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