Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
UK Branch
Portuguese Diary
2008 Events
Madredeus at Barbican, as part of Atlantic Waves 2006
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21 June |
Taylor Institution |
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. |
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1–20 Jul 1–9pm |
Bankside 123 |
Kiosk 2008 - an installation by Sofia Castelo at the London Festival of Architecture. |
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1–25 Jul |
NOVARS Research Centre |
Composer João Pedro Oliveira is artist-in-residence at the NOVARS Summer 2008 programme. |
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10 Jul |
Earagail Festival |
Vitor Gama holds an Intrument Building Workshop. |
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12 Jul |
¡Vamos! Festival |
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. |
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14 Jul–3 Aug |
Brouhaha International Street Festival |
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. |
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16 Jul |
Earagail Festival |
Vitor Gama presents Sol(t)o. The show also includes a performance by Pierre Bastien. |
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19–20 Jul |
Earagail Festival |
Victor Gama and an artist from An Gosan Glas present the outcome of their collaboration – a sculptural sound installation and performance. |
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1 Aug |
UK |
A complete translation of Camões’s lyrical poetry into English by Landeg White is published by Princeton University Press. |
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16 Aug |
Smithfield Plaza |
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. |
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22–25 Aug |
Glasshouse Arts Research Centre |
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. |
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24–29 Aug |
Sonic Arts Research Centre |
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. |
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Sep |
UK |
A new translation of Eça de Queirós’s The City and the Mountains by Margaret Jull Costa is published by Dedalus. |
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25 Oct–2 Nov |
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. |
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Nov |
Sonic Lab |
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'. |
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1–11 Nov |
London |
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation presents Atlantic Waves 2008: London International Festival of Exploratory Music. |
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11–12 Dec |
Department of Portuguese & Brazilian Studies |
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. |
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