EBORAE MVSICA - Coro Polifónico

EBORAE MVSICA - Polyphonic Choir

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Polyphonic Choir

This production by Numérica, in cooperation with the Musical Association Eboræ Musica, presents the EBORÆ MVSICA Polyphonic Choir, directed by Maestro Pedro Teixeira, interpreting works by three polyphonic composers of the School of Music of the Cathedral of Évora (16th and 17th Centuries): Frei Manuel Cardoso, Francisco Martins and Diogo Dias Melgaz.

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In September 1987, the Polyphonic Choir of the Musical Association of Evora, “Eborae Mvsica”, made its first public appearance as part of the cultural event, “People and Arts”.

This choir has performed in Portugal and abroad, interpreting not only polyphony of the School of the Cathedral of Evora (16th and 17th Centuries), but also various works from different epochs, with emphasis on the 20th-Century. 

The choir’s first CD is dedicated exclusively to the polyphony of the School of the Cathedral of Evora, and was recorded with the participation of Antoine Sibertin Blanc and the group of Pedro Caldeira Cabral, under the direction of Maestro Francisco d’Orey, in November 1996, as part of the commemorations of the 10th anniversary of the classification of Évora as a World Heritage Site. The choir has also recorded for the collection “The Best Choirs of the Region” and for the program “Acontece”, of RTP2.

Some highlights of the choir’s international performances were its participation in the “Europália 91”, in Belgium; in the workshop: “School of Music of the Cathedral of Évora” in Kosice, Slovakia, at the invitation of the Choir of the Technical University of Kosice, who participated in the 2nd session on this theme, hosted by the Association Eborae Mvsica, in Évora, in 1999; and 16th International Festival “Encounters with Polyphony”, in Giarre, Sicily, Italy, in 2001; in Denmark, in 2002 in exchange with the Choir of Roskilde, as part of the MECINE network; in 22nd International Festival of Choirs and the 10th International Competition of Sacred Music (2004), of Preveza, Greece, where the choir received the bronze medal.

Ref.: NUM 1130