On 22 February, at 6.30pm, in the Treasurer’s Room of the Machado de Castro National Museum, the Orquestra Clássica do Centro, as part of its programme for 2025, will perform the first of its concerts remembering Miguel Torga, on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of his death.

The concert was commented on by Manuel Castelo Branco (director of the Miguel Torga Institute), with the participation of actor Guilherme de Bastos Lima.
Under the baton of the OCC’s guest conductor for this programme, Cláudio Ferreira, will be performed :
– Symphony No. 1, op 21 by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827). Rui Campos Leitão writes that ‘while it’s true that the First Symphony is the most conservative of all Beethoven’s symphonies, it’s also true that it was with it that the composer announced “what he had come for”: to break new ground in the light of a deeply individual conscience, but one that was always awake to the world around it and projecting itself into posterity.’

– the Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, op. 35 – Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893), with Sirui Zhou as soloist.
Tchaikovsky composed this work in just one month. Considered one of the most difficult violin concertos ever written, it was initially dedicated to Leopold Auer, first violin of the string quartet of the Russian Musical Society and the orchestras of the Imperial Theatres of St Petersburg, who found it impossible to play. Saddened by this, Tchaikovsky prepared a second edition, this time dedicated to the violinist Adolph Brodsky, who premiered it in Vienna on 4 December 1881 under the direction of Hans Richter.

With free admission, limited to existing space, bookings can be made from 10 February at www.orquestraclassicadocentro.org or at the Pavilhão Centro de Portugal from 2.30pm from Monday to Saturday.The jazz quartet formed by Moisés Viegas on piano, Mauro Ribeiro on guitar, João Cação on double bass and Nuno Oliveira on drums brings a sui generis approach to the American songbook. With a repertoire that explores the roots of classic jazz, the group mixes different arrangements and creative improvisations, giving new life to iconic themes.
The interaction between the musicians is fluid, creating a sound that ranges from intimacy to bursts of energy. This quartet offers an immersion in the legacy of jazz, revered through a contemporary and captivating interpretation.