In the year in which it celebrates its 50th anniversary, the Universidade Nova de Lisboa is awarding Gilberto Gil the title of Doctor Honoris Causa for his invaluable contribution to culture and citizenship.
In the days leading up to and following the ceremony, scheduled for 31 October, the cycle Brasil na Nova – in homage to Gilberto Gil presents a series of concerts and initiatives designed to echo Gil’s work, reflect on it and its reverberations from the University as a space for questioning.
On 22 October, with the concert “Ventos do Brasil e de Portugal” (Winds of Brazil and Portugal), a series of performances of Luso-Brazilian musical repertoire will begin, the result of a collaboration between the Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra, the Centre for the Study of Sociology and Musical Aesthetics (CESEM) of the Faculty of Social and Human Sciences and the Embassy of Brazil. This concert will feature a new arrangement of Gil’s “Domingo no Parque”, commissioned for this occasion by the Italian composer Aldo Brizzi.
The Ciclo Brasil na Nova continues after the ceremony on the 31st, in which pianist Júlio Resende will perform an “Improvisation for Gilberto Gil”, with an unprecedented concert by Resende and António Zambujo, entitled “Língua”, on 2 November, in which the two artists present a musical journey through Portuguese and Brazilian language and culture.
On 3 November, musician, professor and composer José Miguel Wisnik will present a lecture-show entitled “A Terceira Margem do Rio – poesia e canção brasileira”, a commented concert (voice and piano) on the literary imbrications of Brazilian popular song.
To close this tribute, on 9 November, we present the second concert by the Metropolitana Soloists, entitled “Trompetes do Brasil”.
Programme of the Brasil na Nova cycle – in homage to Gilberto Gil:
22nd October: “Ventos do Brasil e de Portugal”, concert by the Metropolitana Soloists
31st October: Ceremony; “Improvisation for Gilberto Gil”, by pianist Júlio Resende
2nd November: “Língua”, concert by Júlio Resende and António Zambujo
3rd November: Class-show “The Third Bank of the River – Brazilian poetry and song”, by José Miguel Wisnik
9th November: “Trompetes do Brasil”, concert by the Metropolitana Soloists