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“The ancient people built Valdrada on the banks of a lake with houses all balconies above each other and high streets that make the balustrade parapets loom over the water. Thus, when the traveler arrives, he sees two cities: one on the right over the lake and reflected upside down. Nothing exists or happens in one Valdrada that the other Valdrada does not repeat, because the city was built so that all its points were reflected by its mirror, and Valdradain the water contains not only all the striations and finishes of the facades that rise above the lake, but also the interior of the houses with the ceilings and floors, the perspective of the hallways, the mirrors in the closets. The inhabitants of Vladrada know that all their acts are at the same time this act and its mirror image, that belongs to the special dignity of images, and this conscience of theirs prohibits them from abandoning themselves for a single moment to the chance and oblivion (...)”

Italo Calvino, in The Invisible Cities

Work	Type	Date	Organization/Event	Venue	Town	Country	Performers	Notes	Inv Row
A Cidade de Valdrada	Performance	2023/Apr/23	Concerto de Primavera	Teatro Micaelense	Ponta Delgada	Portugal	Orquestra de Sopros do Conservatório Regional de Ponta Delgada Valter Palma (conductor)	Notes
A Cidade de Valdrada	Premiere	2021/Jul/18		Academia das Artes de Chaves	Chaves	Portugal	Orquestra de Sopros da Academia de Artes de Chaves Luciano Pereira (conductor)	Notes