{"id":4065,"date":"2023-04-06T11:34:45","date_gmt":"2023-04-06T10:34:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/decimacolina.pt\/destaque\/celebration-of-international-womens-day\/"},"modified":"2026-11-02T13:45:08","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T13:45:08","slug":"celebration-of-international-womens-day","status":"publish","type":"production","link":"https:\/\/decimacolina.pt\/en\/highlight\/celebration-of-international-womens-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebration of International Women\u2019s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Poster<\/h2>\n<div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row justify-content-center\"><div class=\"col-md-8\" data-aos=\"fade\" data-aos-duration=\"700\" data-aos-delay=\"200\" data-aos-once=\"true\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1018\" src=\"https:\/\/decimacolina.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Decima-colina-celebracao-do-dia-internacional-da-mulher-02.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/decimacolina.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Decima-colina-celebracao-do-dia-internacional-da-mulher-02.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/decimacolina.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Decima-colina-celebracao-do-dia-internacional-da-mulher-02-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/decimacolina.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Decima-colina-celebracao-do-dia-internacional-da-mulher-02-1024x724.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/decimacolina.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Decima-colina-celebracao-do-dia-internacional-da-mulher-02-768x543.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div style=\"height:39px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first capital of Minas Gerais, the city of Mariana, was named in honour of Queen Dona Maria Ana of Austria, wife of King Jo\u00e3o V and mother of Princess Maria B\u00e1rbara, the first woman composer and a leading figure in the cultural world of her time.<\/p>\n\n<section class=\"image-gallery-widget\" id=\"image-gallery-widgetblock_ca28d9acea36f00a7555312a0b1083ac\">\n\t<div class=\"gallery layout_4_1 single\"><a class=\"image image-1\" data-fancybox=\"gallery\" data-src=\"https:\/\/decimacolina.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Decima-colina-celebracao-do-dia-internacional-da-mulher-03.jpg\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/decimacolina.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Decima-colina-celebracao-do-dia-internacional-da-mulher-03.jpg\" \/><\/a><a class=\"image image-2\" data-fancybox=\"gallery\" data-src=\"https:\/\/decimacolina.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Decima-colina-celebracao-do-dia-internacional-da-mulher-04.jpg\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/decimacolina.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Decima-colina-celebracao-do-dia-internacional-da-mulher-04.jpg\" \/><\/a><a class=\"image image-3\" data-fancybox=\"gallery\" data-src=\"https:\/\/decimacolina.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Decima-colina-celebracao-do-dia-internacional-da-mulher-06.jpg\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/decimacolina.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Decima-colina-celebracao-do-dia-internacional-da-mulher-06.jpg\" \/><\/a><a class=\"image image-4\" data-fancybox=\"gallery\" data-src=\"https:\/\/decimacolina.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Decima-colina-celebracao-do-dia-internacional-da-mulher-07.jpg\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/decimacolina.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Decima-colina-celebracao-do-dia-internacional-da-mulher-07.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/section>\n<div style=\"height:39px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Teaser - Dia Internacional da Mulher\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7DXhQDxdn24?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n<div style=\"height:39px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was this extraordinary historical coincidence that led me to challenge the great Brazilian composer Jo\u00e3o Guilherme Ripper, a leading figure in Brazil, to create a work specifically for Mafra and for the Infanta Maria B\u00e1rbara, to be premiered on &#8220;International Women\u2019s Day&#8221;, a date to which I am personally connected since being invited by the UN (UNFPA) to join the &#8220;White Ribbon&#8221; (He for She) campaigns, which I have been doing for years in Brazil, Turkey and Portugal.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"height:39px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full full-width\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"980\" src=\"https:\/\/decimacolina.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Decima-colina-celebracao-do-dia-internacional-da-mulher-05.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/decimacolina.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Decima-colina-celebracao-do-dia-internacional-da-mulher-05.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/decimacolina.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Decima-colina-celebracao-do-dia-internacional-da-mulher-05-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/decimacolina.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Decima-colina-celebracao-do-dia-internacional-da-mulher-05-1024x697.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/decimacolina.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Decima-colina-celebracao-do-dia-internacional-da-mulher-05-768x523.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<div style=\"height:39px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The &#8220;Pequeno Concerto para Mafra&#8221; (Little Concerto for Mafra) recalls the gold route in its first movement (&#8220;Brasiliae aurum pro gloria regis&#8221;), the Princess composer herself in the second (&#8220;Sarabanda para a Infanta Maria Barbara&#8221;), and ends with a tribute to the Princess\u2019s teacher, Domenico Scarlatti (&#8220;Varia\u00e7\u00f5es sobre um tema de Scarlatti&#8221;), an expressive homage to the historical ties that link Brazil and Mafra.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"height:39px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> &#8220;The discovery of gold in Minas Gerais at the end of the 17th century made the route from Vila Rica (today Ouro Preto) to Paraty the preferred route for transporting it. 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That is why I have always seen Mafra as the symbolic final destination of the famous &#8220;Estrada Real&#8221; (Royal Road)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1421,"template":"","production-categories":[190,191,199],"production-Countries":[206],"production-artists":[],"production-years":[],"class_list":["post-4065","production","type-production","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","production-categories-classical","production-categories-concert","production-categories-music","production-Countries-portugal-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Celebration of International Women\u2019s Day - D\u00e9cima Colina<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/decimacolina.pt\/en\/highlight\/celebration-of-international-womens-day\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Celebration of International Women\u2019s Day - D\u00e9cima Colina\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&quot;The discovery of gold in Minas Gerais at the end of the 17th century made the route from Vila Rica (today Ouro Preto) to Paraty the preferred route for transporting it. 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