Friday night 27th February 2009 is time to hear the Portuguese Guitar at the TEMPO, Portimão

The TEMPO (Portimão’s Municipal Theatre) invites lovers of the Portuguese Guitar to spend Friday night enjoying the beautiful sound from the guitar of Ricardo Parreira

Friday 27th February, 10PM
Venue: TEMPO - TEatro Municipal de POrtimão).

Location: TEMPO - TEatro Municipal de POrtimão).
Address: Largo 1º Dezembro, 8500-538 Portimão, Phone: (+351) 282 480 496

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Links & Notes:

So young and so talented Ricardo Parreira follows the footsteps of the great Portuguese guitar players such as Carlos Paredes, José Nunes, Francisco Carvalhinho ou Armandinho.

“Nas veias de uma guitarra” is the name of the first album launched in 2007, a tribute to the guitar player Fernando Alvim – who accompanied Carlos Paredes for more than 20 years.

Ricardo Parreira on myspace

‘The Portuguese guitar or Portuguese guitarra (Portuguese: guitarra portuguesa) is a plucked string instrument with twelve steel strings, strung in six courses comprising of two strings each. It has a distinctive tuning mechanism. It is most notably associated with fado, although it has and is being used in a broader context.’ (wikipedia)


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Portimão Tivoli Arade Ladies Open Singles Finals on Sunday 22nd February 2009

With more than 10,000 euros in prize money the Tivoli Arade Ladies Open competition is underway with the participation of last year’s finalist Nina Bratchikova.

Other participants include: Catarina Ferreira, Joana Pangaio, Maria João Koelher & Ana Claro.

The pairs final is on Saturday 21st February whilst the ladies final will take place on Sunday 22nd February. Both finals starting at 11AM.

Location & Contact: Clube de Ténis de Portimão e Rocha, Complexo Municipal de Ténis de Portimão, Portimão, 8500- 652 – Portugal
Email : geral@tenisportimao.com
Tel. 282 418780
Fax. 282 413087

Entrance: Free of charge

Links

List of female tennis players (wikipedia)

Clube de Ténis da Praia da Rocha (website)

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35th Cycle Tour de Algarve starts today in Albufeira and ends on Sunday 22nd February in Portimão

The Tour consists of 5 stages starting in Albufeira and finishing in Portimão.

On Sunday 22nd February, at 2PM enjoy the arrival of the cyclists at Portimão’s pretty Riverside area as they complete the Tour and the final stage.

The Tour de Algarve covers 734,6 km.

Wednesday 18 Feb: 1st stage, Albufeira - Olhão, 173,6 km
Thursday 19 Feb: 2nd stage, Lagoa - Lagos, 183,5 km
Friday 20 Feb: 3rd stage, VR Sto. António - Alto do Malhão, 175 km
Saturday 21 Feb: 4th stage, Castro Marim - Tavira, 33,7 km (CRI)
Sunday 22 Feb: 5th stage, Vila do Bispo - Portimão, 168,8 km

Note: At Praia da Rocha you can rent a bike from Motorent.
A great way to travel around and sightsee Praia da Rocha, Alvor, Ferragudo and Portimão!

Last year (2008) the Tour de Algarve was won by the Belgian Stijn Devolder (team Quickstep).

The first man to arrive in Portimão during the 5th and last stage was the Austrian Berhard Eisel (team Milram).

Links:

Other International competitions :

Tour de France 2009

Tour de Britain 2009

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Portuguese group Deolinda at the TEMPO, Portimão, Saturday 21st February

With the voice of Ana Bacalhau Deolinda is not quite typical Fado…
For one thing they do not use the Portuguese guitar…but they are taking Fado to another level and they are extremely popular right now!

Saturday 21st February, 9.30PM
Venue: TEMPO - TEatro Municipal de POrtimão).

Location: TEMPO - TEatro Municipal de POrtimão).
Address: Largo 1º Dezembro, 8500-538 Portimão, Phone: (+351) 282 480 496

Tickets are €15

Deolinda is:
Ana Bacalhau, Vocals,
Zé Pedro Leitão, Double Bass,
Pedro da Silva Martins, classical guitar
Luís José Martins, classical guitar.


Links & Notes:

QUEM É A DEOLINDA? / WHO IS DEOLINDA?

"O seu nome é Deolinda e tem idade suficiente para saber que a vida não é tão fácil como parece, solteira de amores, casada com desamores, natural de Lisboa, habita um rés-do-chão algures nos subúrbios da capital. Compõe as suas canções a olhar por entre as cortinas da janela, inspirada pelos discos de grafonola da avó e pela vida bizarra dos vizinhos. Vive com 2 gatos e um peixinho vermelho..."

"...Her name is Deolinda and she is old enough to realize that life isnt as easy as it seems. Merrily unmarried, in love and out of love, born in Lisbon, she inhabits a ground floor apartment somewhere in the suburbs of the capital. She writes her own songs by peeking through the curtains of her window, drawing inspiration from the old gramophone records that once belonged to her grandmother and by the bizarre and strange life of her neighbours. She lives with 2 cats and a gold fish..."

Deolinda é um original projecto de música popular portuguesa (MPP), inspirado pelo fado e as suas origens tradicionais. Formado em 2006 por 4 jovens músicos com experiências musicais diversas (jazz, música clássica, música étnica e tradicional), procuram, através do cruzamento das diferentes linguagens e pesquisa musical, recriar uma sonoridade de cariz popular que sirva de base às composições originais do grupo.

