Formed in 2024 at the welcoming B.O.T.A. Space in Lisbon, the Root String Quartet brings together four talented musicians from different backgrounds: a violinist from Portugal, another from Brazil, a viola player from Germany and a cellist from Brazil. United by their passion for music and their commitment to education in social and community contexts, …
a performance with music, theatre and images about the hidden life under the earth. Ages 2+ Something is growing! Small roots under the earth become sprouts and gradually something much bigger! Radikinas’ uses theatre and pictures to tell a story about growth and life underground, with original compositions and world music repertoire from South America, …
Female Global Music Crossover Originally from Italy, Spain and Germany, we all meet in Lisbon and create the trio Faya. This word evokes fire, which is heat, strength. In Portuguese it is a tree, symbolising root and nature. The beech means also fairy in the Ligurian tradition, in Italy. In this meeting of voices, strings …
This new production, the ensemble Mosaicollective dedicates to these extremely important little animals that ensure our survival. Without bees there is no pollination, without pollination there is no fruit and vegetables, without fruit and vegetables our plates remain empty. But not only that – bees can produce sounds with their wings and communicate through dances. …
Premiere: 15.10.2022, Deutsches Theater Göttingen Direction: Aureliusz Śmigiel Musical Direction: Michael Frei
A typical problem for violinists is a development of pain in the shoulder or lumbar region, because of the posture. I sometimes suffered from pain in the shoulder gurtel and my left arm. So at one point, I decided to learn more about anatomy and to solve my pain issues with the right kind of …
Sultopia is a project born out of nostalgia for brazilian lifestyle and music and the desire to create a space in Portugal where people can meet and enjoy forró, while remaining faithful to tradition and open to other musical influences. The band is made up of instrumentalists from different places, united by the desire to …
Mosaicollective was founded in 2018 by the illustrator Elide Gramegna and the musicians and pedagogues Kristina van de Sand and Elena La Conte with the goal of exploring cross-overing arts, in particular visual arts, performance and music. Our research is based on sustainability topics, and a poetical, interdisciplinary approach to performing for a multi-generational audience. …
THE FAYA CUSHION CONCERTS A musical manifestation for a multigenerational audience (from 0 to 99 years old) In the series Cushion Concerts, the trio FAYA leads its small (and grown-up) audience through a musical program about nature and sustainability, creating an interactive artistic approach to the current issue of climate change. Accompanied by the musicians’ …
In Carta, Mónica Calle continues to raise the questions: how do you continue? How do we resist and how do we overcome, individually and collectively? And how, in this process, is it possible to rescue joy, pleasure? Starting from a symphony, played live, she again challenges the performers to reflect on these and other issues. …