City to City: Urban Crossroads in the Music of Africa, Brazil and Portugal
DATE: Wednesday 29 June – Friday 1 July 2016
VENUES: Anatomy Museum, King’s College London & Brazilian Embassy

Programme schedule:


Tuesday 28 June - Barbican Centre:

Wednesday 29 June, afternoon – Anatomy Museum, King's College London:

  • 14.00-14.30: Symposium Registration and Coffee
  • 14.30-16.30: Introduction and Panel 1: Relocating Rio de Janeiro

Wednesday 29 June, evening – Brazilian Embassy:

  • 18.00-18.10: Official opening of the Symposium – Prof. David Treece, Dr. Vinicius Mariano de Carvalho
  • 18:10: Bate-papo with Martinho da Vila on the influence of African music in Brazil (registration required)
  • 18.50-19.30: A Noiva do Condutor (The Tram Conductor’s Sweetheart) - an Operetta for Radio by Noel Rosa and Arnold Gluckmann - King’s Brazil Ensemble and soloists, conducted by Dr Vinicius de Carvalho (King’s Brazil Institute)
  • 19.30-20.30: Round-table discussion on Noel Rosa, samba and musical life in 1930s Rio de Janeiro

Thursday 30 June - Anatomy Museum, King’s College London:

  • 10.00-12.00: Panel 2: Colonial and post-colonial transnationalisms
  • 12.00-13.30: Lunch and Film screening: Saudade do Futuro (Marie-Clemence & Cesar Paes)
  • 13.30-15.30: Panel 3: Migrations and diasporas
  • 15.30-16.00: Tea
  • 16.00-18.00: Panel 4: Brazilian music abroad
  • 18.00-19.30: Round-table discussion on Brazilian music in London

Friday 1 July - Anatomy Museum, King’s College London:

  • 10.30-12.30: Panel 5: Demetropolitanizing Brazil – Other cities
  • 12.30-14.00: Lunch and Film screening: A Batalha do Passinho (Emilio Domingos)
  • 14.00-16.00: Panel 6: Music industries, scenes and technologies
  • 16.00-16.30: Tea
  • 16.30-17.00: Final reflection and commentary - Professor Ananya Jahanara Kabir
  • 18.00-22.00: Closing Performances by Symposium participants and London-based musicians, with buffet dinner

City to City: Urban Crossroads in the Music of Africa, Brazil and Portugal