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Nov 15
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MADEIRADiG returns on December 2nd to 5th as one of the best in Europe

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The German magazine Festival Guide Magazine recently gave MADEIRADiG the title as one of the ten best winter festivals in Europe.

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The news was well received by the organization of the estival, the oldest electronic and experimental music festival in Portugal. Madeira, and especially the western half of the island, that receives the festival, are attracting more and more northern Europeans that enjoy these types of music, also because it can offer, even in December – the month in which the festival takes place – days of sun and gentle temperatures. In the article of Festival Guide Magazine MADEIRADiG is actually the first of ten events liested, also stressing the natural beauty of the island and its landscapes as an excellent complement to the sensitive delights generated by the four days of festival.

The stages of MADEIRADiG have already received some of the best known musicians in the electronic and experimental types throughout the world, like Ben Frost, William Basinski, Supersilent, Alva Noto or Tony Conrad, who passed away early in 2016.

For this year’s edition, there will names like Zeena Parkins and Sonic Boom, amongst others.

If you are one of the aficionados who don’t want to miss the events, tickets for this year’s edition are on sale at the festival website, at www.madeiradig.com, and will later be made available at the reception of Estalagem da Ponta do Sol and at Mudas – Museu de Arte Contemporanea da Madeira. Prices remain unchanged, at 50 euro for a four days pass and 15 euro for the daily tickets. There are special discounts for students, <21 years and >65, with prices dropping to 40 and 12 euro, respectively.

 

More information at:

Mais Info:

http://www.festivalguide.de/news/2016/10/14/die-10-schonsten-festivals-im-winter/

mariafernandes@apca-madeira.org

 

Nov 13
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Four “ratinhas” at Solar do Ribeirinho

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One can enjoy the exclusiveness of this month’s item at the Solar do Ribeirinho, in Machico.

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Since last November 10th the Machico council has been showing, at the Solar do Ribeirinho, four instances of “ratinha” crockery, belonging to a private collector. The origine of this crockery is to be found in the 19th and early 20th century, when worker from the centre of the country moved to the Alentejo and Ribatejo to assist with the crops and other intensive agricultural tasks. They were known as “ratinhos”, and they would take pieces of crockery for their own use, for the duration of their stay, after which they would attempt to sell them in the South before heading back home. This crockery, mostly made out of large dishes, was characterized by their low price, the intensity of the colours and the shine of the glazing – it became known as the “ratinha” crockery.

The four pieces can be viewed at the Solar do Ribeirnho, very close to the centre of Machico.

Nov 07
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Cannes winner in Ponta do Sol

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After the debut of “Love” last Friday, the alternative cinema project will go on with the projection in the picturesque village of Ponta do Sol, next Friday November 11th of a co-production of three countries entitled “The Wonders” .

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Written and directed by Alice Rohrwachter, and appropriate for those over 12 years of age, this 2015 Italy-Germany-Switzerland production is 2h15m long and won the Grand Prize of the Juri at the Cannes Festival. Some of the actors are big names in Italy’s cinema, including Monica Bellucci.

This programme taking alternative cinema to Ponta do Sol is a joint venture between Direcção Regional de Cultura, Camara Municipal Ponta do Sol, Associação Travessias Culturais e Estalagem da Ponta do Sol. Reservations can be made through email cinema@travessiasculturais.com.

Nov 07
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Genesis Friday at the city theater

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Friday November 11th you’ll be able to relive Phil Collins’ band best moments on stage at the Funchal city theatre.

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The Genesis Piano Project, which will also perform in Ponta Delgada, Lisbon and Porto on the following days, is an idea brought to the stage by two American pianists who decided to adapt to the piano the great hits of Genesis, who sold 130 million albums throughout the world.

Even if the band in which Anthony Phillips, Peter Gabriel, Mike Rutherford and Tony Banks had became immortal  for those who hears it or saw it during the sixties, seventies or eighties, they still drag crowds, even though the name more frequently associated with genesis is, undoubtedly, Phil Collins, who stood in for Peter Gabriel sometime during the seventies.

