Summer Choral Festival
We’ve reached our 7th year, one for each hill in Lisbon, and this year with some great news: the Festival’s Participatory Choir, consisting of 200 singers, will join the Beiras Philharmonic Orchestra to sing Beethoven’s ninth symphony. Welcome to the Summer Choral Festival!
11 choirs, more than 700 participants from seven countries (Portugal, Spain, the USA, Lithuania, Poland and Singapore) will be performing at the Centro Cultural de Belém (Main Auditorium and Pedestrian Walkway), in the cloister of the Mosteiro dos Jerónimos, at the Museu da Marinha and in Jardim Vieira Portuense. Conductor Paulo Lourenço will be responsible for the artistic direction of the Summer Choral Festival. The competition’s jury will consist of an international panel of conductors: Lim Ai Hooi (Singapore), Cara Tasher (USA), Pedro Teixeira (Portugal) and, for the first time this year, Maria Guinand (Venezuela) and Jonathan Velasco (Philippines).
June 22nd
Symphony No. 9, Beethoven, Opening Concert
CCB, Main Auditorium, 9pm
Free admission, limited seats available. Tickets must be picked up at the ticket office of the CCB, starting 7pm
Duration: 1h
Coro Participativo do Festival Coros de Verão e Orquestra Filarmonia das Beiras
Isabel Alcobia, soprano
Rafaella Veiga, alto
Pedro Rodrigues, tenor
Nuno Dias, baixo
Paulo Lourenço, conductor
June 23rd
International Choirs Competition
CCB, Main Auditorium
Free admission, limited seats available.
1st session
1.30pm to 2.45pm
2nd session
3.15pm to 4.30pm
3rd session
5.15pm to 6.30pm
June 24th
Atuação de Grupos Corais ao Ar Livre
CCB, Caminho Pedonal, 4pm
Free admission
Soli Deo Gloria, USA
Coro Infantil do Instituto Gregoriano de Lisboa, Portugal
Coro Juvenil do Instituto Gregoriano de Lisboa, Portugal
Coro de Câmara do Instituto Gregoriano de Lisboa, Portugal
Coronation Singers, Singapore
Coro Juvenil de Auditorio de Tenerife, Spain
Children’s Choir “Canzona”, Poland
Jardim Vasco da Gama, 4pm
Free admission
Children’s Choir “Canzona”, Poland
Lisbon Community Choir, Portugal
Female Choir Liepos, Lithuania
emCANTUS, Portugal
Soli Deo Gloria, USA
Museu de Marinha, 8pm
Free admission, limited seats available.
Coro Regina Coeli, Portugal
Lisbon Community Choir, Portugal
Coronation Singers, Singapore
Coro Juvenil de Auditorio de Tenerife, Spain
Children’s Choir “Canzona”, Poland
Claustros do Mosteiro dos Jerónimos, 9.30pm
Free admission, limited seats available
Coro Infantil e Juvenil do Instituto Gregoriano de Lisboa, Portugal
Coro de Câmara do Instituto Gregoriano de Lisboa, Portugal
Coronation Singers, Singapore
Female Choir Liepos, Lithuania
Coro Juvenil de Auditorio de Tenerife, Spain
Soli Deo Gloria, USA
Coro Regina Coeli, Portugal
emCANTUS, Portugal
25 junho
Closing Ceremony
CCB, Main Auditorium, 7pm
Free admission, limited seats available. Tickets must be picked up at the ticket office of the CCB, starting 5pm
Duration: 2h (sem intervalo)
Coronation Singers, Singapura
Soli Deo Gloria, USA
emCANTUS, Portugal
Coro Juvenil de Auditorio de Tenerife, Spain
Children’s Choir “Canzona”, Poland
Awards Ceremony
Joint performance by the participating choirs