Dulce Pontes Performs Portuguese Fado at the Kimmel Center’s Perelman Theater on May 5
April 24, 2007
One of the most well known and respected Portuguese voices, Dulce Pontes will perform Portuguese fado at the Kimmel Center’s Perelman Theater on Saturday, May 5 at 7:30pm. Pontes has been considered the successor of Amália Rodrigues with her ability to infuse new meaning in fado, an emotive, regenerative source of Portuguese music that is best heard through live performance. The 2006 release of O Coração Tem Três Portas ("The Heart Has Three Doors") is Pontes’ eighth album and her first produced album that combines Portuguese popular music, folklore, medieval music and fado of Coimbra. She has collaborated with Italian composer Ennio Morricone, Brazilian singer Caetano Veloso, Andrea Bocelli, Cesária Évora, and jazz saxophonist Wayne Shorter.
Tickets for Dulce Pontes are $36 and $46 and can be purchased by calling 215-893-1999, online at www.kimmelcenter.org, or at the Kimmel Center box office, open daily from 10pm to 6pm and later on performance evenings. (Additional fees may apply.) For group sales call 215-790-5883.
A limited number of $10 tickets are available for every Kimmel Center Presents performance at the Kimmel Center. Tickets go on sale the day of the event and can be purchased at the Kimmel Center box office beginning 2.5 hours prior to curtain time and 11:30am for matinees. Limit one ticket per person.
Brazilian writer Paulo Coelho has said of Pontes’ 2003 release of Focus: "…This album holds the mystery of things that have never been said out loud. It urges us to share them with the ones we love, but also with the rest of the silent and intense universe that surrounds us."
Dulce Pontes has performed live in mythic stages such as the Royal Albert Hall in London, Arena di Verona in Rome, the Milano Mazda Palace and Tokyo International Forum Hall. She first established her career as a Portuguese Fado singer in 1991 when she reached 8th place in the Eurovision Song Contest. The song "Lusitana Paixao" followed with her first recording called Lusitana (1992). In 1993, the CD Lágrimas caught world wide attention with the song "Cancao do Mar" featured in the film Primal Fear. It became one of Portugal’s best-selling albums of all time. Additional CDs include A Brisa do Coração ("Three Doors of the Heart" 1995), Caminhos (1996), and O Primeiro Canto (1999), all of which reveal Pontes’ multi-faceted talent and ability to infuse new life in traditional folkloric and popular songs. Her career has been marked with non-stop world wide tours and collaborations with Andrea Bocelli, Jose Carreras, Cesária Évora, Caetano Veloso, Daniela Mercury, Simone, Marisa Monte, Carlos Nunez, The Chieftains, and Eleftheria Arvanitaki. Her creative partnership with Ennio Morricone marked the release of Focus (2003).
Kimmel Center Presents' 2006/2007 season is supported by: Mellon Financial Corporation, University of Pennsylvania Health System, National Endowment for the Arts, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, ARC Wheeler, The William Penn Foundation, The Wachovia Foundation, Verizon Foundation, The Presser Foundation, Philadelphia Music Project and Dance Advance, Initiatives of The Pew Charitable Trust administered by The University of the Arts. American Airlines is the Official Airline of Kimmel Center Presents. Toyota is the Official Vehicle of Kimmel Center Presents Jazz and World Pop programming. NBC-10 is a Media Partner for Kimmel Center Presents. The Philadelphia Inquirer, the Philadelphia Daily News, and Philly.com are media sponsors for the Great Orchestras on Tour series.
FREE AT THE KIMMEL events are made possible through the Wachovia Gateway to the Arts Community Access Program supported by a generous grant from Wachovia Foundation.
KIMMEL CENTER PRESENTS
Saturday, May, 5, 2007 | 7:30pm
Perelman Theater
Planet World Series
Dulce Pontes
Dulce Pontes, vocals
Davide Zaccaria, cello, acoustic bass guitar
Amadeu Magalhães, flute, braguesa, gaita de foles
Filipe Lucas, fado guitar
Paulo Feiteira, acoustic guitar
FREE AT THE KIMMEL EVENT
Saturday, May 5, 2007 | 11:30am
Commonwealth Plaza Stage
Montgomery County Youth Orchestra
The Montgomery County Youth Orchestra will perform prior to the Organ Recital Marathon on the Commonwealth Plaza Stage.
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