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Spring concert in Coliseu Porto features Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra and the Choir of the Faculty of Arts of Porto University

Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra and the Choir of the Faculty of Arts of Porto University will play a concert together to celebrate spring, on April 21 at 9.30 pm. The concert will present the Piano Concerto No.21 in C major, K.467 by Mozart and "A Symphony to Dante's Divine Comedy, S.109, or simply the "Dante Symphony", a program symphony composed by Franz Liszt.

Open House 2018 registration of volunteers

The 4th edition of the Open House will run from June 30 to July 1. The registration of volunteers are now open till April 13. Around 250 volunteers will be needed to help organise this great event. The Open House provides a journey of discovery for visitors regarding the collective cultural heritage of the three municipalities that are part of the Atlantic Front: Porto, Gaia and Matosinhos.

Rivoli features anthological exhibition by Raimund Hoghe with photos by Rosa Frank

Rivoli Theatre is the privileged space for the anthological exhibition of Hoghe's work, themed "Body Landscape", with pictures by photographer Rosa Frank. This exhibit will be on show at Rivoli's main hall from 21 to 31 March.

Porto hosts new media Internacional Festival

To dwell on the place of the body and intimacy at a digital era, as factors that seem to taint the human experience is the tagline of the Vivarium Festival, which will be held this weekend at the Maus Hábitos space.

Lausanne is the newest member of the Great Wine Capitals

Lausanne is the most recent member of the Great Wine capitals, to which Porto is part of. Lausanne, Switzerland's fourth largest city, overlooking Lake Geneva and surrounded by countryside and vineyards, including the famous Lavaux vineyard, provides a varied range of white and red wines.

Portugal and Porto rise to the challenge of tourism at the QSP Summit

Tourism will continue to grow with the right public and private policies. In fact, the brand Portugal and the brand Porto are sustainable brands. This was what Mayor of Porto stated at the worklab "Tourism: threat or opportunity?" held in the context of the 2018 QSP Summit. The QSP Summit is considered one of the most relevant Marketing and Management Conferences in Europe. The 12th edition happened at Exponor and gathered the world's reputed experts in the fields of marketing and management.

Porto takes part in a European project on eco-rehabilitation in historic centres

Porto is part of the ENERPAT, a European project aimed at finding sustainable and energy efficient solutions to rehabilitate the built heritage, especially in city historic centres. The Casa do Infante hosts on March 22 and 23 the first symposium devoted to this topic. The event is organised by Sites et Citès Remarquables de France.

What brings Daniel Goleman to the QSP Summit? The idea of building a better world

During the informal reception to the QSP Summit speakers at Casa do Roseiral, offered by the Mayor of Porto, Rui Moreira, Daniel Goleman shared some of his life orientations and passions in an informal interview with Porto., in which Goleman shared his work and projects.

Eco-efficiency and rehabilitation of old buildings debated in Porto

Casa do Infante hosts the international symposium on environmental sustainability in the context of urban rehabilitation, on March 22.

Porto Design Factory is looking for new business ideas for cities

The submission of applications for the second edition of Porto Design Accelerator is running till the end of March. The purpose is to find great projects in the fields of New Products for Urban Infra-structure, Furniture, Fashion, Metal, Production Technologies, Moulds, Automotive, Aerospatiale, Cork, Ceramics, Traditional Materials and New Emerging Products.