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SUMMARY:CCB Market
DESCRIPTION:The CCB Market — Show\, See and Do — takes place on the first Sunday of each month. From gastronomy to nature\, from offers for children to contemporary crafts\, we invite Portuguese brands and projects to show their work at the CCB. There will be workshops\, show cookings and dance classes at the end of the day. We challenge the public to participate. \n  \n\n\n\n 
URL:https://www.ccb.pt/en/evento/mercado-ccb/2026-10-04/
LOCATION:Praça do Império\, Lisboa\, Lisboa\, 1449-003\, Portugal
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SUMMARY:An Atlantic Drift
DESCRIPTION:An Atlantic Drift charts and unravels paths through the arts of the 20th century\, specifically the period from 1909 to 1977\, seeking to disrupt preconceived notions and established canons by bringing together references and artistic forms that are usually kept apart. The exhibition follows an erratic chronology\, marked by digressions and temporal leaps\, thereby revealing connections and confrontations between the European and American shores to suggest potential relationships and drifts often overlooked or absent from art history. \nThe Atlantic\, particularly from the mid-20th century onward\, becomes a crucial space for transits and exiles\, fostering new geopolitical affinities that have shaped modern subjectivities with repercussions that persist to this day. As a reinstallation of the permanent collection\, An Atlantic Drift presents a selection of Portuguese and international artists spanning painting\, sculpture\, drawing\, installation\, and graphic arts\, mapping out art as part of world history and portraying modernity as a multifaceted eruption of social\, artistic\, and technological transformations. \nFrom Pablo Picasso to Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso\, Lourdes Castro to Marcel Duchamp\, Andy Warhol to Wifredo Lam\, Maria Helena Vieira da Silva to Joaquín Torres-García\, Jackson Pollock to Malangatana\, and Lucio Fontana to Ana Hatherly—a total of around 160 artists—the exhibition unfolds in chapters that reveal the complexities of historical and artistic developments in the 20th century. This period\, marked by two World Wars in Europe and their aftermath\, as well as the revolutionary and decolonisation processes of the 1970s\, is also seen as a time of transformation that invites rethinking through new narratives. \nAs a permanently evolving permanent exhibition\, An Atlantic Drift offers a unique presentation of the collections on loan to MAC/CCB—mainly the Berardo Collection\, but also the Holma/Ellipse Collection\, the Teixeira de Freitas Collection\, and the Portuguese State Contemporary Art Collection. Nonetheless\, it also incorporates loans from collections in Portugal\, allowing for reimagining the place of Portuguese art within 20th-century artistic developments. \n  \nCurated by Nuria Enguita (Artistic Director at MAC/CCB) and Marta Mestre (curator at MAC/CCB)\nScientific advisor: Mariana Pinto dos Santos \n  \n◾ Course An Atlantic Journey through Modern Art\nSaturdays\, October 17 and 31 \, November 7\, 14\, 21 and 28\, 202610:00am to 13:00pm \nWhat possibilities does telling the story of modern art from an Atlantic perspective offer us? Guided by the idea of deviation\, this course brings into the discussion artists\, journeys and intersections that are rarely covered in textbooks but which the exhibition “An Atlantic Drift. The Arts of the 20th Century Based on the Berardo Collection” allows us to explore. Challenging the notion of a single interpretation and championing multiple possibilities for exploration\, the course is delivered in person\, comprising six guided sessions held between the exhibition space and the auditorium. \nCoordination Cristina Gameiro / Conceived and led by Fabrícia Valente\nFee: €95 per participant / Booking deadline: 9 October \n  \nGuided exhibition tours \n 
URL:https://www.ccb.pt/en/evento/an-atlantic-drift-20th-century-art-from-the-berardo-collection/2026-10-24/
LOCATION:Centro Cultural de Belém\, Praça do Império\, Lisboa\, Lisboa\, 1449-003\, Portugal
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,MAC/CCB
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20261024T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20261024T183000
DTSTAMP:20261024T095313
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SUMMARY:Ângela Ferreira
DESCRIPTION:The practice of Ângela Ferreira\, a central figure in Portuguese contemporary art\, spans installation\, video\, photography\, and sculpture. Born in Maputo ( Mozambique) and trained in sculpture at the University of Cape Town during the apartheid era\, her biography is deeply interwoven with the themes that traverse her work. Her exhibition at MAC/CCB follows a trajectory from her early pieces of the 1990s to her most recent creations\, revealing her sustained research into the facts\, infrastructures\, figures\, and architectures linked to colonialism. Ferreira’s projects both comment on and update the enduring effects of colonial history while foregrounding the modes of resistance that persist in response. She is recognised as one of the first artists in Portugal to openly confront and question the nation’s colonial past. \n  \nCurator Nuria Enguita \n  \nPublic Programmes \n◾ Exhibition Tour/Conversation with Ângela Ferreira and Nuria Enguita\nSunday\, october 25 at 3:00pm \n  \nExhibition Tour \n◾ Sunday\, november 8\, january 24\, at 11:00am\nFree admission\, subject to prior registration to the email address servico.educativo.museu@ccb.pt \n  \n◾ Visit to Ângela Ferreira’s studio\nSaturday\, february 20\, at 11:00am\nFree admission\, subject to prior registration to the email address servico.educativo.museu@ccb.pt \n  \n◾ Guided Tour with artist Ângela Ferreira\nSaturday\, February 27 at 4:00pm\nFree admission\, subject to prior registration to the email address servico.educativo.museu@ccb.pt
URL:https://www.ccb.pt/en/evento/exhibition-angela-ferreira/2026-10-24/
LOCATION:Centro Cultural de Belém\, Praça do Império\, Lisboa\, Lisboa\, 1449-003\, Portugal
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,MAC/CCB
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20261024T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20261024T183000
DTSTAMP:20261024T095313
CREATED:20250827T090055Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261023T111430Z
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SUMMARY:MAC/CCB 3rd Anniversary
