Summer at Monserrate - The Music Room comes to Life
Monserrate celebrates the beginning of summer with extraordinary melodies in the Palace's Music Room, performed by pianist António Areal.
Come and enjoy the good weather in Monserrate, have tea at the Monserrate Tea House, and walk around to the sound of beautiful musical moments.
It was in the summer that this magnificent property owned by an English family came to life in the 19th century. The Cook family spent the summer here, reveling in the beauty of the palace and gardens. Music, which emanated from the magnificent room of the same name, was always present in these stays, permeating the palace corridors and enlivening the surrounding garden area. Don't miss this experience that, over 150 years ago, always welcomed summer!
Programme
Beethoven | Sonata in G Major, Op. 31 nº 1 - Allegro Vivace
Chopin | Study, Op. 25 No. 8
Liszt | Transcendental Study, No. 10, in F minor
Schumann | Fantasia in C Major, Op. 17
- Durchaus phantastisch und leidenschaftlich vorzutragen
- Mässig. Durchaus energisch
- Langsam getragen. Durchweg leise zu halten
Chopin | Ballad in F minor, Op. 52 No. 4
António Areal
Born in Lisbon, António Areal completed the piano course at the National Conservatory with distinction, in the class of Professor Joaquim Baptista Fernandes.
He attended Academia Internacional Aquiles Delle Vigne, between 2017-2019, having studied with Professors Manuel Araújo and Aquilles Delle Vigne.
In 2018, he participated in the Coimbra World Piano Meeting and in the Kraków International Summer Academy.
In 2019, he attended the Piano Course at ESMAE. In the same year he was a scholarship holder of the Academia Delle Vigne for the Mozarteum Summer Course in Salzburg. Later that year, he performed a piano and cello recital for Antena 2 in homage to the cellist Guilhermina Suggia.
He is currently studying at the Higher School of Music of Catalonia (ESMUC), with Professor Denis Lossev.
In 2021, he was invited by the Casals Quartet to participate in the Chamber Music course at the Cuarteto Casals Academy. That same year he received, unanimously, the ESMUC's Matricula de Honor award.
In November 2021 he performed in a recital at the Palacio Festivales de Cantabria, in Santander.
In August 2022, he participated in the Masterclasses of Elisabeth Leonskaja, at the Allegro Vivo Festival, in Horn, Austria, and of Milana Chernyavska, at the Classic Summer at the CCB, having received the 2nd prize.