PercuArt’26 – 7th Percussion Festival

Timpani player Yi-Ping Yang and marimba player Kunihiko Komori are the featured international guests at the seventh edition of PercuART – Percussion Festival, organised by the Higher School of Applied Arts (ESART) at the Castelo Branco Polytechnic (IPCB).

Under the artistic direction of André Dias and Bruno Costa, lecturers at ESART-IPCB, the event runs from 29 July to 3 July, featuring the now customary series of workshops, recitals and concerts held at various venues across the city: Cine-Teatro Avenida, Fábrica da Criatividade and the Centre for Contemporary Culture.

As for the programme aimed more specifically at music students, the workshops with Yi-Ping Yang and Kunihiko Komori are complemented by a masterclass on adufes with Rui Silva and a workshop with Agostinho Sequeira.

Meanwhile, the recitals by the school’s final-year students will feature performances by Francisco Teixeira, Manuel Dias, Nádia Oliveira, Tiago Pessoa, Sofia Costa, David Almeida, Jaime Pereira and Francisco Guerreiro.

In addition to the performances by Yi-Ping Yang and Kunihiko Komori, the concert programme includes appearances by Rui Silva and Bruno Gabirro with the ESART Percussion Group, with the latter also collaborating with João Quintelo and Daniel Martinho, as well as performances by the Pulsat Percussion Group with Ana Calheiros and Agostinho Sequeira, and the collaboration between the KODU Percussion Group and Ismael Gouveia.

📍Locations:  Castelo Branco Centre for Contemporary Culture, Cine-Teatro Avenida, Fábrica da Cratividade
📅 Dates: 29 June to 3 July 2026
🕝 Time: all day

ℹ️ free admission (except for concerts by the Pulsat Percussion Group featuring Ana Calheiros, Agostinho Sequeira, Yi-Ping Yang and Kunihiko Komori)