Ecos do Mundo – Ressoa Ensemble
Isto é PARTIS & Art for Change
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Date
- 18:00 / Cancelled 18:00 / Sold out Saturday, 18:00
Location
Auditorium 2 Calouste Gulbenkian FoundationBorn out of a co-creation process that unfolded along the railway line between Lisbon and Fundão in 2025, RESSOA – Ecos do Mundo is a concert that celebrates intercultural dialogue, bringing together sounds, memories and stories of migration.
First presented at Santa Apolónia Station in Lisbon, and later travelling through Entroncamento and Fundão, the performance now returns to Lisbon to be presented at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.
The RESSOA project is promoted by SOMA Cultura and sponsored by the PARTIS & Art for Change initiative.
About the project
RESSOA is a collaborative, multidisciplinary artistic project centred on music and its relationship with oral narratives. In 2025, it provided migrant artists living in Portugal who were isolated or excluded and in a precarious situation with training and opportunities. The project also aimed to facilitate meetings between migrant and Portuguese artists, music students and young people from a variety of cultural backgrounds. The train is both the symbol and the means of transport for RESSOA. In light of the growing migrant population and the resulting rise in xenophobia in Portugal, the train is a vessel for public transport, raising awareness of the project, and a metaphor for the migratory experiences of the participants.
Image © José Manuel Costa
Isto é PARTIS & Art for Change
This annual event celebrates participatory arts and the promotion of access to culture, showcasing the work developed under the PARTIS & Art for Change initiative, supported by the Gulbenkian Foundation and the ”la Caixa” Foundation. Learn more
Credits
Artistic Director
Aixa Figini
Music Director
Filipe Sousa
Vocals
Matilde Real
Production
Micaela Gomes
Communication
Maria Kopke
Musicians
Aixa Figini – Vocals
Ariana Cunha – Soprano saxophone
Catarina Silva – French horn
Demba Djabaté – Ngoni, djembe and vocals
Filipe Sousa – Piano
Jaime Pereira – Percussion
Leon Sukhodolskii – Bass clarinet
Maria Kopke – Vocals
Markéta Zdeňková – Acoustic guitar and vocals
Matilde Real – Voice
Orçun Atilla – Oud, baglama and vocals
Raúl Meléndez – Electric guitar
Promoter
SOMA Cultura
Co-Promoter
Câmara Municipal do Fundão (Espaço A Moagem)
Sponsorship
Infraestruturas de Portugal, Museu Nacional Ferroviário, Conservatório de Música de Santarém, ESART (Escola Superior de Artes Aplicadas, Castelo Branco), Centro Português de Refugiados (CPR), Agência para a Integração, Migrações e Asilo (AIMA), Alix Didier Sarrouy (Sociólogo das Artes – NOVA.FCSH), Fundação Oriente, Ananda Café Fundão
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The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation reserves the right to collect and keep records of images, sounds and voice for the diffusion and preservation of the memory of its cultural and artistic activity. For further information, please contact us through the Information Request form.