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The 29th edition of Guimarães Jazz will take place from November 12 to 21, with nine concerts and a hundred musicians, most of them Portuguese but also some foreigners residing in Portugal, it was announced today.
Due to the restrictions imposed on 121 municipalities, including Guimarães, in the context of the covid-19 pandemic, the start time of the concerts was brought forward at 7:30 p.m. (Wednesday, Thursday and Friday) and at 7:00 p.m. hours. Saturdays and Sundays), thus allowing collection before 10:30 p.m.
The shows will take place in the main auditorium of the Vila Flor Cultural Center, whose capacity has been reduced from 800 to 396 seats.
At a press conference, the Councilor for Culture of the Chamber of Guimarães and president of A Oficina, Adelina Pinto, said that this year’s festival will be “necessarily different” due to the pandemic, but stressed that the safeguarding rules will be followed “religiously. “. everyone’s health.
“There is no danger,” he said, realizing that the room’s contingency plan is approved by Civil Protection and that the event “does not have an unfavorable opinion” from the public health authorities.
One of the highlights of the program will be the performance of the Dutch Radiohead Jazz Symphony, with the Guimarães Orchestra.
On stage, names such as Andy Sheppard, Peter Evans, César Cardoso, Julian Argüelles, Pedro Melo Alves, Sonoscopia, Porta-Jazz and Big Band from the Escuela Superior de Música y Artes Escénicas (ESMAE), among others, will pass through the stage.
“In this edition there is a very strong Portuguese component, in addition to foreign musicians of an undeniable level who live in Portugal,” said the festival’s programmer.
Ivo Martins admitted that, due to the pandemic, this edition lacks some components that have been the hallmark of the festival, such as jams, workshops and street activities.
“We had to give up all this for security reasons,” he said, stressing, however, that everything possible was done to “keep the festival going,” given the “strong commitment” created with the public, during the 28 editions. previous. .
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