Music at the Museum opens program for International Women's Day
In honor of International Women's Day, celebrated on March 8, the Music at the Museum project will present all concerts of the month with women. “The whole month only female musicians, works preferably composed by women or, then, with a woman's name', said the director and creator of the project, Sergio da Costa e Silva.
The program begins this Wednesday (1st), at 12:30 pm, at the Banco do Brasil Cultural Center in Rio de Janeiro (CCBB RJ), with pianist Aleida Schweitzer, who will play international classics. All concerts are free.
On Sunday (5), the program dedicated to women will be interrupted to honor the composer Heitor Villa-Lobos, whose birthday gave rise to the National Day of Classical Music. There will be a special show at Casa de Cultura Eva Klabin, in Lagoa, starting at 5 pm.
During the special Villa-Lobos concert, the public will be able to appreciate works by the Brazilian maestro in the interpretation of musicians Adriana Kellner, Cecília Guimarães, Ezequiel Peres, Fernanda Cruz and Maria Helena de Andrade. Admission is free, tickets can be collected at the venue one hour before the concert, but subject to capacity and without a reserved seat.
On the 8th, CCBB RJ will be the scene of a great celebration for International Women's Day. The duo Marina Machado (piano) and Ana Cláudia de Assis (cello) will play Brazilian classics at 12:30 pm. On the 12th, at 1 pm, at the Museu da República, located in the Catete neighborhood, will receive the Coral Agora Vaz, conducted by Célia Vaz, from 1 pm. The program will also feature Brazilian classics.
On the 14th, at Paço Imperial, at Praça XV, at 12:30 pm, musician Graça Alan will perform on guitar. On the program, music by Bach, Baden Powell and women composers. On the 15th, at the same time, pianists Georgia Szpilman and Dilia Costa will present Letters of Cartas de amor de Francisco Mignone para a sua Jo to the public, at CCBB RJ. On Sunday (19), the program returns to the Museum of the Republic, at 1 pm, with pianist Deborah Levy, playing Brazilian classics.
Back at CCBB RJ, pianist Fernanda Cruz will present, on the 22nd, As Estações opus 37 bis, by Tchaikowsky, at 12:30 pm. Then on the 23rd, at 12:30 pm, at the Justice Museum, the pianist Eliane Salek, with songs by Chiquinha Gonzaga, Pixinguinha, Nelson Cavaquinho, Jacob do Bandolim, Cartola, Tom Jobim and Villa-Lobos, and on the 25th, at 6 pm, at the City Palace, in Botafogo, pianist Licia Lucas, with international classics.
On Sunday (26), at 1 pm, at Palácio do Catete, the Women's Lyric Choir of the Associação de Canto Coral (ACC) is part of the program, conducted by Cláudio Ávila, singing international classics.
On the 28th, the project pays yet another tribute, this time to the centenary of the birth of musician Waldir Azevedo, which took place on January 23rd. Known as the genius of the cavaquinho, Waldir Azevedo is the author of the hit Brasileirinho . It will be at the Army Museum, at Fort Copacabana, at 6 pm, with Dani Spielman on sax and Sheila Zagury on piano.
To close the program dedicated to women, in Rio de Janeiro, CCBB RJ presents on the 29th, at 12:30 pm, the pianist Miriam Grosman, who will play Schubert, Beethoven, Villa-Lobos and Cláudio Santoro.
International
Music at the International Museum will have three concerts in the cities of Coimbra, Sintra and Lisbon, in Portugal; and one in Vienna, Austria, also celebrating women's month. In Coimbra, the concert will take place on the 15th, at 6 pm, at the Machado de Castro Museum, as part of the Portuguese Culture Day; in Sintra, on the 18th, at 6 pm, at Lawrence´s Hotel. In Lisbon, on the 22nd, at the same time, the event will take place at the University of Lisbon. In Vienna, the concert is scheduled for the 30th, at 7 pm, at the Rotschild Palace. Pianist Maria Helena Andrade will perform at all concerts, offering Brazilian music, from classical to chorinho.
