{"id":2442,"date":"2025-09-01T14:55:30","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T14:55:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dsch.pt\/?p=2442"},"modified":"2026-01-15T16:17:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T16:17:10","slug":"festival-internacional-de-musica-braganca-classicfest-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dsch.pt\/en\/festival-internacional-de-musica-braganca-classicfest-25\/","title":{"rendered":"BRAGAN\u00c7A CLASSIC FEST International Music Festival '25"},"content":{"rendered":"
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5th Edition | 2025<\/b><\/p>

In 2025, the year of its 5th edition, the Bragan\u00e7a Classic Fest International Music Festival<\/b> continues its mission of providing democratic access to artistic excellence.<\/p>

Since 2021, the Festival has offered unforgettable concerts, sold out by an enthusiastic, multigenerational audience, featuring some of the finest international orchestras\u2014from Vienna, Paris, Saint Petersburg, and Venice\u2014renowned figures of the global music scene such as Anna Samuil, G\u00e9rard Causs\u00e9, Diana Tischenko, Mario Hossen, Pascal Moragu\u00e8s, and Victor Julien-Laferri\u00e8re, among others, as well as unmissable national artists like Ant\u00f3nio Victorino d\u2019Almeida, Pedro Caldeira Cabral, and Sete L\u00e1grimas, alongside some of the greatest talents of the emerging generation.<\/p>

Between 27 September and 11 October<\/b>, Bragan\u00e7a once again becomes the epicenter of classical music with the 5th Bragan\u00e7a Classic Fest, nationally and internationally recognized as a landmark cultural event, celebrating musical excellence in community and contributing to the vitality and development of a unique region, full of charm and potential.<\/p>

One of the major highlights of this edition is the decentralization of the program<\/b> within the Municipality of Bragan\u00e7a: the Opening Concert will take place at the Basilica of Santo Cristo de Outeiro, a national monument since 1927 and the only basilica located in a Portuguese village. On 27 September, the prestigious ensemble Arte Minima<\/b>, under the direction of Pedro Sousa Silva<\/b>, will present the program The Golden Age of Portuguese Music<\/i>, dedicated to composers of the 16th and 17th centuries.<\/p>

Also for the first time, the Teatro Municipal de Bragan\u00e7a<\/b> will host three major orchestral concerts. Two of them will be performed by the Orquestra Sinf\u00f3nica do Principado das Ast\u00farias<\/b> (OSPA), returning to the Festival after the great success achieved in 2023. Under the direction of its principal conductor, Nuno Coelho<\/b>, OSPA will be the protagonist of the World Music Day Concert on 1 October, featuring the Overture to Mozart\u2019s opera The Magic Flute<\/i> and Beethoven\u2019s famous \u201cEroica\u201d Symphony, thus continuing the complete cycle of symphonies by the \u201cgenius of Bonn\u201d initiated in the Festival\u2019s 3rd edition. On 2 October, the program will present two masterpieces of Musical Romanticism: Schubert\u2019s \u201cUnfinished\u201d Symphony and Beethoven\u2019s Triple Concerto.<\/p>

Another highly anticipated moment is the concert on 11 October by the Orquestra Philharmonia Frankfurt<\/b>, performing in Portugal for the first time, under the direction of conductor Juri Gilbo<\/b> and featuring soloist Vladislav Lavrik<\/b>, one of the leading trumpeters of today, also making his debut in our country \u2013 thus closing the Festival on a high note.<\/p>

Among the outstanding musicians of this edition are the Swiss violinist Esther Hoppe<\/b>, who will perform on her 1722 Stradivarius \u201cDe Ahna\u201d violin, the Norwegian violist Lars Anders Tomter<\/b>, and the Swiss cellist Christian Polt\u00e9ra<\/b>, who will take centre stage in the concert by the renowned DSCH Schostakovich Ensemble<\/b> on 4 October.<\/p>

The Festival further strengthens the dialogue between Music and Heritage<\/b>\u2014a defining hallmark of the Classic Fest since its first edition\u2014with three concerts at the Church of S\u00e3o Francisco: on 3 October, the Ensemble L\u2019Amoureux Empire<\/b> (1st Prize in Baroque Music at the Pr\u00e9mio Jovens M\u00fasicos 2024) presents a programme dedicated to the Italian Baroque repertoire; on 9 October, the Quartz Quintet<\/b>, led by the Bragan\u00e7a-born violinist David Seixas<\/b>, offers a musical journey from Piazzolla to the 21st century; and on 10 October, the Juventus Ensemble<\/b> unveils a programme featuring two masterpieces of chamber music, Dvo\u0159\u00e1k\u2019s \u201cAmerican\u201d Quartet and Schumann\u2019s Piano Quintet.<\/p>

In parallel, the Bragan\u00e7a Classic Fest continues to develop its educational axis<\/b>, promoting masterclasses at the Bragan\u00e7a Conservatory of Music and Dance and open rehearsals at the Municipal Theatre, aimed at musicians and students from the region.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>

A special word of thanks to all those who make the International Music Festival Bragan\u00e7a Classic Fest possible, beginning with the Municipality of Bragan\u00e7a<\/b>, the Bragan\u00e7a Municipal Theatre<\/b> and DSCH \u2013 Associa\u00e7\u00e3o Musical<\/b>, promoters and organizers of this commendable initiative, as well as the festival\u2019s patron, BPI\/Funda\u00e7\u00e3o \u201cla Caixa\u201d<\/b>. I would also like to acknowledge the support of the Directorate-General for the Arts<\/b>, the Diocese of Miranda\u2013Bragan\u00e7a<\/b>, the media partner RTP Antena 2<\/b>, and, in particular, His Excellency the President of the Republic<\/b>, for once again granting his High Patronage.<\/p>

Welcome to the 5th edition of the Bragan\u00e7a Classic Fest<\/b>, a landmark cultural event that celebrates classical music with passion and excellence \u2013 from Bragan\u00e7a to the world<\/b>!<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Filipe Pinto-Ribeiro<\/b>
<\/b>Artistic Director of the BRAGAN\u00c7A CLASSIC FEST International Music Festival<\/p>

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