In 1912, a group of poets, journalists, musicians, lawyers, professors and businessmen founded a society to provide high culture to support São Paulo's (and Brazil's) economic development, with the promotion of evenings of music and literature.
In the beginning, there was a predominance readings and lectures by the mostrelevant writers and intellectuals of the time but later music became the focus of its activities.
Today the Sociedade de Cultura Artística promotes one of the most important classical music seasons in Brazil, with artists such as
Daniel Barenboim
Daniel Barenboim (; in he, דניאל בארנבוים, born 15 November 1942) is an Argentine-born classical pianist and conductor based in Berlin. He has been since 1992 General Music Director of the Berlin State Opera and "Staatskapellmeist ...
,
Yo-Yo Ma
Yo-Yo Ma (''Chinese'': 馬友友 ''Ma Yo Yo''; born October 7, 1955) is an American cellist. Born in Paris to Chinese parents and educated in New York City, he was a child prodigy, performing from the age of four and a half. He graduated from ...
and
Zubin Mehta
Zubin Mehta (born 29 April 1936) is an Indian conductor of Western classical music. He is music director emeritus of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (IPO) and conductor emeritus of the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
Mehta's father was the foun ...
.
Sociedade de Cultura Artística owns a venue in São Paulo,
Teatro Cultura Artística
Since 1919, Sociedade de Cultura Artística nurtured the dream of having its own theatre in São Paulo, Brazil.
Overview
This was only made possible in the late 1940s. The construction of the theatre, between the years 1947 and 1950, was a per ...
, with two theatres/concert halls: Sala Esther Mesquita and Sala Rubens Sverner which was almost completely destroyed by fire in August 2008. The Society is now raising funds to complete its rebuilding, which started in March 2010.
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Music organisations based in Brazil
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