The 8th Al-Mutamid Music Festival takes place on Saturday 23rd February at the Lagos Cultural Centre, Lagos, Algarve, Portugal.The Festival consists of the exhibition ‘Arab Musical Instruments’ and the musical performance entitled: ‘Women and the Music of Al-andaluz’ by the group MEDITERRANEA.
The exhibition is open to the public from 15:00 PM and the live performance of MEDITERRANEA starts at 9.30PM. Cost 8 euros.
MEDITERRANEA will perform medieval music from three cultures: Arab, Jewish-Sephradite and Christian.
Hear the beautiful voice of MEDITERRANEA’s Sonia Palma.
The Lagos Cultural Centre is located at Rua Lançarote de Freitas, Lagos.
Lagos is 25 mins from Portimão/Praia da Rocha by train or car.
Note: the Festival aims to remember the poet king Al-Mutamid.
al-Mu'tamid, the poet-king of Seville, lived from 1040 to 1095 and is considered one of the most outstanding Andalusian poets of his age.
Links:
al-Mutamid: The Poet-King of Seville
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