Deolinda is a project from Lisbon inspired by fado and its traditional roots in order to create original songs based on portuguese traditional and popular music. It came to life in 2006, by the hands of 4 young musicians with diverse musical backgrounds and experiences (such as classical music, jazz, ethnical and traditional music), searching to recreate a sound rooted in popular music through the crossing of different musical languages and musical research serving as a base for the group's original compositions. By Deolinda on myspace

Deolinda on youtube

Deolinda - Mal Por Mal (S. Jorge)



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Freefly competition at Portimão’s municipal airfield in Alvor

Watch the Freefly competition this coming weekend (21st and 22nd Feb; from 9AM).

You can watch on giant screens the Freefly competition taking place at Portimão’s airfield in Alvor. Watch the images captured by the ‘cameraflyers’!

Time to watch the fliers in vertical flight falling feet first and then head first!

Saturday 21st February - Sunday, 22nd February, from 9AM
‎Address: Montes de Alvor
Portimão 8501, Portugal

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Links & Notes:

Freeflying is a skydiving discipline which began circa 1994 by a group of skydivers who wanted to experiment with non-traditional forms of flight.

Freeflying is an expansion of skydiving which includes the traditional belly-to-earth positions, but extends into vertical flight where the flyer is in an upright position (falling feet first) or in an inverted position (falling head first). These positions increase freefall speeds and make new types of formations and routines possible. (wikipedia)

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Carnival in the Algarve is a time to have fun and party!

There are festivities and dance parties throughout the Algarve (and Portugal) during Carnival week. The town of Loulé is famous for the most elaborate parades and this year is no exception. Preparations have been underway for weeks. Rehearsals ensure that all goes smoothly on the day! Carnival spirit is infectious and involves everyone. Parades involving children are very popular.

Portimão, Alvor, Figueira and Mexilhoeira Grande are also gearing up for Carnival.

Carnival parades will start on Sunday 22nd at 2PM in the streets of Figueira & Mexilhoeira Grande followed by dance parties (Baile in Portuguese).

On Shrove Tuesday (24th) carnival participants will parade through Portimão starting at 3PM in the Riverside area.

On the same day at 2.30PM the streets of Alvor will be stage for similar folly.


Links & Notes:

‘Carnival is a festive season which occurs immediately before Lent; the main events are usually during January and February. Carnival typically involves a public celebration or parade combining some elements of a circus and public street party. People often dress up or masquerade during the celebrations.’ (Wikipedia)


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Friday night 20th February 2009 is time for Jazz by the Jorge Moniz Quarteto at the TEMPO, Portimão

The TEMPO (Portimão’s Municipal Theatre) invites lovers of Jazz to spend Friday night enjoying Jazz improvisation by the Jorge Moniz Quarteto.

Friday 20th February, 10PM
Venue: TEMPO - TEatro Municipal de POrtimão)

Location: TEMPO - TEatro Municipal de POrtimão).
Address: Largo 1º Dezembro, 8500-538 Portimão, Phone: (+351) 282 480 496

The Jorge Moniz Quarteto is
Mário Delgado - Guitar
Júlio Resende - Piano
João Custódio – Double Bass
Jorge Moniz - Drums

Links & Notes:

Jorge Moniz Quarteto (myspace)

Jorge Moniz Quarteto official website

Jorge Moniz by Jorge Moniz (in Portuguese; from myspace)
‘Experiência como músico profissional

Ao longo da sua actividade como músico profissional, tem trabalhado com agrupamentos que vão desde a música erudita (na Camerata Musical do Barreiro, como pianista), até às áreas do rock, blues (Old Blues Band), Bossa Nova, Samba (com os músico Sílvia Nazário e Cláudio Kumar no projecto ‘Bossa e outras novas’) e, principalmente, ao jazz (nestas últimas como baterista).

Na sua actividade como baterista tem trabalhado com nomes como o contrabaixista Zé Eduardo (com quem participou, para além dos espectáculos de pequenas formações por todo o país, num concerto de Big Band em 1999 no Festival internacional de Jazz de Loulé), participou, também, desde o início da sua formação, com o quarteto do trompetista Hugo Alves (com quem ainda colabora com frequência, e de onde se destacam as apresentações no Festival Internacional de Jazz de Faro 2001, no ciclo de Jazz de Lagos, em Agosto de 2002, que contou com a presença do pianista portuense Pedro Guedes, actuações em Sevilha, Badajoz, Salamanca, Pontevedra, Corunha, Lisboa (Hot Clube) e Funchal).

Do seu percurso, ainda como baterista, fazem também parte os nomes de Nuno Ferreira e Nelson Cascais (com quem participou no programa televisivo da RTP «Ouvir e Falar» do maestro António Victorino d’Almeida, onde esteve presente Luis Villas-Boas), os contrabaixistas Bernardo Moreira e Nuno Correia, o pianista João Maurílio (com apresentações em trio), o saxofonista Jorge Reis, o saxofonista espanhol António Mesa (apresentações em Portugal e Espanha), o guitarrista Vasco Agostinho, Afonso Pais, Bruno Santos, entre outros.

Em 2003 gravou o cd ‘Estranha Natureza’ com o quarteto de Hugo Alves, que foi considerado pelo site ‘Jazzportugal’ o melhor cd de jazz português desse ano e, em 2005, o cd ‘Taksi’ com o mesmo músico, desta vez em trio, com o contrabaixista Zé Eduardo.

Na área do Jazz trabalha frequentemente com os pianistas Júlio Resende e João Maurílio e com as cantoras Vânia Fernandes e Angelina.’ (myspace)


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