Genesis van do without introductions. And they still draw crowds, even if on the piano by two Americans who, having tested the formula successfully in 2015, repeat the country and add the capitals of the two archipelagoes.

Don’t miss the opportunity of hearing the best of Genesis played by two pianists on a single acoustic concert, next Friday, November 11th, starting at 21h30.

You can also check out the project’s youtube channel.

Nov 06
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Visit the market… at the town square

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If you are one of those people that doesn’t have the habit of going to the market for your shopping and prefer the shopping malls, rethink your options between November 21st and 25th.

Foto: Mercados do Funchal

Foto: Mercados do Funchal

The “Mercado sai à rua” programme (the market goes out and about), after a first experiment in 2015, returns to the town square, for those five days, to commemorate another anniversary of one of the most visited icons in Madeira’s capital.

Many Madeirans have regained the habit of going to the Mercado for their shopping, especially fruits and vegetables, not to mention fresh fruit and flowers.

More than a tourist attraction, the market is a place where traditions abound, all while appreciating many colours and tones spread over wicker baskets that are so typically a marker of our history and traditions.

Enjoy the market before it comes out on the street, but also go to praça do Municipio from November 21st to 25th.

Nov 04
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Madeira PianoFest starts Sunday

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The world will be sitting at a piano in Madeira for the next few days. This year’s edition of the Madeira PianoFest will again place Madeira on the route of international culture, with a handful of concerts taking place between November 5th and 13th.

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A few by accomplished stars, other by coming ones who, at four hands on one piano or with two pianos will certainly awe those wishing to attend.

A great variety of styles and composers will pass by the stage of the Teatro Municipal Baltazar Dias’ stage (Funchal theater), like the legend of French piano Pascal Rogé, playing solo and at four hands with Ami Hakuno Rogé, young Russian sisters Galina and Irina Chistiakova, living in Italy and Germany and who have already won a number of international competitions representing the famous

Russian Moscow school; there’s Carles Lama and Sofia Cabruja, catalan “Steinway artists”, with the Granados masterpiece they played at the Carnegie Hall earlier this year, greek sisters Kiveli and Danae Doerken, residing in Germany, with one of the most striking pieces in western music history, “The consecration of Spring”, by Stravinsky.

Last, but not least, we can watch great Portuguese Artur Pizarro, acclaimed by audiences worldwide, playing with Rinaldo Zhok, his talented Italian partner, presenting a programme entirely dedicated to the music of famous Spanish masters.

Nov 03
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Adult cinema in Ponta do Sol

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The auditorium of Centro Cultural John dos Passos – Ponta do Sol will be the venue for the screening of this Friday’s “Rendez-vous with cinema”, starting at 21h30.

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The film “Love”, by Gap Noe, a French-Belgian production of 2015 lasting 135 minutes and graded “for over 18 years old” will be shown as part of the meeting taking place until November 30th.

The event aims at promoting alternative cinema, and is the result of a partnership between Direcção Regional de Cultura, the Ponta do Sol council, Associação Travessias Culturais and Estalagem da Ponta do Sol.

Nov 02
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Lilia Bernardes remembered in the Teatro this week

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The wind will be blowing from the east this week at the Teatro Municipal Baltazar Dias (Funchal Theater). Not because we are forecasting an Indian Summer, but because the comedy written by Lilia Bernardes is about to go on stage there.

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“Soprou Vento Leste” (The Eastern Wind has Blown) is a story of contradicting characters, connected through a single thread – the trip, the space where they live the differences between two different life styles and a strong landscape.

Directed by Aduardo Luiz and organized by the Associação de Solidariedade Social dos professors, the comedy will be on scene this November 3rd at 21h30, and on November 4th at 18h and 21h.

Lilia Bernardes who developed a very strong connection with theatre at the TEF (Teatro Experimental do Funchal), in in this manner honoured by former colleague and director Eduardo Luiz in the year in which she dies, leaving this type or art poorer.

The author was the corresponding reporter of Diario de Noticias – Lisboa for a number of years, and she authored chronicles in many media through the years.