DESCRIPTION:MAC/CCB celebrates its 3rd anniversary from 23 to 25 October\, with free admission throughout. We will open Here I Stand\, an exhibition by Ângela Ferreira\, and her large-scale work Zip Zap Circus will be installed in the square\, where it will be activated by students from the Chapitô Circus School. Friday evening will continue with a DJ set by Party Smith\, while Saturday will feature a “Discreet Music Series” concert with Nkisi and Gonçalo F. Cardoso / Gonzo\, as well as conversations around Frida Orupabo’s exhibition\, guided tours\, and a lecture by António Guerreiro. The Playroom will be open for younger visitors\, and we will also take the opportunity to present our latest catalogues\, dedicated to the exhibitions Terra Crua\, Multiple Eyes\, Cloud of Confusion\, and “May I Help You? Posso Ajudar?” Arts and Artists from the 1970s Onwards.  \nIt will be a great pleasure to celebrate this anniversary with you!  \n  \n23 October\n  \n→ 6:00pm in the MAC/CCB Auditorium\nPre-opening conversation with artist Ângela Ferreira and MAC/CCB curator and artistic director Nuria Enguita \n→ 7:00pm on Floor 0\nOpenning exhibition Ângela Ferreira. Here I Stand \n→ 7:30pm CCB Plaza Performance Zip Zap Circus School\, by Ângela Ferreira performed by students from the Chapitô Circus School \n\nThe installation Zip Zap Circus School refers to two unrealised projects by modernist architects in different parts of the world: one by Mies van der Rohe in the Netherlands and the other by Pancho Guedes in South Africa. Using these plans and models as the basis for her work\, Ângela Ferreira shows how projects can be adapted to other uses\, contexts\, lives\, and events. The large-scale work is now being installed in the CCB Square in Lisbon\, where it will be activated by students from the Chapitô Circus School. \n  \n→ 8:00pm on Floor 0\nDJ SET by Party Smith \n  \n  \n24 October\n→ 11:30am\, 12:00pm\, 12:30pm\, 2:30pm\, 5:00pm and 5:30pm in the MAC/CCB\nWe invite all visitors to explore the museum’s collections through 30-minute guided tours. This is an opportunity to discover some of the works and artists featured in the MAC/CCB collections\, accompanied by the Education and Mediation team.\n \n  \n→ 3:00pm on Floor -1\nVisit/conversation with curator Marta Mestre\, Colectivo FACA (Andreia Coutinho and Maribel Mendes Sobreira)\, and Ícaro Lira\, in the context of the exhibition Frida Orupabo. Cloud of Confusion \n  \n→ 3:00pm\nShape meets colour! A family activity for children aged 6 to 12\, organised by the  Education and Mediation team.\nMeeting point: the museum reception.\n \n  \n→ 5:00pm on Floor -1\n“Discreet Music Series\,” with Nkisi and Gonçalo F. Cardoso / Gonzo. A gathering exploring immersion—in its meditative and sonic dimensions—within the space of the exhibition Frida Orupabo. Cloud of Confusion \n  \nThe Discreet Music Series\, unfolding across four events throughout the year\, brings together eight artists in pairs to create environments conceived as atmospheres of different tonalities\, shaped both by the influences and distinctive characteristics of the artists involved and by the spaces in which the trajectories of their sounds unfold. Created by Lovers & Lillypops\, the project begins at MAC/CCB with the meeting between Nkisi (a DJ\, producer\, and visual artist born in the Congo and raised in Belgium) and Gonçalo F. Cardoso (a travelling musician and sound artist whose practice is closely aligned with artistic research). \n  \n→ 6:00pm at CCB Plaza\nPerformance Zip Zap Circus School\, by Ângela Ferreira performed by students from the Chapitô Circus School \n  \n\n25 October\n  \n→ 11:00am\nCozinh’arte. A family activity for children aged between 2 and 5\, organised by the Education and Mediation team.\nMeeting point: the museum reception. \n→ 11:30am\, 12:00pm\, 12:30pm\, 2:30pm\, 5:00pm and 5:30pm in the MAC/CCB\nWe invite all visitors to explore the museum’s collections through 30-minute guided tours. This is an opportunity to discover some of the works and artists featured in the MAC/CCB collections\, accompanied by the Education and Mediation team.\n \n→ 3:00pm\, Floor 0\nVisit/conversation with Ângela Ferreira and Nuria Enguita\, in the context of the exhibition Ângela Ferreira. Here I Stand \n→ 4:00pm in the MAC/CCB Auditorium\nPresentation of the catalogues published in 2026 \n→ 5:00pm in the MAC/CCB Auditorium\nThe Temptation of Legibility: The Critical Dimension of Art in the Face of Thematic Conformism. Lecture by António Guerreiro\, introduced by Nuria Enguita \n\nIn many contemporary artworks\, we can discern a strong temptation towards legibility\, as though they were driven by a desire for meaning\, in the manner of a text articulating more or less codified thematic content. This type of art\, which makes its political meaning explicit and expresses a desire to respond critically to the challenges of its time\, is often deeply conformist. Examining these questions entails diagnosing the state of art criticism and the discourses that legitimise contemporary art in many of its most conspicuous materialisations. \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.ccb.pt/en/evento/mac-ccb-anniversary/2026-10-24/
LOCATION:Centro Cultural de Belém\, Praça do Império\, Lisboa\, Lisboa\, 1449-003\, Portugal
CATEGORIES:Ativities,Families,MAC/CCB,Music,Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20261024T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20261024T183000
DTSTAMP:20261024T095313
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SUMMARY:Frida Orupabo
DESCRIPTION:In her first solo exhibition in Portugal\, Frida Orupabo revisits the vast image archive she has been assembling on her Instagram account: a collection comprising material from colonial archives\, ethnographic photographs\, family portraits\, pop culture icons\, and digital fragments. For the artist\, this archive lays bare the tensions between intimacy and violence\, establishing a critical and emotional space. Inspired by digital flow\, the exhibition emphasises the “abyss” of images—their strangeness and their dispersed reverberations.\nSem alterações: In dialogue with the architecture of MAC/CCB\, the show unfolds as a linear sequence of eight moments\, echoing the continuous sliding between screens that defines our digital experience. Its title evokes both the digital cloud where images and data are stored\, and the mist of information\, memory\, and oblivion it produces. Sem alterações: In dialogue with the architecture of MAC/CCB\, the show unfolds as a linear sequence of eight moments\, echoing the continuous sliding between screens that defines our digital experience. Its title evokes both the digital cloud where images and data are stored\, and the mist of information\, memory\, and oblivion it produces. \n  \nCurator Marta Mestre \n  \n◾ Reading and Listening Room\ncadavre exquis / cadáver esquisito / exquisite corpse\nJune 3 to November 1\, 2026\n \nLocated at the end of the exhibition\, this room hosts regular activations and offers visitors access to bibliographic material and editorial projects related to Frida Orupabo’s referential universe.\nConceived and facilitated by ColectivoFACA (Andreia Coutinho and Maribel Mendes Sobreira) and Ícaro Lira  \n  \n Visit to the exhibition \n 
