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In late July 2026 2026, Brazil saw a wave of free public concerts and live‑streamed live-streamed performances across several cities, emphasizing cultural heritage and broad public access. The 37th International Festival of Brazilian Colonial and Early Music opened in Juiz de Fora with free concerts at the Teatro Paschoal Carlos Magno, Cine‑Theatre Cine-Theatre Central and the Capela Sagrada Família, and a special tribute concert on 25 August honoring Joaquina Lapinha, Brazil’s first Black operatic singer, with the Metamorphosis Baroque Art Company and soprano Núbia Eunice. In Santa Catarina, the 20th International Festival of Music of Santa Catarina (Femusc) streamed 201 concerts online – 711 works including an opera performance of *Madama Butterfly* and an MPB show with Guinga – extending the festival’s reach beyond Jaraguá do Sul. A few days later, Orquestra Ouro Preto staged a free outdoor event featuring regional bands and sign‑language sign-language interpretation, while Orquestra Afrosinfônica performed in Salvador to mark a historic anniversary, presenting works from its Grammy‑Latino‑nominated Grammy-Latino-nominated catalog and Afro‑Brazilian Afro-Brazilian repertoire. Continuing the democratization effort, the Choir of the São Paulo State Symphony Orchestra gave free concerts in Mariana, Ouro Preto, Araxá, Pará de Minas and Belo Horizonte, covering repertoire from the Renaissance to contemporary composers under conductors Thomas Blunt and Kaique Stumpf. In Sorriso, the Sesi MT Orchestra presented a free concert “The Future Starts Here” with soloists Akane Iizuka, Marih Azevedo and singer Gabriel Marcolan, coinciding with a 50‑year 50-year photographic exhibition of the Serviço Social da Indústria. These initiatives collectively illustrate a nationwide push to make In Rio de Janeiro, the fifth edition of the Orquestra Ouro Preto Vale Festival took place at Copacabana Beach, blending classical and Afro‑Brazilian popular music accessible to all Brazilians. with performances celebrating Alceu Valença and featuring Samuel Rosa.
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