From January to April 2026, on one Saturday a month, great names in music and art will perform recitals as part of the exhibition An Atlantic Drift.
The "Music at the Museum" cycle kicks off on January 3 with Ana Telles' piano recital, Silêncio em três tempos surreais, a journey between the unusual and the poetic inspired by surrealism.
Before each concert, take part in the guided tour and discover the dialogues that can be established between the works in the Berardo Collection and the composers.
Time: 15:30 (guided tour); 16:00 (concert)
Participation: free entry upon purchase of museum ticket, subject to the number of seats available
Target audience: over 6 years old
Venue: 2nd floor of the Museum of Contemporary Art
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Organization: MAC/CCB - Museum of Contemporary Art and CCB Centre for Architecture and the Performing Arts
Schedule
Three voices, by Morton Feldman
Morton Feldman, one of the most important composers of the 20th century experimental movement, associated with the New York avant-garde movement, maintained a close collaboration with artists such as John Cage, Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko and Philip Guston.
Dedicated to Joan La Barbara, Three Voices is a tribute by the composer to Philip Guston and Frank O'Hara.
Soprano Camila Mandillo
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Finished events
Transient replays
A repertoire that oscillates between the spiritual and the contemplative to the most hypnotic movements, as incessant in repetition as they are in transformation.
The program features the iconic Steve Reich, Philip Glass and Arvo Pärt, and celebrates their influence on the music of important guitar composers such as Gulli Björnsson, Atanas Ourkouzounov and Marek Pasieczny.
Duo Sirius classical and electric guitars Diogo João and Márcio Silva
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Sonatas and Interludes
Composed between 1946 and 1948, the work is written for prepared piano - a grand piano in which screws, nuts, rubbers and other objects are inserted between the strings to radically alter their sound, unveiling unexpected sonorities that largely evoke the Balinese gamelan and African drums.
More than just a listening experience, Sonatas e Interlúdios is meditative listening. The work invites the audience to lose themselves in texture, color and silence.
Piano Elsa Silva
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Silence in three surreal times
A journey between the visible and the invisible guided by the piano and its repertoire from the 19th and 20th centuries.
Inspired by surrealism, each piece evokes a universe in which time bends, logic dissolves and sound reveals inner landscapes of humor, satire, dreams, meditation and transcendence.
Piano Ana Telles
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