Interview with Beatriz Silva (MMP) for the newspaper Hoje Macau
Beatriz Silva (Music in the Modern Period Group) was interviewed by the newspaper Hoje Macau about her PhD project “Singing the Revolution: The Role of Songs and Opera in the Spread of Communism in Mao Zedong’s China”. The newspaper Diário do Minho was also interviewed the researcher on the subject, this time on the occasion... Read More
Article by Manuel Pedro Ferreira (EMS) in Medievalista
Manuel Pedro Ferreira, a senior researcher at the Early Music Studies Group, has published an article entitled “Melodias de além-Pirinéus na lírica gelego-portuguesa: os cantares em maneira de proençal” in Medievalista Journal, published by the Instituto de Estudos Medievais (IEM), a research unit at NOVA FCSH. Click here to read it.
Newsletter I January 2026
The January edition is now available. Subscribing to the CESEM newsletter is the most convenient way to receive, directly in your email, the latest news and essential information about events, projects, and other opportunities. Staying connected to the CESEM community has never been easier!
CESEM researchers sign FCT Tenure contracts
CESEM congratulates the six researchers whose FCT Tenure contracts have already been signed. FCT Tenure (Research): Alberto Medina de Seiça: Musical Heritage, sacred and liturgical music, vocal (including Gregorian chant) and/or instrumental (between the 11th and 17th centuries) – areas of preservation and dissemination and/or musical performance; Ana Filipa Magalhães: Documentation and Preservation, in the... Read More
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Peça a Peça Itinerante (PaPI) in Vila Nova de Famalicão
The PaPI artistic-educational constellation brings together a set of small musical-theatrical pieces designed from scratch to be easily circulated in kindergartens, museums, libraries, social centres and other institutions interested in promoting access to culture. The first PaPIs were created in multidisciplinary and intergenerational artistic residencies held at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation as part of the... Read More
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Entre Brasis Study Day
On 11 February, the Research Cluster in Thought and Music will host the “Entre Brasis” workshop at auditorium B2, NOVA FCSH. The programme will feature contributions by Acácio Piedade (Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina), Caio Priori-dos-Santos (CESEM/NOVA FCSH), Clara Rowland (IELT/NOVA FCSH), Filipe Campello (Universidade Federal de Pernambuco), Gabriel Marotti (Universidade Federal de São... Read More
CESEM closed from December 22 to January 2
The management team will be on holiday from December 22 to January 2. See you soon!
NOVA FCSH Libraries I Academic Break and Closure
The NOVA FCSH facilities will be closed until 4 January 2026. During this period, all current loans will be extended. From January 5 to February 17, 2026, the Mário Sottomayor Cardia Library (Av. de Berna) will reopen with reduced hours: 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. from Monday to Friday. The Vitorino Magalhães Godinho Library (CAN)... Read More
Carlos Azevedo (CM) wins DSCH – Schostakovich Ensemble Composition Prize
Carlos Azevedo is the winner of the DSCH – Schostakovich Ensemble 2025 Composition Prize, an award given by one of today’s most prestigious chamber music ensembles. In addition to being a composer and professor at the School of Music and Performing Arts (ESMAE), Carlos Azevedo is a collaborator in the Research Group on Contemporary Music.
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Album release with research and musical editing by Alberto Pacheco (MMP)
Between 1792 and 1796, Jornal de Modinhas, the first Portuguese periodical dedicated to publishing sheet music, was published in Lisbon. This journal ended up publishing a collection of Portuguese and Brazilian songs that is representative of what was being heard in Portugal at that time. After extensive research and musical editing by Alberto Pacheco (Music... Read More