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Until 4 Jul
Thu-Sun Noon-6pm
or by appointment
Free
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Hollybush Gardens
Unit 2
10-14 Hollybush Gardens
London E2
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Three Orange Trees, a Box and some Gloves - an exhibition by Portuguese artist Bruno Pacheco.
Info: 020 7739 9651, www.hollybushgardens.co.uk
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Until 10 Aug
Mon-Sat 10am-6pm
Free
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Threshold Artspace
Horsecross Arts
Perth Concert Hall
Mill Street
Perth PH1
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Portuguese Waves – The fifth and final in Horsecross Arts series of exclusive artists' residencies, commissions, acquisitions, exhibitions and events celebrating the vibrant Portuguese contemporary art culture. Co-curated by Iliyana Nedkova and Filipa Oliveira with works by Joana Bastos, Mauro Cerqueira and Susana Mendes Silva.
Info: inedkova@horsecross.co.uk, www.horsecross.co.uk/about/threshold-artspace
Supported by Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.
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Until 7 Dec
Various dates
7.30pm
£20, £15, £10
(Series discount available through Box Office)
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St. John's
Smith Square
London SW1P
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Internationally celebrated pianist Artur Pizarro performs a cycle of the complete solo piano works of Chopin over 9 recitals, between February and December, to mark the 200th anniversary of the composer's birth. Concerts will take place on the following dates: 7th and 23rd February, 16th March, 20th April, 11th May, 21st September, 26th October, 23rd November, and 7th December.
Info: 020 7222 2168, www.sjss.org.uk
Supported by Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
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21 Jun
7.30pm
£30, £20, £10
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Guildhall Old Library
Guildhall
Gresham Street
London EC2
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City of London Festival - from 21 June to 9 July.
The Portuguese Chamber Orchestra conducted by Pedro Carneiro, with Cristina Ortiz on piano, perform Nocturno for Strings Op 11 by Braga Santos, Piano Concerto No 2 by Chopin, Chant for East Timor by Luis Tinoco, and Symphony No 1 by Beethoven.
Info: www.colf.org
Supported by Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
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21 June-9 July
Mon,Tue,Fri 8am-5.30pm
Wed 12noon-2pm
Thu12noon-10pm
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St Botolph-without-Bishopgate
Bishopsgate
London EC2,
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City of London Festival
Installation on cloth: Angolan and Mozambican Capulanas.
Info: www.colf.org
Supported by Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
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22 Jun
7pm
Free (booking advisable)
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Bridwell Hall
14 Bride Lane
London EC4
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City of London Festival
Poet in the City presents a unique celebration of the great poet Fernando Pessoa, as part of a series of free New Audiences events bringing together some of the most exciting and talented poets from the UK and across the Lusophone world. The event features Ines Pedrosa - Director of the Fernando Pessoa House in Lisbon, Richard Zenith - one of the leading English-speaking experts on Pessoa and translator of his work, Professor Seabra Pereira - a distinguished scholar from Coimbra University, and Simon Jenner - British poet who recently produced a poetic re-interpretation of Pessoa's work.
Info: www.colf.org
Supported by Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
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22 Jun-9 Jul
10am-5pm
Sun 12noon-4pm
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Guildhall Art Gallery
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City of London Festival
Um Mundo Belo - Young Artists' Exhibition.
Info: www.colf.org
Supported by Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
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26-27 Jun
Variable times
£7.50 online
£9.50 Box Office
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Barbican Cinema
Barbican Centre
Silk Street
London EC2Y
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City of London Festival
Sound and Film: Music in Portuguese Cinema - a season celebrating the myriad of influences reflected in Portuguese music. Showing Fado, Story of a Singer (Fado, Historia d'uma Cantadeira) featuring Amalia Rodrigues, My Voice (Nha Fala), Perpetual Movements: A Tribute to Carlos Paredes (Movimentos Perpetuos: Homenagem a Carlos Paredes), Edgar Pera's film about Portuguese guitar genius Carlos Paredes; and The Cannibals (Os Canibais) by Manoel de Oliveira. All films with English subtitles.
