Sala Suggia
28th Santa Cecilia Piano Competition – Semifinals
After advancing through two solo stages, the competitors face the semifinals: a chamber music round alongside the soloists of Orquestra Sinfónica do Porto Casa da Música. Only three will advance to the Grand Final in Sala Suggia, where they will perform a concerto for piano and orchestra.
Terrace
Inah
Concerts on the Terrace · Summer Time · Free Entry
Born in São Paulo and raised in Porto, Inah has built her musical career on an intense and sensitive fusion of genres such as samba, jazz, soul, fado and various African-inspired sounds.
Terrace
Luiz Caracol & Pedro Carvalho
Concerts on the Terrace · Summer Time · Free Entry
A singer, songwriter, and instrumentalist whose musical identity bears the recognizable influences of a multicultural Lisbon and various Portuguese-speaking countries, Luiz Caracol - author of four albums and currently working on his fifth - joins Pedro Carvalho (guitar and percussion) for a concert centered on themes of liberation and activism.
Sala 2
Seohyun Kang (Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin)
Suggia Prize Recitals
Seven young cellists from Europe's most prestigious music schools and conservatoires have been selected for the International Suggia Award's recital round in Sala 2. In this elimination stage, each will perform a programme of their own choosing before an audience and an international jury.
Sala Suggia
Affettuoso Music Festival
Closing Concert
Festival de Música Affetuoso aims to provide a stage for students of Academia de Música de Vilar do Paraíso – a vocational arts school offering official music and dance courses in integrated, coordinated, supplementary, and open enrollment programs, from preschool through high school – and to allow them to showcase the work they have done throughout the year.
Sala 2
Bernardo Ferreira (Escola Superior de Música e Artes do Espetáculo, Porto)
Suggia Prize Recitals
Seven young cellists from Europe's most prestigious music schools and conservatoires have been selected for the International Suggia Award's recital round in Sala 2. In this elimination stage, each will perform a programme of their own choosing before an audience and an international jury.
Sala 2
Lara Biancalana (Royal Danish Academy of Music, Copenhagen)
Suggia Prize Recitals
Seven young cellists from Europe's most prestigious music schools and conservatoires have been selected for the International Suggia Award's recital round in Sala 2. In this elimination stage, each will perform a programme of their own choosing before an audience and an international jury.
Sala 2
Karolína Žáková (Conservatoire National Supérieur Musique et Danse Lyon)
Suggia Prize Recitals
Seven young cellists from Europe's most prestigious music schools and conservatoires have been selected for the International Suggia Award's recital round in Sala 2. In this elimination stage, each will perform a programme of their own choosing before an audience and an international jury.
Sala Suggia
Santa Cecilia International Piano Competition
Orquestra Sinfónica do Porto Casa da Música
Over the course of a week, Casa da Música hosts the main category of the Santa Cecília International Competition, becoming the piano capital for dozens of pianists from around the world.
Sala Ensaio 2
The Invention of Nature
Workshops
Inspired by the book "The Invention of Nature" by Alexander von Humboldt, the German naturalist and explorer who, over 200 years ago, described the Earth as a great living organism, we embark on an odyssey that spans the globe from one end to the other.
Sala 2
Ziyang Zhao (Universität der Künste Berlin)
Suggia Prize Recitals
Seven young cellists from Europe's most prestigious music schools and conservatoires have been selected for the International Suggia Award's recital round in Sala 2. In this elimination stage, each will perform a programme of their own choosing before an audience and an international jury.
Sala 2
Caterina Isaia (Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt Weimar)
Suggia Prize Recitals
Seven young cellists from Europe's most prestigious music schools and conservatoires have been selected for the International Suggia Award's recital round in Sala 2. In this elimination stage, each will perform a programme of their own choosing before an audience and an international jury.