URL:https://www.ccb.pt/en/evento/exhibition-frida-orupabo/2026-10-24/
LOCATION:Centro Cultural de Belém\, Praça do Império\, Lisboa\, Lisboa\, 1449-003\, Portugal
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,Exhibitions,MAC/CCB,MAC/CCB
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20261024T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20261024T183000
DTSTAMP:20261024T095313
CREATED:20251114T142855Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T113013Z
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SUMMARY:Multiple Eyes
DESCRIPTION:In an era when screens shape our perception of reality and algorithms dictate our preferences\, the works of these artists—fusing the sensory\, the symbolic\, the ancestral\, and the spiritual with the popular\, the carnivalesque\, the magical\, and the abject—propose an alternative: storytelling as an intimate\, porous\, and polyphonic practice. Multiple Eyes brings together three artists from different generations who understand narrative practice as a collaborative and political space. The exhibition invites audiences to view otherness not as threat but as an opportunity for learning\, reflection\, and co-creating knowledge. Challenging singular and binary narratives\, and reclaiming storytelling from systems of control\, these works demonstrate how art can open spaces for dialogue\, empathy\, and the recognition of diverse ways of knowing and imagining the present. \n  \nCurators Nuria Enguita\, Rafael Barber Cortell
URL:https://www.ccb.pt/en/evento/exhibition-multiple-eyes/2026-10-24/
LOCATION:Centro Cultural de Belém\, Praça do Império\, Lisboa\, Lisboa\, 1449-003\, Portugal
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,Exhibitions,MAC/CCB,MAC/CCB
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20261024T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20261024T130000
DTSTAMP:20261024T095313
CREATED:20260723T114624Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T181746Z
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SUMMARY:Course An Atlantic Journey through Modern Art
DESCRIPTION:What possibilities does telling the story of modern art from an Atlantic perspective offer us? Guided by the idea of deviation\, this course brings into the discussion artists\, journeys and intersections that are rarely covered in textbooks but which the exhibition “An Atlantic Drift. The Arts of the 20th Century Based on the Berardo Collection” allows us to explore. Challenging the notion of a single interpretation and championing multiple possibilities for exploration\, the course is delivered in person\, comprising six guided sessions held between the exhibition space and the auditorium. \n  \nCoordination Cristina Gameiro\nConceived and led by Fabrícia Valente \n  \nParticipants: minimum 10\, maximum 20. \nFee: €95 per participant \n 
URL:https://www.ccb.pt/en/evento/course-an-atlantic-journey-through-modern-art/2026-10-24/
LOCATION:Centro Cultural de Belém\, Praça do Império\, Lisboa\, Lisboa\, 1449-003\, Portugal
CATEGORIES:Ativities,MAC/CCB,Mediation projects
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20261024T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20261024T183000
DTSTAMP:20261024T095313
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SUMMARY:May I Help You? Posso ajudar?
DESCRIPTION:The everyday question “May I help you?” was used by Andrea Fraser in a performance that addressed the complex institutional relationships within the art world. The same question may also be turned towards the museum itself: what kind of help is actually being offered\, and what kind of connection can still be expected in an era of increasing fragmentation\, dissonance and impermanence? The exhibition draws on five decades of artistic production\, from the 1970s to today\, and features works by ninety artists—including Ad Minoliti (in the museum’s main hall)\, Alberto Carneiro\, Carla Filipe\, Doris Salcedo\, Helena Almeida\, Gabriel Abrantes\, Gilbert & George\, Jeff Koons\, Júlia Ventura\, Kara Walker\, and Richard Serra\, among many others. The works are drawn from collections on long-term loan to the MAC/CCB (the Berardo Collection\, the State Contemporary Art Collection\, and the Teixeira de Freitas Collection)\, and are complemented by new commissions from Portuguese artists. \n  \nCurators Nuria Enguita and Marta Mestre\nCuratorial Adviser Raphael Fonseca (Denver Art Museum) \n  \nThe exhibition “MAY I HELP YOU? POSSO AJUDAR?” Arts and Artists from the 1970s Onwards\, inspired by Andrea Fraser’s performance of the same name\, explores the diversity of representations\, presences\, and narratives within the artistic field\, questioning the idea of a single\, linear direction in art history. Through dialogues between works spanning the last five decades\, the exhibition examines what artists are and do\, and the social roles they imagine for themselves. From the ruptures that redefined art in the 1970s to the accelerated digitalisation of the present\, it highlights a range of heterogeneous formats\, functions\, and intensities. \nNuria Enguita\nCurator of the exhibition and artistic director of MAC/CCB \n  \nArtists: \nGabriel Abrantes\, Helena Almeida\, Giovanni Anselmo\, Robert Barry\, Taysir Batniji\, Lothar Baumgarten\, Bernd & Hilla Becher\, Sara Bichão\, Irma Blank\, Alighiero Boetti\, Christian Boltanski\, Olaf Breuning\, Daniel Buren\, Alberto Carneiro\, Gabriel Chaile\, Adriano Costa\, Jim Dine\, Jimmie Durham\, Carla Filipe\, Fischli & Weiss\, Dan Flavin\, Fernanda Fragateiro\, Andrea Fraser\, Gilbert & George\, Simryn Gill\, Fernanda Gomes\, Félix González-Torres\, Dan Graham\, Hans Haacke\, David Hammons\, Ana Hatherly\, Mona Hatoum\, Kiluanji Kia Henda\, Thomas Hirschhorn\, Jenny Holzer\, Rebecca Horn\, Sanja Iveković\, Ana Jotta\, Donald Judd\, Mike Kelley\, Yazan Khalili\, Jeff Koons\, Joseph Kosuth\, Jannis Kounellis\, Barbara Kruger\, Louise Lawler\, Sol LeWitt\, Glenn Ligon\, João Marçal\, Agnes Martin\, Cildo Meireles\, Mario Merz\, Ad Minoliti\, Matt Mullican\, Bruce Nauman\, Senga Nengudi\, Chris Ofili\, Gabriel Orozco\, Damián Ortega\, Pino Pascali\, Silvestre Pestana\, Raymond Pettibon\, Antonio Pichillá\, Sandra Poulson\, Robert Rauschenberg\, Doris Salcedo\, Alan Saret\, Julião Sarmento\, Allan Sekula\, Richard Serra\, Jim Shaw\, Susana Solano\, Haim Steinbach\, Frank Stella\, Wolfgang Tillmans\, Rosemarie Trockel\, João Pedro Vale + Nuno Alexandre Ferreira\, Júlia Ventura\, Vídeo nas Aldeias\, Kara Walker\, Franz West\, Yonamine\, Bruno Zhu. \n  \n  \n Visit to the exhibition\n \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.ccb.pt/en/evento/exhibition-may-i-help-you-posso-ajudar/2026-10-24/
LOCATION:Centro Cultural de Belém\, Praça do Império\, Lisboa\, Lisboa\, 1449-003\, Portugal
