Schostakovich Ensemble

Filipe Pinto-Ribeiro, piano
Tatiana Samouil, violin 
Pavel Gomziakov, cello

Beethoven: Complete Piano Trios

30 May 2008

Trio for piano, violin and cello in E flat major, Opus 1 N. 1
Trio for piano, violin and cello in C minor, Opus 1 N. 3
Trio for piano, violin and cello in D major, Opus 70 nº 1 “Geister”

31 May 2008

Trio for piano, violin and cello in G major, Opus 1 no. 2
Trio for piano, violin and cello in E flat major, Opus 70 no. 2
Trio for piano, violin and cello in B flat major, Opus 97 “Erzherzog”

Works by Karin Rehnqvist, Nuno Corte-Real, Luís Tinoco, Kaija Saariaho, Pier Norgar

Kronos Quartet

David Harrington, violin
John Sherba, violin
Hank Dutt, viola
Jeffrey Zeigler, cello

After the duets with Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui (Zero Degrees) and Sylvie Guillem (Sacred Monsters), the English choreographer of bengali origin Akram Khan gathers again an international cast of dancers of several origins, traditions and cultures.

This time, Akram Khan's recent collaborates with the National Ballet of China. Entitled Bahok and having received its premiere in Beijing on 25 January 2008, Bahok combines the dynamics of modern China, elements of Chinese folk dancing and Kathak, one of the major Indian dance styles, as well as western/modern and classical dance influences. Khan’s long time collaborator multi-award winning composer Nitin Sawhney has created the music especially for Bahok.

Artistic direction and choreography: Akram Khan

Materials created and performed by: Eulalia Ayguade Farro, Kim Young Jin, Meng Ningining, Andrej Petrovic, Saju, Sun Chia-Ying, Wang Yitong, Shanell Winlock, Zhang Zhenxin

Composer: Nitin Sawhney

Text: Hanif Kureishi

Consultant for Chinese music: Gisele Edwards

Doo is the result of the new meeting of Miguel Pereira with Africa, where he was born. This meeting was stimulated by the visit to Cairo and Nairobi, regarding the featuring of Karima meets Lisbon meets Miguel meets Cairo, one of the most acclaimed performances of the 2006 alkantara festival, created together with the Egyptian choreographer Karima Mansour.

After a year of training, Filipa Francisco, Wonderfull’s Kova M and guests co-created Íman, a performance that draws upon the individual imagery and the cultural heritage of the performers.

Íman encourages the encounter of languages of the traditional African dance, hip-hop and contemporary dance, building bridges between worlds that seldom intertwine or exchange ideas.