The Center for Latin American Studies and the Brazilian Ministry of Culture proudly celebrated the inauguration of the Mário de Andrade Chair in Brazilian Culture at the University of California, Berkeley. Along with a lecture on Poesia e filosofia delivered by Benedito Nunes, the more than 100 people in attendance enjoyed a selection of Brazilian music (including the music of Heitor Villa Lobos) performed by Ricardo Peixoto and Claudia Villela. Those in attendance were also welcomed by Georges Lamazière, the Consul General of Brazil in San Francisco; Márcio Souza, the President of Funarte, Brazil's National Foundation of the Arts; and Professors Candace Slater (Director of Berkeley's Townsend Center for the Humanities) and Harley Shaiken (chair of the Center for Latin American Studies).

Download Professor Nunes' Poesia e filosofia (in Portuguese, .pdf format)

PROGRAM

Welcome and Opening Remarks:
Professor Harley Shaiken, Chair of the Center for Latin American Studies

Selection of Brazilian Music - Performed by Ricardo Peixoto and Claudia Villela

Introduction - Harley Shaiken introduces moderator Professor Candace Slater, Professor of Spanish and Portuguese and Director of the Townsend Center

Remarks - Georges Lamazière, Consul General of Brazil in San Francisco

Remarks - Márcio Souza, President of the Brazilian National Foundation of Art, Funarte

Recital of poems by Mário de Andrade - Selections by Prof. Benedito Nunes

"Inspiração" - Read by Jennifer Behar
"O trovador" - Read by Annette Rubado-Mejía
"Ode ao burguês" -- Read by Deolinda Adão
"O poeta come amendoim" - Read by Valéria Costa e Silva
"Dois poemas acreanos" - Read by Heidi Marchel
"Eu sou trezentos" - Read by Andrea Jeftanovic
"Eco e o descorajado" - Read by Júlio César Moreno

Keynote Lecture - "Poesia e filosofia"
Professor Benedito Nunes, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, Universidade Federal do Pará

Selection of Brazilian Music Performed by Ricardo Peixoto and Claudia Villela

Georges Lamazière (left), the Consul General of Brazil in San Francisco and Márcio Souza, the President of Funarte (Brazil's National Foundation of the Arts), were among the speakers to honor the inauguration of the de Andrade chair on April 30.

Benedito Nunes, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the Universidade Federal do Pará, spoke on the connections between poetry and philosophy, Poesia e filosofia, and the connection of both to the life and work of Mário de Andrade.

Singer Claudia Villela, along with guitarist Ricardo Peixoto, performed a variety of music from Brazilian artists such as Jobim and Villa Lobos, as well as original songs, to a delighted crowd.

After the presentations, inauguration and music of the celebration, the overflow crowd enjoys a reception in the Seaborg Room at Berkeley's Faculty Club.