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,Exhibitions,MAC/CCB,MAC/CCB
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20261024T103000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20261024T130000
DTSTAMP:20261024T095313
CREATED:20251117T171828Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251117T171828Z
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SUMMARY:Ministery for The Sensible
DESCRIPTION:Perhaps we need to protect\, organize\, and reclaim what makes us Human. We might use social structures to serve dimensions beyond the functional or profitable\, defending what seems dispensable or useless. A Ministery for the Sensible could uphold sensitivity as a path toward Humanity. \nThis project envisions a shared space for encounter and reflection\, empowering a community of cultural participants who\, with art as an ally\, embrace sensibility as a way to build social and political connections. \n  \nCreation & Coordination Sara Franqueira \n  \nThe project will start with two sectors: the Department of the Spectator and the Institute of the Invisible. Both offer scheduled meetings and access to performances throughout the year. If you’re curious and eager to discover the spectator within you\, one of these groups is ready for you. \n 
URL:https://www.ccb.pt/en/evento/ministerio-do-sensivel/2026-10-24/
LOCATION:Centro Cultural de Belém\, Praça do Império\, Lisboa\, Lisboa\, 1449-003\, Portugal
CATEGORIES:Mediation projects
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20261024T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20261024T203000
DTSTAMP:20261024T095313
CREATED:20260618T081419Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260731T103810Z
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SUMMARY:Pedro Melo Alves' Omniae Large Ensemble
DESCRIPTION:Led by drummer and composer Pedro Melo Alves\, the Omniae Large Ensemble presents a new chapter in a project that\, over the past decade\, has established itself as one of the most distinctive examples of the intersection between contemporary composition and jazz improvisation in Portugal. Conceived along the lines of a contemporary chamber ensemble\, the group combines meticulously notated writing with spaces for real-time composition\, in which each performer plays an active role in shaping the musical discourse.\nOriginally founded as a septet and awarded the Bernardo Sassetti Composition Prize in 2016\, the ensemble expanded in 2020\, following a commission from Guimarães Jazz\, into an orchestral formation bringing together some of the most significant musicians of the new European generation. The album Lumina (Clean Feed\, 2021) received widespread international critical acclaim\, earning the awards for Best New Group in the El Intruso International Critics Poll and Best Portuguese Album from Jazz.pt\, as well as a nomination for Best Jazz Album at the 2022 Vodafone Play Awards.\nThe current line-up brings together seventeen musicians based in cities including Porto\, Lisbon\, Berlin\, New York\, Bern\, and Amsterdam\, whose artistic practices span jazz and improvised music\, as well as contemporary\, experimental\, and electronic music. \n 
URL:https://www.ccb.pt/en/evento/pedro-melo-alves-omniae-large-ensemble/
LOCATION:Centro Cultural de Belém\, Praça do Império\, Lisboa\, Lisboa\, 1449-003\, Portugal
CATEGORIES:2026-27 Season,Jazz,Music,Performances
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20261027T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20261027T213000
DTSTAMP:20261024T095313
CREATED:20261008T153825Z
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SUMMARY:Falas & Afetos
DESCRIPTION:Integrated into the programme of PDL26 — Capital Portuguesa da Cultura\, Falas & Afetos is a thematic and intimate concert featuring songs composed by Aníbal Raposo to poems by acclaimed Portuguese-language authors from across the Portuguese-speaking world: the Azores\, Madeira\, mainland Portugal\, Cape Verde\, Angola\, São Tomé and Príncipe\, Brazil\, Mozambique\, Goa\, Macao and Timor.\nAccompanied by a seven-piece band\, the performance creates a poetic and musical journey in which a shared language unfolds through multiple sounds\, emotions and geographies. Each song will be briefly contextualised\, highlighting its author\, origins\, and emotional and social dimensions.
URL:https://www.ccb.pt/en/evento/falas-afetos-capital-portuguesa-da-cultura/
LOCATION:Centro Cultural de Belém\, Praça do Império\, Lisboa\, Lisboa\, 1449-003\, Portugal
CATEGORIES:Music,Performances
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20261028T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20261028T213000
DTSTAMP:20261024T095313
CREATED:20260902T091007Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261021T132707Z
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SUMMARY:Bizet’s Carmen
DESCRIPTION:Shortly after its publication in 1845\, Prosper Mérimée’s novella Carmen was labelled shocking and scandalous. Thirty years later\, Georges Bizet premiered his Carmen in Paris\, and it has since become one of the most frequently performed operas in the world.\nThe story of the gypsy woman who chooses death rather than surrender her freedom or love remains one of the most compelling and enduring modern myths surrounding the enigmatic nature of Woman. Over the years\, Carmen has been revisited by countless directors\, acquiring new facets and interpretations. Yet one essential element endures: Carmen\, the fatal anti-heroine\, remains the unyielding centre of every version. \n  \nPerformed in French with Portuguese surtitles.\nPre-performance talk by Bárbara Villalobos 30 minutes before curtain-up.
URL:https://www.ccb.pt/en/evento/bizets-carmen-opera/2026-10-28/
LOCATION:Centro Cultural de Belém\, Praça do Império\, Lisboa\, Lisboa\, 1449-003\, Portugal
CATEGORIES:2026-27 Season,Music,Opera,Performances
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20261029T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20261029T203000
DTSTAMP:20261024T095313
CREATED:20260618T074046Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261006T134028Z
UID:298842-1793300400-1793305800@www.ccb.pt
SUMMARY:Sérgio Godinho em 80 Canções (Sérgio Godinho through 80 Songs)
DESCRIPTION:Eighteen albums of original songs released over the course of almost half a century\, comprising nearly two hundred songs. A singular presence and an enduring influence. A body of writing as unmistakable as it is multifaceted. An intense life on stage\, where songs are continually reimagined—often in radical ways—for new audiences. A lasting commitment to the work of fellow songwriters\, shaped by a perspective that brings together artistic maturity and the elixir of eternal youth. More than eighty years into a rich and remarkable life\, this is a celebration of Sérgio Godinho through eighty songs.
