Monsaraz: Open Museum celebrates the cultural landscape in the medieval village.
The biennial cultural Monsaraz Open Museum will open on 13 July in the medieval village with a program dedicated to the cultural landscape that aims to address what is best made in culture and performing arts.
This cultural certame organized from 1986 by the municipality of Reguengos Monsaraz and from 1998 He began to conduct biennial will take place until the day 29 July in Monsaraz with free entry to all shows.
The opening ceremony of the 23rd edition of Monsaraz Open Museum will be held on Friday, by 19h, no Largo D. Nuno Alvares Pereira and have the presence of the Secretary of State for Tourism, Ana Mendes Godinho. It follows the visit to the exhibition with street performances by SevenDixie group and its Jazz music with the color and tone of Dixieland.
22h takes the stage Marta Pereira da Costa, the first and only woman professional guitarist of Fado worldwide that for this concert invited Rui Veloso and Ricardo Mendes. Marta Pereira da Costa will perform with his quintet formation, Portuguese guitar comprising, viola, contrabass, piano, accordion and percussion, and interpret themes of his own, as "My Soul", "Earth" and "Encounter". The show will hear traditional music, Fado, Jazz and world music.
On Saturday, by 16:30, the Observatory of Lake Alqueva promotes Astronomers initiative Palmo e Meio, which aims to build portable spectroscopes. Follows up to 17h in the Church of Santiago the conference "With Monsaraz on the Horizon: Ceremonial Prehistoric enclosure Perdigões ", by António Valera, the Archaeological Research Center ERA archeology.
by 19h, in the garden of the House of the University of Évora follows the presentation of Doc red and white wines and red reserve Reguengos de Monsaraz - Capital of Portugal Wines, produced by CARMINE, an event that will have the role of Al-Canti group. From 22h, no Largo D. Nuno Alvares Pereira, takes the stage at the Monda group with John and Gil invited Joana Amendoeira.
this spectacle, Monda will interpret the songs born with the Alentejo in the heart, created in the rich tradition of Sing, but that transport and house the musical roots of a country. In Monsaraz will act with guests, including the musician JoĂŁo Gil, he experienced throughout his career approaches to different musical languages, and Joana Amendoeira, one of the most important voices of the designated new generation of singers and gives the Fado a new life and attitude.
No Sunday, day 15 July, by 18:30, in University House garden there will be a concert with Edu Miranda Trio and Filipa Pais. This instrumental music project combines the acoustic sound Edu Miranda mandolin with harmonic and melodic possibilities created by Guitar 7 string Tuniko Goulart and drums and percussion Giovani Goulart. Filipa Pais leads to the traditional Portuguese music concert, Fado and the sounds of African music.
It follows at 19:45 at the same location the show with the Cuban training Havana Way, created by pianist Victor Zamora, and that shows on stage with the voice of Raul Reyes, Victor Zamora piano and bass and percussion Leo Espinoza. The show will hear the hot rhythms of Cuba, as the Merengue and Salsa, a tribute to the traditional music of the 30, 40 and 50 this Caribbean island, artists like Compay Segundo, Ă‘ico Saquito, Los Compadres, Buena Vista Social Club, among others.
The second weekend of Monsaraz Open Museum opens on Friday, day 20 July, 19h, with the performance of AR Quartet in the garden of the House of the University of Évora. The group is formed by Daniela Melo (voice), André Rosario (guitar), Diogo Alexis (contrabass) and Samuel Dias (drums) and feature a repertoire with classics of Jazz and Bossa Nova, with space for dialogue and improvisation.
From 22h, no Largo D. Nuno Alvares Pereira, Teresa Salgueiro takes Monsaraz "The Landscape and Memory". In this concert, Teresa Salgueiro plays the best known songs of his journey in the voice of Madredeus, but also of his solo albums, from "The Mystery" at the latest "Horizon". The singer will also pay tribute to Amalia Rodrigues, José Afonso and Carlos Paredes, among others.
