Mafalda Nejmeddine, a researcher at the Music in the Modern Period Group, wrote the musical critic “Quando é que Bomtempo esteve à volta do barroco?” (‘When was Bomtempo around the Baroque?’), published by the Observador newspaper on December 11. The text discusses a concert held at the Casa da Música in Porto.

The call for papers for the CESEM PhD Students Meeting, entitled ‘Research in Dialogue’, is open until February 9. Click here to find out more about the formats for participation and presentation at the event scheduled for March 2025. The organisation accepts registrations in Portuguese, Spanish, and English. In case of any questions, please contact... Read More

The researcher Elsa De Luca, from the Early Music Studies Group, was invited to participate in the Jornadas Internacionales de Investigación – Polifonías hispánicas (ss. XVI-XIX): transmisión, oralidad, pervivencias y aproximaciones digitales, held in Baeza (Spain) on December 4 and 5. Elsa De Luca delivered the presentation ‘Looking Ahead: Addressing Challenges, Strengthening Teamwork, and Building Future Strategies for... Read More

The launch of the book Noble et sentimental: Pedro de Freitas Branco and the Interpretation of Maurice Ravel’s Music, by Cesário Costa, included a presentation by the author, Paulo Ferreira de Castro and João Almeida. In the context of this launch, which took place on December 11 at the Tivoli Theatre, it is worth highlighting... Read More

Luís Tinoco won the 38th Pessoa Prize, a prestigious Portuguese award. It is the third time a music personality has received such recognition. Luís Tinoco succeeds pianist Maria João Pires, who won the award in 1989, and composer Emanuel Nunes, who was honoured in 2000. As well as being a composer, Luís Tinoco stands out... Read More

The communication, followed by a performance, entitled ‘Constança Capdeville, aesthetic approaches and artistic options in the recreation of the work Avec Picasso, ce matin… (1984)’ will be presented by researcher Ana Filipa Magalhães (Research Group on Contemporary Music) and pianist Inês Filipe in the context of the conference ’Mujeres y liderazgo musical. Redes artísticas, desafíos... Read More

Sónia Duarte, a collaborator in the Research Group for the Study of Music, Critical Theory and Communication, will present a communication at the XVII Jornadas de Iconografía Musical. The conference will occur on 12 and 13 December at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. This communication ‘La música pintada por Vasco Pereira Lusitano (ca. 1536-1609): ‘corpus’... Read More

The article written by Jorge Graça, Helena Rodrigues (both members of the Education and Human Development Group), Paulo M. Rodrigues and Jan Sverre Knudsen explores how Companhia de Música Teatral adapted their live performance PaPI – Opus 8 for Zoom in response to the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, which severely limited in-person gatherings and artistic events.... Read More

Photos from the XIV International Colloquium on Arts for Children and Social and Human Development, held on November 23 at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. The day also served to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Companhia de Música Teatral. The highlights were the presentation of the documentary Mil Pássaros em Coimbra by Luís Margalhau, the... Read More

Researcher Rui Magno Pinto has recently joined the editorial committee of Wind Music Research Quarterly (Mitteilungsblatt), a publication of the Internationale Gesellschaft zur Erforschung und Förderung der Blasmusik (IGEB). The new editorial committee, consisting of Rui Magno Pinto, Ana Margarida Cardoso (INET-md – NOVA FCSH), Maria Helena Milheiro (INET-md – NOVA FCSH) and Áurea Dominguez... Read More