In 2019, for the first time as the nation of honor, the United States funded four concerts by top American artists at the Terras Sem Sombra Festival (TSS). TSS celebrates the Alentejo region’s music, heritage, and biodiversity. With the aim of sharing the cultural and environmental legacy of the region, the festival highlights everything from ...
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By U.S. Mission Portugal | 10 July, 2019 | Topics: Events, News | Tags: culture, music
Public Affairs Officer Todd Miyahira was honored to represent the U.S. Embassy in Portugal at the opening of Joan Jonas’ exhibition at
Serralves in Porto. “Partnering with Serralves to showcase the brilliant work of American Artist Joan Jonas has been one of the highlights of my work in Portugal. You won’t want to miss a chance ...
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By U.S. Mission Portugal | 24 May, 2019 | Topics: Events, News | Tags: contemporary art, culture
The Festival Terras Sem Sombra celebrates the music, heritage, and biodiversity of the Alentejo region. In addition to more than a dozen classical music concerts, the festival includes master classes, thematic conferences, guided tours, and workshops. The festival started in January and ends in July. In its 15th year, the festival selected the United States ...
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By U.S. Mission Portugal | 20 May, 2019 | Topics: Events, News | Tags: biodiversity, culture, music
The U.S. Embassy sponsored the talented American ensemble Delphi Trio to do a series of concerts in Portugal April 6-10. The Trio had highly successful concerts in Leiria, Viseu, and Vila Real as part of the Embassy’s #ReforestationNation Tour in celebration of Earth Day on April 22. The objective of the tour was to call ...
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By U.S. Mission Portugal | 10 April, 2019 | Topics: Events, News | Tags: culture, music
The Spelman College Glee Club performed during the opening concert of the Terras Sem Sombra Festival in the Alentejo Saturday, January 26, at Vila de Frades in Vidigueira. The choir was a huge success, singing to a standing room only audience at the São Cucufate Church. The choir is made up of women undergraduate students, ...
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By U.S. Mission Portugal | 27 January, 2019 | Topics: Events, News | Tags: culture, music
At the invitation of the American Embassy in Lisbon, the American band
Matuto did a five-city tour of Portugal from October 28 thru November 3, 2018, with concerts in Ponta Delgada, Coimbra, Porto, and Braga to support and strengthen the connections between Portuguese and U.S. creative communities. Matuto’s style of music, which combines Brazilian forró and ...
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By U.S. Mission Portugal | 3 November, 2018 | Topics: Events, News | Tags: art envoy, culture, music
“The election of President Donald Trump falls squarely in line with U.S. politics and culture” according to Portland State University Professor Ethan Johnson, key-note speaker at the 38th Conference of the Portuguese Association for Anglo-American Studies (APEAA), held at the University of Minho in Braga, April 27-29, 2017. Sponsored by the American Embassy Lisbon, Professor ...
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By U.S. Mission Portugal | 29 April, 2017 | Topics: Events, News | Tags: civil rights, culture, race
The exhibition by U.S. artist Sherry Wiggins, “Reencontrado-a / Meeting Her Again”, opened on January 28 in a ceremony held at the Palace/Museum dos Marqueses de Praia e Monforte, in Estremoz. The event began with music by a young saxophone player, Marina Pereira, from the University of Évora. The Museum Director, Hugo Guerreiro, congratulated Ms. ...
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By U.S. Mission Portugal | 28 January, 2017 | Topics: Events, News | Tags: culture, us-portugal