URL:https://www.ccb.pt/en/evento/sergio-godinho-em-80-cancoes-sergio-godinho-through-80-songs/2026-10-29/
LOCATION:Centro Cultural de Belém\, Praça do Império\, Lisboa\, Lisboa\, 1449-003\, Portugal
CATEGORIES:2026-27 Season,Conferences and Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20261029T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20261029T210000
DTSTAMP:20261024T095313
CREATED:20261008T164716Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261023T170809Z
UID:304023-1793304000-1793307600@www.ccb.pt
SUMMARY:Limbo
DESCRIPTION:PDL 26 Capital Portuguesa da Cultura \nIntegrated into the programme of PDL26 — Capital Portuguesa da Cultura\, with artistic direction\, choreography\, staging and musical selection by Milagres Paz\, Limbo is a performance that brings dance\, music and the spoken word into dialogue\, portraying the state of today’s world\, where war\, artificiality\, globalisation\, loneliness and isolation\, violence\, and the absence of empathy and love for the other — the locus of difference — enable the development of (non-)human societies\, alike in their architecture\, their abandonment of nature and the robotisation of ways of thinking\, attitudes and automated behaviours that reveal abilities increasingly removed from the individual path towards knowledge\, wisdom and creativity.\nThese are the new forms of human servitude\, making each of us an inhabitant of a «non-place»\, as defined by Marc Augé. What\, then\, is left to us but limbo\, that space between individuality and automation\, between war and armistice\, between agony and jubilation? With our senses\, feelings\, words and movements paralysed\, all that remains is life suspended between the past we know and a future we fear. In this performance\, the ambivalence between hope and disbelief\, together with our shared powerlessness\, has a name: limbo. It is our condition. — Ângela de Almeida \n 
URL:https://www.ccb.pt/en/evento/limbo-capital-europeia-da-cultura/
LOCATION:Centro Cultural de Belém\, Praça do Império\, Lisboa\, Lisboa\, 1449-003\, Portugal
CATEGORIES:Dance,Performances
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20261030T080000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20270116T170000
DTSTAMP:20261024T095313
CREATED:20250630T105102Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260227T131113Z
UID:238770-1793347200-1800118800@www.ccb.pt
SUMMARY:James Webb There’s No Place Called Home (Belém\, Lisbon)
DESCRIPTION:tuuui trrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr\, by James Webb (1975\, Kimberley\, South Africa)\, operates as two chapters in the same story—There’s No Place Called Home (Belém\, Lisbon) (2025) and Learning from Birds (2025). Most stories have\, at least\, a main character\, a setting\, and a time. The main character of this story is the song of a Woodland Kingfisher (Halcyon senegalensis)\, native to African regions south of the Sahara. The setting from which the birdsong can be heard is a magnolia located in the gardens of the MAC/CCB — Museu de Arte Contemporânea e Centro de Arquitetura (Museum of Contemporary Art and Architecture Centre)\, in Belém\, Lisbon. The other setting of the story is the space of Radio-Gallery Antecâmara\, in the Bairro das Colónias (Colonies’ Neighbourhood)\, in Lisbon\, from which the same bird calls can be heard. The time of the story is now\, 2025\, as well as the colonial times that remain in the public spaces of today. \nThere’s No Place Called Home (Belém\, Lisbon) (2025) is the latest iteration of the series There’s No Place Called Home (2004–). An ongoing intervention with twenty years of existence and approximately sixty unique versions\, it always follows the same methodology: once a tree is selected\, the song of a foreign bird—one that would never be found in that location—is chosen to be broadcast from audio speakers concealed in that tree. Birds and trees have a symbiotic relationship\, where each benefit from the other: birds help disperse seeds\, contributing to tree reproduction and biodiversity; trees\, in turn\, provide birds with shelter\, nesting sites\, and food (Faustino et al\, 2024). The species of trees that can be found everywhere in the planet are deeply rooted in colonial legacies. In (dis)placing a foreign birdsong in a tree\, James Webb is highlighting these colonial legacies. \nEuropean countries have extracted resources from their natural environments as a way of showing their imperial power\, for economic profit\, as well as for aesthetic reasons\, to showcase “exotic” plants in environments where they would never grow. At the same time\, European plants were intentionally introduced into colonised regions mostly for food production and survival\, but also for “aesthetic and nostalgic reasons” (Crosby\, 2004 in Lenzner et al\, 2022:1724). After colonialism\, the reorganisation of global trade intensified and accelerated the introduction of alien species worldwide (Lenzner et al\, 2022:1723).The extraction and displacement of trees disrupt these natural ecosystems\, impacting bird and tree populations\, and ultimately humans: when a tree is placed in a foreign location\, it will attract other species of birds\, which in turn will respond differently to the environment. \nThe birdsong in the Lisbon iteration of There’s No Place Called Home is planted in two settings charged with colonial legacies. The neighbourhood of Belém\, where MAC/CCB is located\, is filled with monuments celebrating the colonial and imperial times of Portugal: Praça do Império (Imperial Square); Belém Tower; Jerónimos Monastery; Monument to the Discoveries; Belém Palace; and the Monument to the Overseas Fighters. In turn\, the practices of colonialism embedded in the landscape are visible not only in the species of plants that can be found in all public parts of these monuments but also in the Tropical Botanical Gardens (formerly named Colonial Gardens)\, with more than 600 foreign species. On the website\, the description of the Gardens reads: “With a strong educational vocation\, with a view to exploring former colonies\, especially in Africa\, [the Garden] was considered an indispensable basis for teaching because a live example is essential for the demonstration to be rigorously scientific and educational” (2025). The use of the term “exploring” in the contexts of colonialism and imperialism is telling. \nThe second chapter of James Webb’s project\, at Radio-Gallery Antecâmara\, is situated in the former Bairro das Colónias (Colonies’ Neighbourhood)\, composed of streets named Angola\, Guiné\, Príncipe Island\, S. Tomé Island\, Macao\, Mozambique\, Timor\, and Zaire\, after former Portuguese colonies. Both urban sites represent an idealised Portuguese national identity after the end of the colonial empire. As Ana Balona de Oliveira reminds\, these sites echo “the grand narrative of the so-called discoveries continues to deny the violent histories and memories of slavery and colonialism. This denialist narrative … remains deeply embedded in celebratory monuments\, many of which were built under the aegis of the Estado Novo dictatorial regime (1926–74)\, while others have been erected much more recently” (2022:229). \nThe incongruous vocalisations of the Woodland Kingfisher are transmitted into Radio-Gallery Antecâmara via an online camera through which they meet the recorded sounds of the natural environment where this species would normally be found. Somehow\, in this room\, the foreign bird is put back into its habitat. Webb does not intend this to be a seamless transition; he is calling attention to the glitch. Birds are a source of inspiration for humans\, possibly because they symbolise\, above all\, freedom\, which is something that both humans and non-humans have been deprived of beyond colonial times. Today\, the area where Radio-Gallery Antecâmara is located is inhabited by more than 45% of the international residents of Lisbon. This neighbourhood has been historically portrayed as a territory of migrants\, associated with crime and poverty\, a portrait that segregates and marginalises its inhabitants. As such\, it embodies the colonial processes that continue to marginalise diasporic communities today\, with the ongoing and growing gentrification processes. Inside the gallery\, the Woodland Kingfisher becomes