{"id":13101,"date":"2025-07-29T12:38:50","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T09:38:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.youthbandfestival.gr\/?page_id=13101"},"modified":"2025-09-01T17:14:24","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T14:14:24","slug":"uniao-filarmonica-a-da-corda-portugal","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.youthbandfestival.gr\/en\/participating-orchestras\/uniao-filarmonica-a-da-corda-portugal\/","title":{"rendered":"Uniao Filarmonica A-da-Corda, Portugal\u200b"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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The year 1949 was just six days old when nineteen musicians from the \u00d3bidos Band decided to establish a new ensemble that would represent their own community. Thus, the Uni\u00e3o Filarm\u00f3nica de A-da-Gorda was born \u2014 a band rooted in collective vision, local pride, and musical passion. With modest support to acquire instruments, and under the direction of its first conductor, Jo\u00e3o Pereira da Costa, the band began rehearsals and soon made its first appearances.<\/p>

Over the decades, the Uni\u00e3o Filarm\u00f3nica de A-da-Gorda has marked its path with important milestones. In 1977, the band participated in the recording of an album, and in 2000 it recorded its first live CD in the town of \u00d3bidos. The spirit of exchange and collaboration led the ensemble to form bonds with other musical groups: in 2010, it partnered with the Prainha Band from Pico Island (Azores), and in 2013 with the Ponta do Sol Municipal Band from Madeira. In 2017, the band returned
to the Azores, this time joining the Sociedade Filarm\u00f3nica Lira Fraternal Calhetense from Calheta do Nesquim (Pico Island).<\/p>

Driven by a desire for artistic renewal and social engagement, the band has developed a wide range of creative projects \u2014 often in dialogue with other performing arts \u2014 which have earned it recognition and support. Among these stand out the multidisciplinary productions Cinem\u00fasica, Arrancho Musical, Uni\u00e3o das Artes and Diamante do Tempo. The band remains actively committed to values of environmental sustainability and social inclusion, principles that permeate its work and presence in the community.<\/p>

The orchestra is conducted by conductor Pedro Filipe Ramos Lopes dos Santos.<\/p>