On 21 July, by 9 am, After Day follows the archaeological complex Perdigões. The program includes a visit to the excavations, Museum Perdigões, a lecture at the Tower of Esporão entitled "Heading to a sacred place: local and foreign in Perdigões "and a lunch Neolithic accompanied selection of wines from Esporão.
At 16h there will be a puppet show with Robertos Santa Barbara. The puppeteer Vitor Costa presents the plays "The Barber" and "The Bullfight".
By 16h30 will take place at the Alqueva Lake Observatory Astronomers initiative Palmo e Meio with the theme "Weight and mass, after all what they are?". 19h, in University House garden, the Alentejo Chamber Orchestra will play "The Soldier's Tale", Igor Stravinsky's music.
This orchestra is a project that brings together 36 young musicians and is directed by John Defeza. The ensemble is composed of André Count (trombone), Daniel Faria (bassoon), Hélio Ramalho (Trumpet), João Ramalho (percussion), Ricardo Mendes (violin), Romeo Santos (contrabass), James Boy (clarinet) e Filipe Crawford (storyteller). musically, "The Soldier's Tale" plays an important role in the production of Stravinsky and in the history of twentieth-century music.
22h, no Largo D. Nuno Alvares Pereira, there Tango and Folklore Argentino with the orchestra Buenos Aires Tango Show Bows. Walter Carranza, violinist and orchestra director, It presents a show with a mixed color and rhythm in the Malambo, to Cueca, the Chacarera Zamba and mingle with the sound and vibrant dance Tango with four dancers on stage. The band is formed by four violins, two violas, two cellos and a double bass.
No Sunday, by 21h, next to the monument to Sing, takes place at the Gala 7 Wonders the Bureau, which will be broadcast live on RTP. This gala will be promoted by the table Reguengos de Monsaraz Municipality, with gastronomy, wine and a sightseeing tour proposed by Sabores de Monsaraz.
On 24 July, from 9am, It is held the Open Day for children in the archaeological complex of Perdigões. The program will visit the archaeological excavations, the Perdigões Museum and the initiative "A journey through Prehistory - come to see and experience how it lived in Prehistory". The next day, at the same time, held the Open Day for young, also integrating the visit to the archaeological site and museum, but also the initiative "Record your slate plate - Try prehistoric techniques with your own hands".
The program of the last weekend of Monsaraz Open Museum begins on Friday, at 18:30, the Observatory of Lake Alqueva, Astronomers with the initiative of Palmo e Meio, who will address the topic "Eclipse Total Lunar and Mars Opposition". From the spectacle 22h apparent Young Coral Alentejo.
No Largo D. Nuno Alvares Pereira act the Coral Group Carpe Diem and the Young Men's Choir of the village, both Gorda, the Choir of The Bel'Aurora Camp, Group Coral Youth Village of Fernandes and the Coral Group The Rama Green, of Vila Nova da Baronia. The show will have as sponsor the group's vocalists, You will also sing tonight.
On 28 July, 16:30, the Observatory of Lake Alqueva is organizing another Astronomers initiative Palmo e Meio, this time on "Shooting: Understanding the formation of craters on the Moon ". By 19h parade through the medieval village the choirs that will sing from 22h in Sing Gala.
this spectacle, to be held in Largo D. Nuno Alvares Pereira, act the Choir of the Parish of Monsaraz, Miners Aljustrel, the singer Maria Emilia, the poet Manuel Sergio and guitarist José Farinha. The festival will end on 29 July, by 18h, the Schlossplatz, with the performance of choral groups at the event Work Wine.
exhibitions
The Monsaraz Open Museum will exhibit patents every day during the three weeks of the festival, which can be enjoyed from Monday to Thursday from 10am to 13h and between 14h and 22h, and on the other days at the same times, but closing at 23h.
