Music

The Music Team is made up of professional musicians responsible for choosing, preparing, and performing the repertoire for the five events during the week of WYD Lisbon 2023: the Opening Mass, Welcome Ceremony, Way of the Cross, Vigil, and Missioning Mass. We work in close collaboration with the Artistic Direction of these events.

Music Team:

Teresa Isabel Cordeiro - Coordinator
Ana Isabel Pereira - Vice-coordinator
Carlos Eduardo Garcia - Music Director and Composer
Joana Carneiro - Conductor of the WYD Orchestra and Choir
Maria de Fátima Nunes - Conductor of the WYD Choir
Sérgio Duarte Peixoto - Artistic Director of "Mãos que Cantam”
Sérgio Rodrigues da Silva - Organist and Composer
Luísa Vaz Pinto - Singer and Score Manager
José Nelson Cordeniz - Music Score Editor
Miguel Romão Rodrigues (Fr) - Singer, Liturgy and Spirituality
Nuno Vieira Pereira - Singer and Finance Administrator
Inês Rodrigues Rebelo - Human Resources Administrator
Joana Andrade - Logistics and Spirituality
Rui Aleixo - Singer and Coordination Assistant
Mariana Moldão Martins - Singer
Rita Castro Blanco - Assistant Conductor
Constança Simas - Assistant Conductor

In addition to this team, we have several guest composers who have composed or did the preparations for the WYD Lisbon 2023 Choir and Orchestra:
Alfredo Teixeira
Ana Roque Antunes
Artur Guimarães
Eurico Carrapatoso
Fernando Lapa
João Antunes
João Santos
Miguel Tapadas

Other professional singers, conductors, and organists have also worked closely with us in preparing the choir members:
Alberto Araújo
Marcos Cerejo
André Ferreira
Marta Queirós
António Gonçalves
Rita Férias
Margarida Simas
Sofia Portela
Alexandre Gomes
Cecília Rodrigues
Joana Nascimento
Carlos Pedro Santos

Choir

The WYD Choir is made up of 200 choir members from every diocese in the country. They were chosen after several auditions that began in 2021. Some of these choir members already participated in the recording of the WYD Lisbon 2023 Theme Song " Há Pressa no Ar" in August 2020. Rehearsals began in July 2022.

Orchestra

The WYD Orchestra is made up of about 100 guest musicians, professionals from the various orchestras and philharmonic groups around the country, senior students from music schools and conservatories, and university students.

“Mãos que Cantam” (Hands that Sing)

During the performance of the whole repertoire, this choir that will translate all the songs into Portuguese Sign Language in real time.

Our mission is directly related to choosing and rehearsing the repertoire for the five Central Events. In close collaboration with the Artistic Direction and spirituality, the music was chosen according to each specific moment of each event. Underlying what we have worked on over the years of preparation and during the period of WYD Lisbon 2023, the team sought to: 

• Establish a balance between the new (the musical repertoire created for WYD Lisbon 2023) and the traditional (the repertoire that is part of Portuguese liturgical and cultural tradition, as well as the musical heritage of previous WYDs);
  
• Seeking, among the different musical languages, a sense of coherence between the various celebrations and creating musical bridges that favor musical eclecticism.

We share the traditional and liturgical repertoire with new musical adaptations, as well as the songs that were originally composed for WYD Lisbon 2023: