Cristina Amorim

O BPI é um dos cinco maiores grupos financeiros portugueses, centrado nas atividades de banca de empresas e de retalho e na prestação de serviços financeiros. Em fevereiro de 2017, o BPI passou a fazer parte do grupo CaixaBank, criando-se assim um dos maiores grupos financeiros da Península Ibérica, com capacidade para oferecer um conjunto de produtos e serviços que facilitam e agilizam as operações financeiras das empresas, independentemente da sua localização geográfica no mercado ibérico.

Corticeira Amorim is the world’s largest player in the cork industry. A vertically integrated company that generates sales exceeding €1,000 billion to more than 100 countries through its own network of subsidiaries. Amorim’s responsible approach to raw materials and sustainable production illustrates the remarkable interdependence between industry and the vital cork ecosystem - one of the world’s most balanced examples of social, economic and environmental development. Fostered by innovation and research, the company supplies products and applications to some of the world’s most technological, disruptive and demanding activities, including the aerospace, automobile, construction, energy, design and wines and spirits sectors.

Casa da Música was conceived to mark 2001, the year in which Porto was Cultural Capital of Europe, and it is the first new building in Portugal to be entirely dedicated to music - to the presentation and public enjoyment of music, to music education and to the creation of music. The project took shape in 1999 after the Rem Koolhaas & Ellen van Loon - Office for Metropolitan Architecture won the international architectural competition. Work began in 1999 on the site of Portos former central tram garage on the Rotunda da Boavista, and Casa da Música opened its doors to the public on April 15th , 2005. Casa da Música was planned as a home for all types of music and it is not only part of the urban redevelopment of Porto but also part of a network of cultural facilities, for the city of Porto and for the wider world. Underlying it is an innovative and wide-ranging cultural project, which aims to make an exciting contribution to the national and international music scene, as an arena for all types of musical events - from classical music to jazz, from fado to electronic music, from great international productions to more experimental projects. Besides concerts, recitals and other types of performance, Casa da Música also organises events for musicians and musicologists and invests in research into the origins of Portuguese music. In addition, it plays a very important role in music education. It is a cultural meeting point between music and other areas of artistic creation and knowledge, providing a space for all kinds of audiences and creators.