Helena Vaz da Silva Award Ceremony 2023 – Lisbon and online
Baritone Jorge Chaminé, President of the Centre Européen de Musique, will receive the Helena Vaz da Silva European Award for Raising Public Awareness of Cultural Heritage 2023 at a ceremony on 23 October 2023 at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon, Portugal. This European recognition pays tribute to Jorge Chaminé as one of the greatest artistic and intellectual ambassadors of European cultural heritage, both intangible and material.
Jorge Chaminé in front of the Villa Viardot in Bougival during the restoration. © Centre Européen de Musique
Following the selection meeting, the Jury stated: “After a highly successful international career as a baritone, during which he presented and promoted the cultural heritage of Europe in many opera houses and concert halls, not only in Europe but also in the rest of the world, Jorge Chaminé decided to dedicate the last 20 years of his life to promoting the European spirit and identity through classical music, working mostly on a voluntary basis. He is the founder and president of the Centre Européen de Musique, based in Bougival, near Paris, a meeting point between arts, humanities, sciences and generations, which celebrates music as a universal language at the heart of European identity and its humanist values.”
The Helena Vaz da Silva European Award was established in 2013 by the Centro Nacional de Cultura (CNC) in cooperation with Europa Nostra and the Clube Português de Imprensa, and has the support of the Portuguese Ministry of Culture, the Gulbenkian Foundation and Tourism of Portugal.
During the event, the Portuguese winners of the European Heritage Awards / Europa Nostra Awards 2023 were also be celebrated.
The entire event will be livestreamed in English.
PROGRAMME
18:00 PT / 19:00 CET
Guilherme d’Oliveira Martins, Trustee of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
Maria Calado, President of the Centro Nacional de Cultura and President of the Jury of the Award
Isabel Cordeiro, Secretary of State for Culture
18:15 PT / 19:15 CET
TRIBUTE TO THE PORTUGUESE WINNERS OF THE
EUROPEAN HERITAGE AWARDS / EUROPA NOSTRA AWARDS 2023
Mudéjar Ceilings of the Cathedral of Funchal, Madeira (Conservation and Adaptive Reuse category)
Presentation by Francisco António de Clode Sousa, Director of Cultural Heritage Services at the Regional Secretariat of Tourism and Culture/ Regional Directorate of Cultural Heritage Services
Safeguarding of the Artisanal Fishing Technique “Arte-Xávega” (Research category)
Presentation by Pedro Cardoso, Vice-President of Cantanhede City Council
ALMADA Project, Lisbon (Citizens’ Engagement and Awareness-raising category)
Presentation by Milene Gil, Researcher of Heritage Science at HERCULES Laboratory
Cláudio Torres (Heritage Champions category)
Presentation by Ana Paula Amendoeira, Alentejo Regional Director for Culture
AWARD CEREMONY OF THE HELENA VAZ DA SILVA EUROPEAN AWARD
FOR RAISING PUBLIC AWARENESS ON CULTURAL HERITAGE 2023
Laudatory speech by Guilherme d’Oliveira Martins, Trustee of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
Award presented to Baritone Jorge Chaminé by Maria Calado, President of the Jury, Isabel Cordeiro, Secretary of State for Culture, and Carlos Abade, President of the Tourism of Portugal
Acceptance speech by Jorge Chaminé, President of the Centre Européen de Musique
Closing video message by H.E. Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, President of the Republic of Portugal
