Program schedule 
draft (v. 2025-05-06)

17/07/2025

Conservatório – Escola das Artes da Madeira

Reception | Opening; Sessions

18:00h Welcome by the institutional collaborators

18:30h Welcome Recital

19:00h Welcome-Cocktail

 

 

18/07/2025

Conservatório – Escola das Artes da Madeira

Morning: Sessions

Lunch (included)

Museu de História Natural

14:00h Visit | Presentation about Madeira and its unique natural characteristics | Workshop-I Earth Vibrations by artist Michelle Atherton (Sheffield Institute of Arts)

IVBAM

17:30h Visit to the musical instruments exhibition of art and handcraft from Madeira artisans at the ‘Institute of the Wine, Embroidery and Handicraft of Madeira’ (IVBAM) | Visit to João Henriques Workshop

18:00h ‘Madeira de honra’, a special event prepared for the participants, for the taste of the famous ‘vinho da Madeira’ / Recital with 19th-century music from Madeira, as a demonstration of a square piano repaired at the Workshop of João Henriques by Larysa da Costa (restorer; violin) and Judit Vig (piano) / Musical Moment by the group Otus Mauli

 

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19/07/2025

Funchal

Morning: Associação Xarabanda – visit to permanent exhibition of musical instruments and archive; Workshop (traditional idiophones) by José Camacho | Museu da Quinta das Cruzes – visit and Workshop-II Earth Vibrations by artist Michelle Atherton | Museu Frederico de Freitas – visit (piano collection)

Conservatório – Escola das Artes da Madeira

Lunch (included)

Afternoon: Sessions; Panel: The craft of musical instruments: restoration, construction, innovation and historically informed replicas

16:30h Recital by members from Associação Xarabanda (traditional music from Madeira)

Centro de Congressos

18:00h Concert by the Classical Orchestra of Madeira (Orquestra Clássica da Madeira)

 

 

20/07/2025

Conservatório – Escola das Artes da Madeira

Morning: Workshop on the rabab by Dr Thilo Hirsch (Switzerland, University of Bern/Erforschung von fellbespannten Streichinstrumenten des späten Mittelalters und der frühen Renaissance und deren Rekonstruktion); Sessions

Lunch (included)

Afternoon: Sessions

Centro de Congressos

18:00h Concert by the Conservatoire Orchestra

Dinner (not included)

Assembleia Legislativa, Salão Nobre (Noble Hall)

21:00h Concert Fabulae, jazz with Livio Minafra (piano) and Dario Doronzo (flugelhorn/trumpet)

 

 

21/07/2025

Conservatório – Escola das Artes da Madeira

Morning: Workshop of Jazz and Improvisation by Prof.s Livio Minafra and Dario Doronzo (Italy) and recital; Sessions; Panel: About the present times of artistical education

Lunch (included)

Convento de Santa Clara

14:00h visit | Demonstration of the historical organ and harmonium by Nelson Quintal

Igreja de S. João Evangelista (Colégio)

15:00h visit | Demonstration of the historical organ by Nelson Quintal

Sé do Funchal

15:30h visit | Demonstration of the historical organ by Nelson Quintal

Museu de Arte Sacra

16:00h visit (iconography)

Dinner (not included)

Assembleia Legislativa, Salão Nobre (Noble Hall)

21:00h Concert with Maestro and Composer Professor Dr Graham Hair and Scottish Voices

 

 

22/07/2025

Trip-1

Câmara de Lobos, Museu da Imprensa

Visit | Exhibition To the sound of cordophones by João Henriques | Local products tasting | Round-table: Music on the tracks of Artificial Intelligence | MadeiConcert

Ponta do Sol

Lunch

Salão Nobre da Câmara Municipal de Ponta do Sol

Round-table: Past, present and future of Organology | MadeiConcert with demonstration of the historical organ at the Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Luz

Calheta, MUDAS

Round-table: Music in simbiose (with other arts) | Concert Loudspeaker orchestra | MadeiConcert

Banquet-dinner (offered to registered active participants)

21:00h Concert Intrecci sonori, “Sound intricacies” of jazz with Livio Minafra (piano) and Dario Doronzo (flugelhorn/trumpet)

 

 

23/07/2025

Trip-2

Machico

Visit | MadeiConcert with the special participation from the ‘Tuna de Câmara de Machico’ orchestra, and demonstration of the historical organ at the Igreja Matriz

Lunch

Porto da Cruz, Santana, Miradouro, Porto Moniz

Visits to places of interest

Dinner

Calheta, MUDAS

21:00h Concert by legendary Pianist Martin Jones (UK)

Closing of the Congress ANIMUSIC 2025