a sonorous metaphor for Willem Flusser’s notion of freedom\, which he sees possible through the homelessness of the migrant (2003). As the title of James Webb’s series says\, “There’s no place called home.” \nAccompanying the recordings\, Learning from Birds (2025)\, displayed on one of the walls of the gallery\, consists of a collection of photographs\, quotes\, poems\, songs\, drawings\, and other bits of inspiration drawn from how we live with and learn from birds. These sampled and remixed materials translate James Webb’s curiosity and profound approach to sourcing and collecting not only sounds but also images\, texts\, and most notably questions from different disciplinary areas and sources\, reminiscent of the research methods of social scientists but also with the strangeness of mystics. \nThe vast repertoire of birdsong and their settings in the series There’s No Place Called Home invokes complex interconnections between human and non-human species as well as between different times and places. Our ancestors observed birds to divine changing weather\, tune into their calls as safety alarms against predators in the area\, and—like us—project their fantasies of flight and freedom onto them. Rather than Rachel Carson’s vision of a silent world without birdsong and diversity of species (1962)\,the poetic and political messages contained in There’s No Place Called Home leaves us wondering about the coexistence of past and present as well as of humans and non-humans\, and how such coexistence may help us speculate pluralistic futures. \nText and curation by Luísa Santos\nProject in collaboration with Galeria Antecâmara
URL:https://www.ccb.pt/en/evento/james-webb-theres-no-place-called-home/
LOCATION:Centro Cultural de Belém\, Praça do Império\, Lisboa\, Lisboa\, 1449-003\, Portugal
CATEGORIES:Ativities,Installation,MAC/CCB
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20261030T080000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20270330T170000
DTSTAMP:20261024T095313
CREATED:20250128T121840Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250922T160107Z
UID:213352-1793347200-1806426000@www.ccb.pt
SUMMARY:Guided Tours to the Centro Cultural de Belém Building
DESCRIPTION:The Centro Cultural de Belém was designed to be a small city within a big city\, Lisbon. Where this building is located and what its relationship is with the surrounding environment\, who designed it\, how it was built and for what purpose\, its materials\, its architecture\, and even what some of the plants in its gardens are. These are some facts that we can discover in these guided tours. Created for schools (general public and university) or for organized groups\, they reveal the history of this building through a route that crosses it\, passing through its three modules: module 1 (Congress and Conference Centre)\, module 2 (Performing Arts Centre) and module 3 (MAC/CCB).
URL:https://www.ccb.pt/en/evento/guided-tours-to-the-centro-cultural-de-belem-building/
LOCATION:Centro Cultural de Belém\, Praça do Império\, Lisboa\, Lisboa\, 1449-003\, Portugal
CATEGORIES:Ativities,MAC/CCB,School
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20261030T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20270113T183000
DTSTAMP:20261024T095313
CREATED:20260724T083529Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260914T113425Z
UID:296232-1793354400-1799865000@www.ccb.pt
SUMMARY:Mostra Espanha 2026: Guest Works
DESCRIPTION:Every other year\, the opening of Mostra Espanha is marked by a “Guest Work.” In 2026\, however\, the concept becomes plural with the presentation of two works by Maruja Mallo. Both are closely aligned with this edition’s theme\, “Spain in Motion: Diversity and Sustainable Futures\,” and with three of its key strands: art\, culture\, oceans\, and sustainability; art\, ecology\, and climate change; and art\, culture\, borders\, and ruralities. Basuras (1930) and Naturaleza viva (1943) represent two distinct moments in the work of the avant-garde artist\, taking us on a journey from the grey outskirts of pre-war Madrid to the vibrant colours of the Chilean coast at Valparaíso during her years of exile in the Americas.
URL:https://www.ccb.pt/en/evento/mostra-espanha-2026-guest-works/
LOCATION:Praça do Império\, Lisboa\, Lisboa\, 1449-003\, Portugal
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,MAC/CCB
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20261030T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20270301T110000
DTSTAMP:20261024T095313
CREATED:20231024T115520Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260710T114122Z
UID:271212-1793358000-1803898800@www.ccb.pt
SUMMARY:Activities for Families
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.ccb.pt/en/evento/activities-for-families/
LOCATION:Centro Cultural de Belém\, Praça do Império\, Lisboa\, Lisboa\, 1449-003\, Portugal
CATEGORIES:Ativities,Families,MAC/CCB
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20261030T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20261030T210000
DTSTAMP:20261024T095313
CREATED:20250918T100740Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261015T141743Z
UID:254400-1793390400-1793394000@www.ccb.pt
SUMMARY:Sul
DESCRIPTION:After an acclaimed debut album (JACC Records\, 2022) and numerous concerts across the country\, the trio Sul continues its journey through the universe of Jazz and Portuguese instrumental music. \nBuilt on the unique musical and personal bond that unites them\, Luís Figueiredo (piano)\, Bernardo Couto (Portuguese guitar)\, and Bernardo Moreira (double bass) present in the album Sul Vol. 2 a testament to the trio’s distinctive language and the artistic maturity they have cemented over years of collaboration on various fronts. The album includes new arrangements of repertoire by Pedro Caldeira Cabral\, Bernardo Sassetti\, and Carlos Paredes\, among others\, as well as original compositions by the three members of the trio. \nSul Vol. 2 emerges as a celebration of instrumental music made in Portugal\, while also reflecting the unique creativity of three outstanding musicians on the national scene.
URL:https://www.ccb.pt/en/evento/sul/
LOCATION:Centro Cultural de Belém\, Praça do Império\, Lisboa\, Lisboa\, 1449-003\, Portugal
CATEGORIES:Fado,Jazz,Music,Performances
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20261104T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20261104T190000
DTSTAMP:20261024T095313
CREATED:20250403T141348Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261021T135937Z
UID:302851-1793804400-1793818800@www.ccb.pt
SUMMARY:Public Programme
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.ccb.pt/en/evento/public-programme-mac-ccb/2026-11-04/
LOCATION:Centro Cultural de Belém\, Praça do Império\, Lisboa\, Lisboa\, 1449-003\, Portugal
CATEGORIES:Architecture Center,Ativities,MAC/CCB
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20261104T210000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20261104T220000
DTSTAMP:20261024T095313
CREATED:20260930T102039Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261013T112200Z
UID:303169-1793826000-1793829600@www.ccb.pt
SUMMARY:BITOI
DESCRIPTION:Despite its compact line-up\, BITOI produces a rich and remarkably precise sound. The female trio combines raw power with delicate textures\, layering close harmonies and dissonances over deep\, pulsating bass lines. Their lyrics\, drawn from phonetically transcribed birdsong\, are transformed into chants that sound both ancient and contemporary.\nFormed in Malmö for the 2023 Intonal Festival\, BITOI has since performed at festivals including Roskilde\, Le Guess Who?\, Rewire\, WOMAD\, Way Out West\, Clandestino\, Babel XP and Stanser Musiktage\, as well as touring Japan with Aragaki Mutsumi. Alongside its live work\, the group has created commissioned works for theatre\, dance\, sculpture and film. In 2025\, it was named Breakthrough of the Year at the DMA\, and in 2026 received a Swedish Grammy nomination. Its debut EP\, – O –\, was released in 2023\, followed by its first album\, Sirikulu\, in 2025 on the Supertraditional Records label.\nBITOI embodies Cassius’s maximalism — drawing the richest possible sound from the most elemental tools: bass\, voices\, polyrhythms and prepared textures — pushing minimalism to its limits.
