Lobo Xavier in front of the House of Music – TVI24

The name of the current president of the Board of the House of Music, José Manuel Dias da Fonseca, will be replaced by that body of António Lobo Xavier, announced Friday the chairman of the Founders.

The other novelty on the Board of the House of Music is the President of the Polytechnic Institute of Porto, Rosario Gamboa, as representative of the Metropolitan Council of the Port and the City of Porto.

Speaking to journalists following the meeting of the Board of Founders, the president of that body, Valente de Oliveira, who will remain in office, said he does not have date the first meeting of the next Board of Directors, in which will be elected the new president and vice presidents.

In legal terms, the president and the two vice-presidents are “elected by the council from among its members by secret ballot by an absolute majority of its members, at a meeting convened expressly for effect ‘.

There were reappointed Jose Pena do Amaral, Rita Domingues, Teresa Moura, Augusto Pedro Lopes-Cardoso and Jorge Castro Ribeiro.

Oliveira Valente explained that indicated the name of Wolf to replace Xavier Dias da Fonseca for being “a man with extensive management skills, with a apuradíssimo sense of public service, with great capacity to do good in the environment advice where it is, has the rare quality of being an aggregator of wills, consensus facilitator ‘.

According to the Chairman of the Founders, the approval of António Lobo Xavier name was a “large majority” of 32 of the 34 members present.

In addition, the Supervisory Board is going to be composed of three members, apart from the President, Manuela Garrido, and António Magalhães vowel, with the inclusion of economist Estela Barbot, by appointment of the Secretary of culture.

In a statement sent to Lusa, “the Foundation Board praised unanimously the action of the Board of Directors today ceased their functions, thanking and underlining the contribution of excellence that have over the years for growth, credibility and reputation of the House of Music ‘.