Roundtable and book presentations I Activity of João Pedro Cachopo (CTC)
On April 29, João Pedro Cachopo, coordinator of the Research Group for the Study of Music, Critical Theory and Communication, took part in the roundtable ‘Brazilian Opera and New Technologies’, organized by the Brazilian Academy of Music, alongside composers Jocy de Oliveira and Paulo Zuben, with moderation by Leonardo Martinelli. Click here to access the... Read More
30
Apr
2025
NOVA Contemporary Music Meeting 2025
The Nova Contemporary Music Meeting (NCMM) is a biennial three-day international conference centred on a variety of issues related to music since the beginning of the 20th century. This year’s theme is ‘Today’s Music Memory’. NCMM 2025 will feature Matthias Rebstock (Hildesheim, Germany) and Anne-Sylvie Barthel-Calvet (Strasbourg, France) as keynote speakers. The event will also... Read More
30
Apr
2025
Concert at the ESML – IPL hub
On 14 May at 5 pm, the Grand Auditorium of the ESML – IPL hub will be the stage for the works Intersonos culturis by Luísa Basílio, Progresso by Mafalda Rocha Lemos, Oidhche Shamhna by João Quinteiro and Play-Off by Vasco Mendonça. The concert results from a collaborative project of the percussion and composition course at the Lisbon School of Music.
Participation of Diogo Alvim (CM) in the 16th SAR International Conference on Artistic Research
Diogo Alvim, a member of the Research Group on Contemporary Music, will participate in the 16th SAR International Conference on Artistic Research. The Society for Artistic Research organizes this conference, which will take place between the 7th and 9th at the University of Porto. Diogo Alvim’s paper, Modes of permeability in Music, is scheduled for... Read More
Discover LFRI, CESEM’s new database
The new database of Liturgical Feasts and Rites is now available. Designed and developed by two CESEM researchers, Alberto Medina de Seiça and Zuelma Chaves, and under the scientific supervision of Manuel Pedro Ferreira, the database provides free and universal access to a list of feasts (and related rites), with standardised terminology and searchable through various... Read More
Launch of PRELO – NOVA FCSH’s Journals and Books Platform
PRELO is a digital infrastructure whose mission is to host, manage, archive, preserve, and disseminate scientific publications published by the Research Units of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities of Universidade Nova de Lisboa. This platform reinforces the commitment to the Open Science recommendations. Among the publications are CESEM editions.
MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025 I Applications hosted by CESEM until May 21
The call for applications for the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowships will open on May 6. CESEM is available to be the host institution within the framework of its strategic project and scientific agenda. Those interested should send the following documents by May 21 to cesem@fcsh.unl.pt, with the subject line “MSCA2025_Expression of interest”: Work plan (of max.... Read More
Launch of the CD ‘Os Sons em Volta’ by Carlos Caires (CM)
The launch of the CD ‘Os Sons em Volta’ by Carlos Caires, a member of the Research Group on Contemporary Music / ESML – IPL, will take place on February 29 at 7 pm at Lisboa Incomum. ‘Os Sons em Volta’ combines works composed over almost 20 years, reflecting the composer’s aesthetic and stylistic evolution.... Read More
21
Apr
2025
Reading and discussion session about Listen: A History of our Ears by Peter Szendy
On 2nd May, at 6:30 pm, the Research Cluster in Thought and Music (NPM) will hold a reading and discussion session on Peter Szendy’s book Listen: A History of our Ears (Ecoute: une histoire de nos oreilles), focusing primarily on the chapter titled “Listening (to Listening): The Making of the Modern Ear”. The meeting point will be the terrace of Cinemateca Portuguesa.... Read More
21
Apr
2025
Easter recital by the FCSH Sacred Music Choir
The FCSH Sacred Music Choir, directed by Svetlana Poliavoka, a researcher at CESEM / Early Music Studies Group, will perform at the Igreja Nossa Senhora de Fátima in Lisbon on April 24 at 7.30 p.m. This Easter recital includes sacred works for Lent and Easter from the repertoires of churches in Portugal and the East.