URL:https://www.ccb.pt/en/evento/bitoi-festa-do-jazz-2026/
LOCATION:Centro Cultural de Belém\, Praça do Império\, Lisboa\, Lisboa\, 1449-003\, Portugal
CATEGORIES:Jazz,Music,Performances
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20261104T221500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20261104T231500
DTSTAMP:20261024T095313
CREATED:20260930T102641Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261013T112732Z
UID:303166-1793830500-1793834100@www.ccb.pt
SUMMARY:Flat Earth Society Orchestra (FES)
DESCRIPTION:In 2026\, John Coltrane would have turned 100. To mark the centenary of one of the most influential figures in jazz history\, the Flat Earth Society Orchestra (FES) accepted Bozar’s invitation to immerse itself in Coltrane’s musical universe and create a tribute worthy of his work — free\, restless and impossible to categorise.\nIn The Coltrane Mutations\, FES approaches Coltrane’s legacy from its own territory: an eccentric\, unpredictable orchestral universe deeply rooted in experimentation. His classics are deconstructed\, reinvented and refracted through the orchestra’s distinctive language\, alongside new compositions infected by the so-called «Trane virus».\nColtrane was a tireless explorer. Throughout his career\, he challenged conventions\, expanded the possibilities of jazz and continually sought new forms of expression. It is precisely this restlessness — the desire to question\, search and venture into unknown territory — that connects his work with the identity of the Flat Earth Society Orchestra.\nThe result is far more than a conventional tribute. The Coltrane Mutations is an encounter between two free spirits: that of a musician who radically transformed the language of jazz and that of an orchestra that continues to challenge the boundaries between composition\, improvisation\, jazz and contemporary music.\nIntense\, spiritual and without boundaries\, Coltrane’s music takes on new forms in the hands of FES\, in a celebration that is both respectful and irreverent. A concert in which the past is not simply revisited\, but set in motion — transformed\, expanded and brought back into the present
URL:https://www.ccb.pt/en/evento/flat-earth-society-orchestra-fes-festa-do-jazz-2026/
LOCATION:Centro Cultural de Belém\, Praça do Império\, Lisboa\, Lisboa\, 1449-003\, Portugal
CATEGORIES:Jazz,Music,Performances
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20261105T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20261105T183000
DTSTAMP:20261024T095313
CREATED:20260722T110323Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261015T164525Z
UID:295648-1793872800-1793903400@www.ccb.pt
SUMMARY:PARADISE\, TODAY.
DESCRIPTION:Portugal’s Official Representation at the 19th International Architecture Exhibition — La Biennale di Venezia 2025 now arrives at MAC/CCB. Offering a critical reflection on the relationships between architecture\, landscape\, and territory in contemporary Portugal\, the project adopts the notion of “paradise” as a metaphor through which to think about the present. Situated between utopia and dystopia\, nature and construction\, reality and simulation\, the exhibition brings together an interactive digital installation and an atlas of images and texts exploring different ways of inhabiting\, transforming\, and imagining the landscape. \n  \nCuratorship  Paula Melâneo\, Pedro Bandeira\, Luca Martinucci\nAssociate curators Catarina Raposo\, Nuno Cera \n  \n◾ Opening\nWednesday\,  November 4 \n7:00pm – Opening of the exhibition\n8:00pm – Vinyl Launch + Performance by Jorge Queijo\nDuring the opening\, Jorge Queijo\, creator of the soundscape for Paradise\, Today.\, presents a performance inspired by the atmospheres and transforming territories that emerge throughout the installation. \n◾ Talk\nSaturday\, November 7 at 4:00pm \n 
URL:https://www.ccb.pt/en/evento/paraiso-hoje/2026-11-05/
LOCATION:Centro Cultural de Belém\, Praça do Império\, Lisboa\, Lisboa\, 1449-003\, Portugal
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,MAC/CCB
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20261105T210000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20261105T230000
DTSTAMP:20261024T095313
CREATED:20260930T094840Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261013T111555Z
UID:303163-1793912400-1793919600@www.ccb.pt
SUMMARY:Joana Raquel «Queda Áscua»
DESCRIPTION:Seeking an acoustic sound that evokes classical chamber music\, Joana Raquel’s quintet embraces spontaneity while remaining rooted in the concept of song. In search of a balance between the preconceived and the improvised\, the music draws on counterpoint and the harmonies it produces\, while pursuing a rhythmic quality without its most common protagonist — the drums. Poetry plays a prominent role\, shaping everything else and providing a guiding thread for the compositions.
URL:https://www.ccb.pt/en/evento/joana-raquel-queda-ascua-festa-do-jazz-2026/
LOCATION:Centro Cultural de Belém\, Praça do Império\, Lisboa\, Lisboa\, 1449-003\, Portugal
CATEGORIES:Jazz,Music,Performances
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20261105T210000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20261105T220000
DTSTAMP:20261024T095313
CREATED:20260930T094345Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261013T113756Z
UID:303160-1793912400-1793916000@www.ccb.pt
SUMMARY:Vicente Oliveira Sextet
DESCRIPTION:The album O que a terra deixou para trás\, by the sextet led by Vicente Oliveira\, offers a musical journey combining the richness of Portuguese traditional music with the world of jazz. Ancestral melodies from Portuguese traditional music are reinterpreted through arrangements for sextet.\nBy bringing these two distinct genres together\, the project explores cultural identity in contemporary musical contexts and introduces distinctive sounds through a repertoire drawn from different regions of Portugal\, from Trás-os-Montes to the Algarve.\nThe album also includes two original compositions by Vicente Oliveira\, the group’s guitarist and leader.