The Church of Santiago - Art Gallery will host the photo exhibition "Now and Ever Olives", Renée Gagnon. this shows, the artist presents 14 Photographs of olive trees, modified in digital printing and later worked with crayons, gouache and watercolor. Renée Gagnon photographed olive trees with more than four thousand years old in Sardinia, in the south of Barcelona registered the highest concentration of ancient olive trees, over 4.200 copies, but also portrayed the olive groves of Crete and Alentejo.
The artist will present another photography exhibition at the festival, in the streets of Monsaraz, intitulada "Menires, Sidewalks and Villages ". This shows in 22 photos, Renée Gagnon portrayed, among others, the wall and the old cobbled Monsaraz, the Valentine's Rock, S. Pedro do Corval and swallows nests in the parish church of this locality, the bridge over the Ribeira da Pega, the Roman road, Menhir Barrocal, the Cromeleque Xerez, Menhir Outeiro, the handle of the Olive grove of Anta and the city of Reguengos de Monsaraz.
"Torture instruments of the Middle Ages to the Modern Age" is the Minerarte the exhibition title that will be reflected in the Plaza de Monsaraz Castle Arms. some can be appreciated from 40 replicas of torture instruments in use in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, accompanied by more than 20 descriptive signs of the pieces. There will also be a specific zone on the Inquisition in Portugal, torture methods used by the inquisitors and a space on the Sephardic Jews and New Christians, main victims of the Inquisition.
In House Monsaraz will feature an exhibition of paintings by Ana Rita January, entitled "Reguengos de Monsaraz - Alentejo Pure". The author addresses the tangible and intangible heritage of Reguengos de Monsaraz, representing earth, the artist's eyes, all the riches that give worldwide fame to the Alentejo.
"The bread, the oven and the oven-bird "is the exhibition of photographs of the title that will be at the Casa do Forno. This show will be explained in images as processed the management of community oven and the work of the oven-bird.
The exhibition "Medieval Monsaraz: the defensive system "will be able to be seen in the Museum Fresco. Through photos and videos will be discovered medieval Monsaraz, your history, his term, buildings, the castle and its surrounding fences that for centuries defended and protected its people. The Museum Fresco there will also be a three-dimensional model of Monsaraz with the various stages of construction of its defensive system between the twelfth and fifteenth.
Interactive Center for Jewish History in Monsaraz, which resulted from the reclassification of the House of the Inquisition, It is documented antiquity of the Jewish minority in this village, a space that is intended to be not only a place to converge this information, but above all, that is idea generator for the interpretation and understanding of the history and people of the county as a product and memory. exist, with some precision, documentary and archaeological evidence attesting to the livelihood of a thriving Jewish community in Monsaraz, as it indicated, for example, the charter granted by D. Alfonso III 1276.
gastronomic tour and "experiences" in the tourist agents
Cultural biennial proposes for the third year, a gastronomic tour with the menu Monsaraz Open Museum in six restaurants in the village of Monsaraz. By 15 euros, visitors can enjoy a menu (tickets, and dessert) The diverse restaurants in Bizaca, Casa do Forno, House Poor, Without end, Taverna The Templars and Xarez.
The tour operators in the region have prepared various activities for visitors to enjoy during Monsaraz Open Museum. So, They propose a set of "experiences", namely visit the organic garden and the exhibition of Monte do Laranjal, wine tasting, tours and treasure hunt at the Hotel São Lourenço do Barrocal, astronomical observations at Casa Saramago and the Observatory of Lake Alqueva, boating and visit the olive oil museum in Worm and see sunset restaurant with panoramic views of the plains in the House D. Nuno. There will also be a live exhibition and painting in the Gallery Monsaraz, boating and water massage in the House D. Antonia, walking and cycling through the olive grove magpie through tourism unit village Plain and visits to the Museum Master Batista, the House of Sing and Clay House - Pottery of the Interpretive Center S. Pedro do Corval.
