The event
“If the First Republic was achieved through the telegraph,
the 25th of April was achieved through the radio.”
– Captain Salgueiro Maia
This quote from one of the heroes of the 25th April 1974 Revolution, Captain Salgueiro Maia, illustrates the powerful role that radio played in the Carnation Revolution in Portugal. Radio was not content simply to recount the events of April 25th. Radio was, perhaps for the last time in history, the beacon of a revolution.
Therefore, there are few places where this fiftieth anniversary can be celebrated with such resonance as Longueur d’ondes – festival de la radio et de l’écoute, one of the largest radio festivals in the world, which takes place every year in Brest, Brittany.
In 2024, « Les Œillets de la radio » offers 12 sessions between France and Portugal and invites 15 personalities to speak at 2 emblematic locations: Brest – Longueur d’ondes Festival and Lisbon – Aljube Museum, Resistance and Freedom.
« Les Œillets de la radio » is an itinerant event of listening sessions, roundtables, lectures, school sessions and podcasts.
To read more about the program, please refer to our digital brochure [PT]
Curated by: André Cunha and Festival Longueur d’ondes
Co-production: Longueur d’ondes & SERENA Productions
Partners: La Ville de Brest, Camões – Instituto da Cooperação e da Língua & Museu do Aljube – Resistência e Liberdade
Guests: Adelino Gomes, André Cunha, Elsa Cornevin, Fernando Alves, Francisco Fanhais, Irene Aurora Paci, Irene Flunser Pimentel, Isabel Meira, João Brites, Kaye Mortley, Luísa Semedo, Pedro Rosa Mendes, Quentin Burel, Victor Pereira.
