Minister of State for Europe and the Americas, Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office, Her Majesty’s Government of the United Kingdom
‘I was most interested to hear about your ambitious project [Portugal-UK 650] to celebrate bilateral relations between UK and Portugal. It is a remarkable undertaking and I was impressed by the scope of your plans and commitment to pay tribute to this special relationship . […] It is apposite that we should celebrate this important anniversary of our oldest diplomatic Alliance, and seek to foster the spirit of friendship for future generations.”
From Letter of the Minister of State for Europe and the Americas Rt Hon Sir Alan Duncan MP, to Portugal-UK 650, 14 March 2019.
Admiral António Silva Ribeiro, Chief of Defense Staff of the Armed Forces of Portugal
“It was with great interest and joy that I learnt about the initiative ‘Portugal-UK 650’ that aims to celebrate the 650th anniversary of the Anglo-Portuguese Treaty of 1373, the oldest treaty in the world in force, an unequivocal proof of the relationship and commitment between these two countries, which was so decisive in our common history. [.…]
I declare the institutional support of the General Staff of the Armed Forces to the activities with a military character. (…) Please accept my sincere congratulations for this initiative that can count with the collaboration of the General Staff of the Armed Forces for its materialization.”
From letter of the Chief of Defence Staff, Admiral Silva Ribeiro to Maria João Rodrigues de Araujo.
His Excellency Ambassador José Ribeiro de Almeida, President of Camoes Institute, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Portugal
“Recognising the merit of the initiative [Portugal-UK 650] for the reinforcement of the long and close cultural cooperation between Portugal and the United Kingdom, the Camoes Institute for Cooperation and Language, I.P declares its institutional support to this project, during the execution of its program of activities (2019-2023).”
From the letter of the President of Camoes Institute to Maria João Rodrigues de Araujo, 2 April 2019.
His Royal Highness Duke of Bragança, Dom Duarte Pio de Bragança
His Grace and Serene Highness the Duke of Wellington, Prince of Waterloo, Duke of Vitória, Charles Wellesley OBE DL
COORDINATION COMMITTEE
António Sabido Costa, Minister-Counsellor / Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Portugal in the United Kingdom
Gavin Davis and Nicola Davis, Political Counsellors, British Embassy in Portugal
Maria João Rodrigues de Araújo, University of Oxford, President
Ricardo Rio, Mayor of Braga
Vitor Hugo Salgado, Mayor of Vizela
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Prof Owen Rees, University of Oxford
Owen Rees is Professor of Music at the University of Oxford, and Fellow in Music and Organist (Director of Music) at The Queen’s College, Oxford. He is both an acclaimed choral director and an internationally recognised scholar of Renaissance music, particularly from Portugal, England and Spain. His scholarship consistently informs his performances. He has played a leading role in revealing the glories of Portuguese Renaissance polyphony to an international audience. His interpretations have been acclaimed as ‘revelatory and even visionary’ (BBC Music Magazine) and as ‘rare examples of scholarship and musicianship combining to result in performances that are both impressive and immediately attractive to the listener’ (Gramophone). He has broadcast on BBC radio 3 and 4 and in other countries. His recordings have won a “Diapason d’Or” and have been nominated three times for a Gramophone Award. He has recorded for film, including the Warner Brothers film ‘Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince’. The soundtrack received a Grammy nomination and won the Classical FM Film Music of the Year Award. His monograph on the largest surviving collection of early Portuguese musical sources — from the Monastery of Santa Cruz in Coimbra — deals both with Portuguese repertories and with cultural and musical connections between Portugal and other countries. He has edited music by three of the most important Portuguese composers of the period, Manuel Cardoso, Pedro de Cristo and Duarte Lobo. In 2020, he won the Robert M. Stevenson Award of the American Musicological Society, in recognition of outstanding scholarship in Iberian music.
