within performance, visual and practical arts for an healthy lifestyle. In order to attain its objectives the association organizes cultural and social events such as gatherings, exhibitions, concerts, as well as learning and education events like workshops, conferences, symposiums and others. The main concerns of the Allatantou Associação Cultural are the defence of human rights and ethnic and social minorities, the study of cultures and traditions with a solidarity intervention component.
Eliseu Silva is a violinist with an international career, currently a PhD student in performance as well as a teacher at ESMAE and Curso de Música Silva Monteiro. He is also conductors an orchestra project within Curso de Música Silva Monteiro in partnership with the public education system, Câmara Municipal do Porto, Porto Social, BPI bank and the Laboratórios Bial, named Orquestra Juvenil da Bonjóia.
Zé Beato, the artistic name of Yvanov Guardado, is a co-founder of the Festival de Rock do Huambo, Odley. His musical parents are the Semba and the angolan war. His piece “O Guerrilheiro da Calçada” constitutes one the most played songs in the angolan capital's cabs. Yvanov Guardado constitutes a musical miracle of the Luanda's musseques and Huambo's bars.
Miguel Gullander, reader at Instituto Camões, is a scandinavian-portuguese that has been working in Africa since he left Sweden in 2001. He has lived in Cape Verde, Mozambique, Angola, South Africa and, since two years ago, in Namibia. He is a co-founder of the brasilian african musical festival Back2Black. He has a degree in literature (Lisbon), in linguistics (Portsmouth), a master in development pedagogics (Stockholm) and a PhD in literature (Pretoria). Some of his published works are: Através da Chuva, Perdido de Volta, Idem, Balada do Marinheiro-de-Estrada, Kalunga.
Budget and due dates
Amount - 4000 euros.
1000 euros - Orquestra Juvenil da Bonjóia
http://www.bonjoia.org/projetos/orquestra-juvenil-da-bonjoia
1000 euros - Centro Comunitário de Okutiuka em Huambo, Angola
https://www.facebook.com/Okutiuka-Ac%C3%A7%C3%A3o-Para-a-Vida-2036887029...
1000 - Allatantou Associação Cultural
http://allatantouassociacao.webs.com/
1000 - Marketing, Imagem e Som (Concerto), viagens e alimentação de artistas.
First event on the 12 de Dezembro de 2015.
The two anual events happen on Jully and December.
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