A visual album, a film screening and a concert with guest conductor are on Teatro Amazonas' schedule this week

O Amazonas Theater presents a diverse program for this week, with free admission. Among the events is the screening of the visual album "Humus" and the film "The Jungleand a concert with the Amazonas Philharmonic and guest conductor Helder Trefzger. Check out the program:

"Humus"

Banda República Popular presents the visual album "Húmus", at Teatro Amazonas, this Tuesday (27/08), at 20h. According to the group, the album brings the union of the distinct realities of Amazonas, bringing together the different perspectives that exist in Manaus. Admission is free and the rating is for 16 years.

The event will feature speeches by the directors of the audiovisual production: director and screenwriter Matheus Mota and director of photography and editor Henrique Saunier Michiles, and also by members of the band: Viktor Judah (drums and vocals) and Sérgio Leônidas (vocals and bass). The band is also formed by Vinítius Salomão (vocals and drums), Igor Lobo (vocals and guitar).

"Húmus visually was conceived as a love letter to the city of Manaus, our popular culture, and to the Amazonians, the indigenous people, the river dwellers, and those who live in the cities," says Matheus Mota, director and screenwriter of the visual album. "We needed to bring all the experimental and conceptual essence of the musical album to various visuals that would integrate perfectly," he concludes.

The photography and editing of the visual album were in charge of Henrique Saunier Michiles, who signs the script along with Matheus Mota, repeating the partnership with the band since the music video Somo2 (2018).

"The Jungle"

The film "A Selva", which has script and direction of writer Márcio Souza, will be screened at Teatro Amazonas, this Wednesday (28/08), at 8 pm. The event is part of the cultural project "Mostra de Cineastas do Amazonas", the Secretary of Culture of the Amazon (SEC), in order to enhance the artistic and cinematographic production Amazon.

The feature film, released in the 70's, is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by the writer Ferreira de Castro and tells the story of the Portuguese Alberto who, after participating in a revolution in Portugal, flees to Belém do Pará. Handed over by an uncle to the care of a northeastern rubber tapper, Alberto ends up in the "Paraíso" rubber plantation, on the banks of the Madeira River, and comes into contact with the reality of the Amazon.

"The feature film will be shown in its complete version, without the cuts it suffered from censorship during the military dictatorship. The film tells the story of a politically persecuted man who changes his position entirely when he comes into contact with another reality", says Márcio Souza.

Admission is free and the indicative rating is 18.

"Helder Trefzger and Amazonas Filarmônica"

On Thursday (08/29), at 8pm, the Amazonas Filarmônica receives maestro Helder Trefzger for a concert at Teatro Amazonas. The repertoire includes works by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, such as "The Great Russian Easter: overture on liturgical themes"; Jean Sibelius, as the "Violin Concerto in D minor"; and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, "Symphony No. 5 in E minor". The concert in free admission and free rating.

Trefzger is the current artistic director and titular maestro of the Espírito Santo State Symphony Orchestra. He holds a master's and a bachelor's degree in Music and studied at the Federal Universities of Rio de Janeiro and Minas Gerais (UFRJ and UFMG), as well as at the University of Brasilia (UnB). He had complementary lessons with professors from the Moscow Conservatory, the Manhattan School of Music, and the Arts Academy - Istituzione Sinfonica di Roma. As his main teachers, Trefzger studied with conductor and composer Cláudio Santoro, as well as with conductors David Machado and Roberto Duarte.

As a guest conductor, he has conducted some of Brazil's leading orchestras, as well as orchestras from countries such as Italy, Portugal, Poland, Montenegro, Mexico, Chile, Bolivia, Paraguay, and Bulgaria. He is a member of the Instituto Histórico e Geográfico do Espírito Santo and of the Academia de Letras e Música do Brasil.

With information from the press office