Info: www.colf.org
Supported by Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
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30 Jun
7.30pm
£15
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St Bartholomew the Great
1 Cloth Fair
London EC1
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City of London Festival
The Gulbenkian Choir conducted by Jorge Matta, presents a Portuguese-themed programme of Brazilian sacred polyphony of the 18th & 19th centuries juxtaposed with Creole vilancicos of 17th century Africa.
Info: www.colf.org
Supported by Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
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6 Jul
7.30pm
£15
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Apothecaries Hall
Blackfriars lane
London EC4
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City of London Festival
The Guitar Labyrinth - world's leading authority on the Portuguese guitar, Pedro Caldeira Cabral, traces the 500-year history of the instrument and its music in a wide ranging concert, exploring the fado guitar legends upon which the contemporary urban song tradition of fado was founded and continues to develop. Caldeira Cabral, on Portuguese guitar, will be accompanied by Joaquim Antonio Silva on classical guitar and Duncan Fox on double bass.
Info: www.colf.org
Supported by Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
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6 Jul
7.30pm
£15
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Mercer's Hall
Ironmnger Lane
London EC2
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City of London Festival
Portugal's highly inovative and experimental Sond'Ar-te Electric Ensemble, co-founded by Paula and Miguel Azguime, perform Lâminas Líquidas by João Pedro Oliveira, O Silêncio e as Pedras by Luís Tinoco, O farfalhar das folhas by Flo Menezes, and (Ths)inking Survival Kit a new composition by Miguel Azguime specially commissioned for the City of London Festival and funded by the Gulbenkian Foundation. The concert features conductor Jean-Sébastien Bérea, Pedro Carneiro on percussion and Frances Lynch voice.
Info: www.colf.org
Supported by Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
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7 Jul
6pm
Free
(booking advisable as space is limited)
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Free Word Centre
60 Farringdon Road
London EC1R
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City of London Festival
Screening of Mariza and the Story of Fado, in celebration of Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation’s publication of Saudade, the first ever anthology of Fado poetry in English, with versions from 18 of our finest poets, including Elaine Feinstein, Don Paterson, Fiona Sampson and George Szirtes. Copies of Saudade will be available for sale on the night.
Info: 020 7324 2570, www.freewordonline.com
Supported by Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.
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8 Jul
7pm
Free (booking advisable)
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Clifford Chance
10 Upper Bank Street
Canary Wharf
London E14
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City of London Festival
Poet in the City presents Contemporary Lusophone Poets, as part of a series of free New Audiences events bringing together some of the most exciting and talented poets from the UK and across the Lusophone world. The event features Dr. Juliet Perkins from King's College London, providing an overview of contemporary Lusophone poetry and introducing the three poets from the Portuguese-speaking world - Corsino Fortes, whose work has become a landmark in Cape Verdean culture, Ana Paula Tavares, an acclaimed poet of the post-clonial period in Angola, and valter hugo mae, one of the finest Portuguese poets.
Info: www.colf.org
Supported by Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
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14 July
7pm
Free
(booking recommended)
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Canning House
2 Belgrave Square
London SW1
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An evening of sound and poetry featuring Corsino Fortes, one of the greatest contemporary Lusophone poets. Fortes' lyrical poetry will be accompanied on stage by the acclaimed London-based Brazilian singer Gui Tavares .
Info: 020 7078 7628, www.poetrytranslation.org (www.poetrytranslation.org)
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17 Jul-26 Sep
Tue-Sun 11am-5pm
Free
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Spike Island
133 Cumberland Road
Bristol BS1
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The world appeared to her reflected by pure inwardness - a solo exhibition of new work developed by Jorge Santos during a CGF Production Residency at Spike Island in 2009. The artist presents a mixed media installation involving sculpture, video and prints, using all of the 8,000 sq ft exhibition space as the setting – Gallery One, Two and the Perimeter.
Info: 0117 929 2266, www.spike-island.org.uk
Supported by Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
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21 Jul-25 Sep
Mon-Fri 10am-6pm
Sat 10am-5pm
Free
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Haunch of Venison
6 Burlington Gardens
London W1S
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I Will Survive - London's first survey exhibition of pre-eminent Portuguese artist Joana Vasconcelos who came to public attention for her display at the Venice Biennale in 2005.
Info: 020 7495 5050, www.haunchofvenison.com
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