About
Organised by ABA – Banda de Alcobaça,
Associação de Artes, with the institutional support of the Municipality of
Alcobaça and the Portuguese Directorate-General for the Arts, Cistermúsica
provides a cultural programme of excellence, decentralised and accessible, with
some of the best music and dance interpreters, on the national and
international scene.
Over the course of 30 years, the festival has
had as its mission the development of new audiences for music, and for the arts
in general, as well as the enhancement of heritage, not only the musical and
immaterial, but also the architectural historic heritage, whose fruition and
public knowledge has driven.
The connection to heritage is immediately
evident in the designation of the festival, which refers to the Cistercian
heritage and the stages where it is presented, whose epicenter is the Monastery
of Alcobaça and its multiplicity of spaces, some of which are only accessible
to the public on this occasion.
Every year Cistermúsica turns Alcobaça (Portugal) into a place of pilgrimage for music lovers, bringing the best national and international musicians to the majestic scenery of the Alcobaça Monastery, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The 32nd edition will take place between 28 June and 3 August 2024. The programme includes more than 40 concerts under the motto “Timeless”, evoking the undeniable universal dimension of music, which is reflected not only in the quality and diversity of the groups and artists, but also in the contrast of styles that contribute to the richness of the programme.
In recent years, Cistermúsica has evolved into a Season, maintaining the Festival as the highlight of the programme in the summer, but filling out the year-round offer with artistic proposals. Currently, the Cistermúsica Season includes other events on the calendar, such as Cistermúsica Sacra, which takes place during the Easter period and focuses on choral music, and Cistermúsica Fronteiras, a contemporary music series that takes place in the last quarter of the year.
Essentials
Festival coordinator
José Rafael Rodrigues
Contact
E: prod@cistermusica.com
T: +351 262 597 611
Rua Frei António Brandão, n.38/44,
2460-047 Alcobaça
https://www.cistermusica.com/en
Social media
Videos
- Momento I - Constança CapdevilleCapdeville Ensemble Cistermúsica Fronteiras 2023 4 de novembro de 2023 Cine-Teatro de Alcobaça - João d'Oliva Monteiro O Capdeville Ensemble...
- Ana Pagará · Diretora do Mosteiro de Alcobaça"Um Festival de absoluta excelência, à escala do monumento que o acolhe", caracterizou Ana Pagará, por ocasião do concerto de abertura desta edi...
- Américo Rodrigues · Diretor-Geral das ArtesO Diretor-Geral das Artes esteve presente no concerto de abertura e destacou "a longa trajetória de qualidade a que o Festival nos habituou". Amé...
News
- Cistermusica: a meeting point for music lovers24 May 2024Organised by ABA – Banda de Alcobaça, Associação de Artes, with the institutional support of the Municipality of Alcobaça and the Portuguese Directorate-General for the Arts, Cistermúsica...
- Book: Festival em Tempo de Pandemia (Festival in Pandemic Times)14 June 2022The book "Festival em Tempo de Pandemia" (Festival in Pandemic Times) is a work of art and of history. It combines the best images by photographer Sara Leonardo with texts by João Neves. Both have...
- Cistermusica on the road17 August 2020Despite all the uncertainties and the impact of the coronavirus in cultural life, Cistermúsica 2020 went ahead! Maintaining as principal stage the unique monumental environment of the Alcobaça...