Mimo Festival makes its third edition in Portugal, in the footsteps of diversity

RIO – A griot of Mauritania with
blues influences and a prodigy of 17-year-old New York jazz. Graves
Bahia and Treble of Macao. The expressiveness of a Balkan ball and a
Experimental minimalism that cuts through rock, jazz and the scholar. The Portuguese edition
Mimo, which starts today and continues until Sunday, follows the path of
diversity that has marked the festival since its inception in Olinda in 2004.

– Mimo is not a jazz festival,
neither rock, nor world music nor electronic. But it's a bit
Lu Araújo, creator and commissioner of the festival. We are looking for
set up the program with artists of different nationalities and musical genres,
combining big names and others little known, without segmentation.

The city of Amarante continues to be the
Mimo's house in Portugal, at the third edition of the festival in the country. The choice
with a marked feature of the event, which values ​​the historical scenarios
like Paraty. Through the parks, churches and museums of the city will spend artists of 16
nationalities such as Noura Mynt Seimali (the griot), Matthew Whitaker (the
prodigy), BaianaSystem (bass), Chinese Cheong Hong Orchestra of Macau (the
treble), Goram Bregovic (Balkan dance) and GoGo Penguin (minimalism). Furthermore
among them, there are jazz stars like Jack DeJohnette, the classy samba of Moacyr Luz
and Carlinhos 7 Strings, and the contemporary instrument of the Dead Combo.

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Pernambuco is represented by Otto and Almerio. Dona Onete already has seasoning
from Belém to Amarante

– There is an expectation
BaianaSystem, which has been spoken by Europe, but has not yet touched
Portugal – says Lu, commenting on the participation of Brazilians. Almério has a
strong scenic proposal, will surprise and attract attention. E Moacyr and Carlinhos
are two big names in Brazilian music, for which I'm sure the
The local audience will fall in love

In addition to musical programming, Mimo
Amarante will have her traditional movie show with 13 films, in addition to the
Ideas and rain of poetry – this year in the honor of Hilda Hilst. Completion
the event, for the first time in the history of Mimo, there will be an exhibition of the arts

– We set up a dense show,
great, about Portuguese modernist artists such as Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso,
Almada Negreiros, Francis Smith and Jorge Barradas – Lu.