A one-hour journey through
Portuguese contemporary
Music and Poetry
Live every Thursday at 9pm in Porto at Auditório CCOP
About
CANTO is a regular event promoting Portuguese contemporary music and poetry.
Some of the most talented Portuguese musicians play, live on stage, 10 of the most representative songs of the past decades, preceded by the reading (with english subtitles) of some of the most beautiful Portuguese poems by authors such as Fernando Pessoa, José Saramago and Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen.
10 songs and 10 poems that represent some of the best works in Portuguese culture.
Songs
Spanning 6 decades of Portuguese music, the current show features compositions by José Afonso, José Mário Branco, Sérgio Godinho, Clã, Ornatos Violeta, GNR, Samuel Úria, António Variações, Retimbrar and Madredeus.
Poems
Starting in the early 20th century with a poem by Alberto Caeiro (Fernando Pessoa) the list of poems included in this show comes all the way to our days, with the reading of poems by António Manuel Pina, Adilia Lopes, Claudia R. Sampaio, Eugénio de Andrade, José Saramago, Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen, Mário Cesariny, Maria Teresa Horta and Matilde Campilho.
Our Partners
The organizations supporting Portuguese culture.
