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Madalena de Azeredo Perdigão
100 photographs
In the year that marks the centenary of Madalena de Azeredo Perdigão's birth, we present a gallery of images from the Gulbenkian Archives that portray her in the different roles she played in the Foundation over more than three decades.
1959 – 1969
Event at the Musical Society União do Beato
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International Exhibition of Antique Instruments
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Doctorate “Honoris Causa” of Azeredo Perdigão by Coimbra
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Children’s Musical Initiation Courses
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The President of the Foundation’s 1962 trip to the Middle East
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VII Gulbenkian Music Festival
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Azeredo Perdigão receives British decoration
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The President of the Foundation’s 1964 trip to the Middle East
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Jean-Philippe Rameau Centenary Exhibition
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Honorary members of the National Union of Musicians
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10th Anniversary of the Founder’s Death
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Calouste Gulbenkian Awards for Music Composition, Art History and Art Criticism
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The President of the Foundation’s 1966 trip to Brazil
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Visit of the Brazilian Minister of Foreign Affairs
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The President of the Foundation’s trip to Baghdad
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Visit of the Minister of Justice of Brazil
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Inauguration of Avenida Calouste Gulbenkian
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Exhibition “Art Portugais. Peinture et sculpture du Naturalisme à nos jours”
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Conference “Ma vie heureuse” by Darius Milhaud
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Visit of the Chancellor of West Germany
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The President of the Foundation’s trip to Vatican
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Inauguration of the Gulbenkian Headquarters and Museum
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Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Mangualde Hospital
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Calouste Gulbenkian Latinity Awards
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1970 – 1973
Gulbenkian Ballet Group programme
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Italian decoration awarded to Madalena de Azeredo Perdigão
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Symphonic Concert by the Philadelphia Philharmonic Orchestra
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Visit of Catholicos Vasken I, Patriarch of Armenians
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II Congress of the International Association of Teachers of Music Education and Didactics Edgar Willems
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The President of the Foundation’s 1971 trip to Brazil
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Conference “Una aventura musical a la sombra de Santiago”
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Visit of D. António Ribeiro, Patriarch of Lisbon
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Visit by Arpad Szenes and Maria Helena Vieira da Silva
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Press conference by composer André Almuró
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Press conference by composer Luciano Berio
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V International Congress on Conservation of Paintings and Graphic Arts
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French decoration awarded to Madalena de Azeredo Perdigão
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Exhibition “Bertina”
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The President of the Foundation’s trip to Guinea
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Exhibition “Xenakis”
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Introduction of the Gulbenkian Orchestra’s chief conductor
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Interview for the newspaper “Diário Popular”
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1981 – 1989
Exhibition “Preview of the Centro de Arte Moderna”
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Portuguese decoration awarded to Madalena de Azeredo Perdigão
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87th Birthday of President José de Azeredo Perdigão
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Exhibition “Almada”
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Show “Antes de começar”
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Exhibition “Pomar. 1 ano de desenho. 4 poetas no Metropolitano de Lisboa”
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Conference “The Portrait in Contemporary Art”
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Colloquium “1984 – o futuro é já hoje?”
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“Exhibition-dialogue on contemporary art in Europe”
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Construction of the Torre do Tombo building
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“Literaturas dos Países Africanos de Língua Portuguesa – Tradição e Modernidade”
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89th Birthday of President José de Azeredo Perdigão
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Show “Poemas das cidades”
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Portrait of Madalena de Azeredo Perdigão
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Traineeship “African Dance (non folkloric)”
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Exhibition “As flores”
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90th Birthday of President José de Azeredo Perdigão
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Visit by the King and Queen of Sweden
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Dance performance by Dansgroep Krisztina de Chatel
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Dance performance by Compagnie Claude Brumachon
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Visit of the President of the French Republic
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Theatre show “Hamlet”
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Visit of the Prime Minister of the Portuguese Republic
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Show “Voz do Sul”
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Conference “The Theatre in Portugal”
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91st Birthday of President José de Azeredo Perdigão
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Exhibition “René Lalique – Schmuckkunst des Jugendstils”
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Visit of the Barons Thyssen-Bornemisza
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Colloquium “Perspectives on Dance at the End of the 20th Century”
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Exhibition “Gold and Pre-Columbian History”
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Exhibition “Titina Maselli”
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Conference “New theatre and new dramaturgy in Italy”
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Press conference on “Encontros ACARTE 89”
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Dance performance by the Pina Bausch Company
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“Bartolomeu Cid dos Santos, retrospective exhibition”
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