Portuguese Diary

2008 Events

Madredeus at Barbican, as part of Atlantic Waves 2006

21 June
£15

Taylor Institution
St Giles
Oxford OX1 3NA

LUSO2008 – the second annual meeting of Portuguese Students and Researchers in the United Kingdom. The meeting wishes to foster a dialogue between students and researchers in the UK; it focuses particularly on future professional and academic careers in Portugal as well as in the United Kingdom. LUSO2008 also aims to promote corporate opportunities and establish a network which will actively benefit the attendees.
Info: http://luso2008.pt.vu/

1–20 Jul 1–9pm

Bankside 123
London SE1 8LZ

Kiosk 2008 - an installation by Sofia Castelo at the London Festival of Architecture.
Info: www.lfa2008.org
Supported by Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.

1–25 Jul

NOVARS Research Centre
for Electroacoustic
Composition, Performance
& Sound Art
The University of Manchester
Bridgeford Street
Manchester
M13 9PL

Composer João Pedro Oliveira is artist-in-residence at the NOVARS Summer 2008 programme.
Info: www.novars.manchester.ac.uk
Supported by Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.

10 Jul
10.30am–3pm
Free

Earagail Festival
Magheroarty Beach
County Donegal
Republic of Ireland

Vitor Gama holds an Intrument Building Workshop.
Info: 00 353 (0)74 916 8800, www.eaf.ie
Supported by Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.

12 Jul
1pm
Free

¡Vamos! Festival
Saltwell Park
East Park Road
Gateshead NE9 5AX

A Portuguese themed picnic, music by Dead Combo and a reading by José Luis Peixoto are part of the Portuguese programme presented at ¡Vamos!, a biennial festival celebrating Latin and Lusophone cultures.
Info: 0191 233 0007, www.vamosfestival.com
Supported by Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation

14 Jul–3 Aug

Brouhaha International Street Festival
Merseyside and Greater Manchester

Urban style percussion group Ecludir Azul, women's percussion project Tucanas, and Be-dom, a group which plays everyday objects alongside traditional percussion instruments, perform at the 18th Brouhaha International Street Festival.
Info: 0151 709 3334
Supported by Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation

16 Jul
8pm
€12.50, €10 conc.

Earagail Festival
Letterkenny Regional Cultural Centre
Port Road
Letterkenny
County Donegal
Republic of Ireland

Vitor Gama presents Sol(t)o. The show also includes a performance by Pierre Bastien.
Info: 00 353 (0)74 912 9186, www.donegalculture.com
Supported by Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.

19–20 Jul
10pm–12 midnight
Free

Earagail Festival
Magheroarty Beach
County Donegal
Republic of Ireland

Victor Gama and an artist from An Gosan Glas present the outcome of their collaboration – a sculptural sound installation and performance.
Info: 00 353 (0)74 916 8800, www.eaf.ie
Supported by Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation

1 Aug

UK

A complete translation of Camões’s lyrical poetry into English by Landeg White is published by Princeton University Press.
Supported by Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.

16 Aug

Smithfield Plaza
Dublin 7
Ireland

Portuguese performances at Eurocultured Dublin include music by Tiago Morna and Kalaf & Nastio, plus street art by Paulo Arraiano, Leonor Morais,Vhils, Mar and Ram.
Info: 0161 236 2785
Supported by Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation

22–25 Aug

Glasshouse Arts Research Centre
Wollastron Road
Stourbridge
DY8 4HF

The International Glass Festival 2008 and British Glass Biennale present the premiere of Tempestade – a new puppet theatre production created by the Theatre of Glass, a collaborative team formed by S.A. Marionetas and PuppetLink.
Info: 0121 212 9712, www.ifg.org.uk
Supported by Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation

24–29 Aug

Sonic Arts Research Centre
Queen's University
Belfast BT7 1NN

Pedro Carneiro and Luis André Ferreira perform at the Sonorities Festival of Contemporary Music 2008, as soloists and in collaboration with other members of a new ensemble that includes Irish traditional musicians alongside contemporary music specialists.
Info: 028 9097 4829
Supported by Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation

Sep

UK

A new translation of Eça de Queirós’s The City and the Mountains by Margaret Jull Costa is published by Dedalus.
Info: www.dedalusbooks.com
Supported by Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.

25 Oct–2 Nov
Free

Great Yarmouth

Singer Jorge Prendas, percussionist Jorge Queijo, film-maker Maria Pinchas and percussion group Tocá Rufar perform site-specific work as part of Out There – The Great Yarmouth International Festival.
Info: 01493 846550, www.seachangearts.org.uk
Supported by Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation

Nov

Sonic Lab
Sonic Arts Research Centre
Queen's University
Belfast BT7 1NN

Adriana Sá & John Klima perform as part of Adriana Sá 's artistic residency at the Sonic Arts Research Centre. The performance includes zither, Portuguese guitar, press/light sensors and their in-development software 'audiographics'.
Info: Tel: 028 90974829, www.sarc.qub.ac.uk
Supported by Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.

1–11 Nov

London

Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation presents Atlantic Waves 2008: London International Festival of Exploratory Music.
Info 020 7908 7622, info@atlanticwaves.org.uk
Supported by Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation

11–12 Dec

Department of Portuguese & Brazilian Studies
King's College London
Strand
London WC2R 2LS

Fernando Pessoa: Influences, Dialogues, Answers – a conference commemorating the 120th anniversary of the birth of Fernando Pessoa, including Eduardo Lourenço, Fernando Cabral Martins, José Blanco, Richard Zenith, José Carlos Seabra Pereira, Maria Irene Ramalho and Jerónimo Pizarro.
Info: 020 7848 2507
Supported by Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation

     

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