SCIENTIFIC COUNCIL
Prof. Alexandra Maria Rodrigues Araújo, University of Minho
Prof. João Carlos Espada GOM, Hon OBE, University Católica of Portugal
Prof. Maria José Azevedo dos Santos, University of Coimbra
Prof. Owen Rees, University of Oxford
Prof. Paul Yowell, University of Oxford
Prof. Teresa Pinto Coelho, University Nova of Lisbon
Prof. Thomas Earle GOIH, University of Oxford
PEDADOGIC COUNCIL
Agostinha Freitas, City Council of VIzela, Education Councillor
Prof. James Arthur OBE, University of Birmingham, Director Jubilee Center for Character and Virtue
Prof. Liam, Gearon FRSA FHEA, University of Oxford, Faculty of Education
Richard Fleming, British Council, Head of Education and Culture
EXECUTIVE TEAM
Adrian Bridge, CEO Fladgate Partnership
The Baroness Rosario Mandat-Grancey, International Ambassador and Trustee English National Ballet
The Hon David Justin Windsor-Clive
Canon Dr Edmund Newell FRSA FHRS, Principal and Chief Executive, Cumberland Lodge
Isabel Maria Gonçalves Folhadela Mendes Furtado, CEO TMG Automotive, Vice-Presidente ATO, ex-Presidente COTEC Portugal
Maria Isabel de Conti Turpia e Gama Rose Soares Machado, retired from Protocole of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Portugal.
Peregrine Armstrong-Jones, CEO Bentleys Entertainment
Collaborators:
Aline Hall de Beuvink
Alexandre Neves
Duarte Vilardebó Loureiro
Leonie Harle
Maria Teresa José de Mello do Amaral Cabral
Mónica de Araújo Marques
Tania Oliveira
Thomas Hall de Beuvink
LEGAL
SRS Advogados, Sociedade Rebelo de Sousa e Advogados Associados
COMMUNICATIONS
Cunha Vaz & Associados
PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES
Coordinators of Scientific Activities:
Prof Alexandra Maria Rodrigues Araújo, University of Minho, Centre for Justice and Governance
Prof João Carlos Espada GOM, Hon OBE, University Catolica Portugal, Director Institute of Political Science
Prof Owen Rees, Universidade de Oxford, Professor of Music, Fellow and Tutor at The Queen’s College
Prof Thomas Earle GOIH, Universidade de Oxford, University of Oxford, Emeritus King John II Professor of Portuguese Studies
Dance in Perpetuity: Fleur Derbyshire-Fox, English National Ballet, Engagement Director
Barbican Box: Sean Gregory, Barbican Center, Director Innovation & Engagement
Leadership Program: Dr Edward Brookes, University of Oxford, Executive Director The Oxford Character Project
Unesco Creative Cities: Prof. Christopher Bailey, Clerk of York Guild of Media Arts and Joana Miranda, Executive Coordinator Braga Media Arts
Sailors of Hope: Ana Maria Príncipe, National Health Service of Portugal
6.50 Trooping the Colours: Jorge Marques, Agrupamento de Escolas Alberto Sampaio
Opera Studio: Cristina Gonçalves, Conservatório Calouste Gulbenkian
Theatre: Sandra Ribeiro, Didaskalia
Dance Performance: Diana Sá Carneiro, Ent’Artes
Education Resources British Council: Richard Fleming, British Council, Head of Culture and Education
Education Resources Jubilee Centre:
Michael Fullard FHEA, University of Birmingham, Jubilee Centre, Research Fellow
Paul Watts, University of Birmingham, Jubilee Centre, Lecturer (por link por baixo do nome)
Dr Eugenio Silva (translation)
Responsible for Competitions: Agostinha Freitas, City Council of Vizela, Councillor
Exhibition: “Portugal-UK 650 Queen Catherine of Braganza, memories of an alliance”, Ana Isabel Dias e Ana Paula Martins
The National Archives: Dr Sean Cunningham, Head of Medieval Record, National Archives.
Media Arts: Sean Gregory, Vice Principal of GSMD and Joana Miranda, Executive Coordinator of Braga Media Arts.
WE ARE GRATEFUL TO:
Lieutenant Colonel Sir Andrew Ford KCVO
Ambassador Chris Sainty, Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Portugal
Cristina Pucarinho, Minister Plenipotentiary and Consul General of Portugal in London
Sir David Manning GCMG, KCVO
Frederico Falcão, CEO Wines of Portugal
General Tenant João Vaz Antunes, House of the President of Portugal
Hugo Vasco de Carvalho
Ambassador Nuno Brito, Ambassador of Portugal to the United Kingdom
Rev Canon Paul Wright, Sub-Dean of Her Majesty’s Chapel Royal