URL:https://www.ccb.pt/en/evento/vicente-oliveira-sextet-festa-do-jazz-2026/
LOCATION:Centro Cultural de Belém\, Praça do Império\, Lisboa\, Lisboa\, 1449-003\, Portugal
CATEGORIES:Jazz,Music,Performances
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20261106T213000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20261106T223000
DTSTAMP:20261024T095313
CREATED:20260930T103355Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261013T115136Z
UID:303155-1794000600-1794004200@www.ccb.pt
SUMMARY:Julia Perminova Trio
DESCRIPTION:Born in Siberia\, pianist and composer Julia Perminova has developed a musical language spanning jazz\, classical music and contemporary expression\, drawing inspiration from figures such as Thelonious Monk\, Sergei Prokofiev and Sergei Rachmaninoff. Her music\, described by pianist Aaron Parks as «imaginative\, colourful and poetic»\, reflects an artistic journey shaped by dialogue between different cultures and traditions.\nFormed seven years ago in Amsterdam\, while Julia was studying at the conservatoire\, the Julia Perminova Trio currently brings together Julia Perminova on piano\, Portuguese drummer Luís Possollo and French double bassist Matis Regnault. The musicians’ different backgrounds and sensibilities give rise to a vibrant and deeply interactive musical language in which composition and improvisation come together.\nHaving performed across Europe\, Asia and South America\, the trio is known for intense\, immersive concerts characterised by musical storytelling\, spontaneous dialogue between the musicians and a strong emotional dimension.
URL:https://www.ccb.pt/en/evento/julia-perminova-trio-festa-do-jazz-2026/
LOCATION:Centro Cultural de Belém\, Praça do Império\, Lisboa\, Lisboa\, 1449-003\, Portugal
CATEGORIES:Jazz,Music,Performances
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20261106T224500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20261106T234500
DTSTAMP:20261024T095313
CREATED:20260930T103914Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261013T115825Z
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SUMMARY:Luís Vicente Trio
DESCRIPTION:The Luís Vicente Trio is one of the most active and prominent groups in contemporary Portuguese jazz\, recognised for its adventurous spirit\, emotional depth and constant sonic exploration. Led by trumpeter and composer Luís Vicente\, the trio features Gonçalo Almeida on double bass and Pedro Melo Alves on drums\, two of the most creative and versatile musicians on the Portuguese scene. Together\, they create an intense musical dialogue that moves freely between structure and freedom\, lyricism and abstraction.\nHaving gained recognition for its live performances and recordings\, which explore the boundaries between free jazz\, contemporary improvisation and lyrical expression\, the trio now enters a new phase\, expanding into a quintet with two internationally renowned artists: pianist Leo Genovese and American saxophonist Tony Malaby.\nThis collaboration brings together five distinct voices\, united by the same openness and willingness to take risks. Genovese’s boundless imagination and rhythmic vitality\, combined with Malaby’s rich tone and expressiveness\, add new layers of intensity and colour to the trio’s sonic universe. The result is an electrifying encounter\, a dialogue without boundaries in which Lisbon’s vibrant creative energy meets the spirit of New York’s avant-garde jazz scene.\nSpontaneous and deeply connected\, abstract yet emotional\, this music is a living expression of jazz’s constant evolution.
URL:https://www.ccb.pt/en/evento/luis-vicente-trio-festa-do-jazz-2026/
LOCATION:Centro Cultural de Belém\, Praça do Império\, Lisboa\, Lisboa\, 1449-003\, Portugal
CATEGORIES:Jazz,Music,Performances
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20261107T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20261107T200000
DTSTAMP:20261024T095313
CREATED:20250912T153019Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260901T093208Z
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SUMMARY:Marco Rodrigues sings Carlos do Carmo
DESCRIPTION:Marco Rodrigues takes to the stage with a performance that evokes the memory and legacy of Carlos do Carmo – his reference and one of Fado’s greatest figures. With the strength of a career built on respect for tradition\, the fado singer revisits the songs from his album Canta Carlos do Carmo\, a deeply personal and heartfelt record\, distinguished at the IPMA Awards and nominated for the Play – Portuguese Music Awards. \nIn this concert\, Marco Rodrigues also performs some of the most emblematic songs of his career\, such as Tempo and A Minha Casa – finalist at the 2024 Festival da Canção – presenting a repertoire that bridges the heritage of the great names of Fado with the unique voice of an interpreter of his generation. A heartfelt tribute in a concert that celebrates Fado and the memory of Carlos do Carmo.
URL:https://www.ccb.pt/en/evento/marco-rodrigues-sings-carlos-do-carmo/
LOCATION:Centro Cultural de Belém\, Praça do Império\, Lisboa\, Lisboa\, 1449-003\, Portugal
CATEGORIES:2026-27 Season,Fado,Music,Performances
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20261108T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20261108T120000
DTSTAMP:20261024T095313
CREATED:20260624T080501Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261002T141133Z
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SUMMARY:Entre Samurais e Violinos
DESCRIPTION:Entre Samurais e Violinos traces a musical journey inspired by the life and ideas of Shinichi Suzuki\, one of the leading figures in twentieth-century music education. Born into a samurai lineage and a family that owned the world’s largest instrument factory\, Suzuki’s path was shaped by his late discovery of the violin\, his years in Berlin\, his friendship with Albert Einstein\, and the development of his “mother-tongue” approach to learning. This concert celebrates a legacy that unites discipline\, attentive listening\, and care\, revealing music as a language of learning\, sharing\, and personal growth. At the same time\, it offers an immersive experience capable of transforming performers and audiences alike\, on both sides of the stage. \n  \nConcert with commentary by Susana Henriques. \n  \nEl Corte Inglés supports the CCB’s Classical Music Mediation Programme.         
URL:https://www.ccb.pt/en/evento/entre-samurais-e-violinos/
LOCATION:Centro Cultural de Belém\, Praça do Império\, Lisboa\, Lisboa\, 1449-003\, Portugal
CATEGORIES:2026-27 Season,Music,Performances
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20261111T103000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20261114T153000
DTSTAMP:20261024T095313
CREATED:20260624T145012Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260924T133909Z
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SUMMARY:Desequilíbrio Radical
DESCRIPTION:How do we make ourselves heard in an unstable world? How can we move across ground that is constantly shifting beneath our feet? \nAmong unstable structures\, words\, gestures\, and protest signs\, we will play with balance and imbalance as if riding a skateboard. Together\, we will explore ways of being together\, claiming our desires\, and imagining new forms of participation in shared space. Inspired by Voltas e Reviravoltas\, from the Missão: Democracia collection\, this workshop invites participants to experiment with new words and new ways of thinking about what we call citizenship. \nClara\, a dancer\, and Mantraste\, illustrator of the book\, bring together movement and drawing in a workshop where participants will create protest posters while their bodies move\, lose balance\, and rediscover support through the collective.
URL:https://www.ccb.pt/en/evento/desequilibrio-radical/
LOCATION:Centro Cultural de Belém\, Praça do Império\, Lisboa\, Lisboa\, 1449-003\, Portugal
CATEGORIES:2026-27 Season,Ativities,Fábrica das Artes,Families,School
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