Newsletter I December 2024
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‘Constança Capdeville and music theatre’ I Communication by Filipa Magalhães (CM) at ICH – NOVA FCSH seminar
Researcher Filipa Magalhães (co-coordinator of the Research Group on Contemporary Music) presented the work of composer Constança Capdeville at the seminar ‘Memories of invisibility: women in the construction of historical narrative’, organised by Institute of Contemporary History (IHC) of NOVA FCSH. The seminar took place on November 28 between 9 am and 5 pm at... Read More
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Nov
2024
Contemporaneidades Cycle I Tia Amélia – O piano e a vida da compositora
CESEM is pleased to announce the presentation of the composer and pianist Amélia Brandão (1897-1983), better known as ‘Tia Amélia’, by her biographer, Jeanne de Castro. The Brazilian author will also visit the Algarve, Porto, Coimbra and Aveiro. Tia Amélia – O piano e a vida da compositora, a book published by Editora Tipografia Musical,... Read More
Entre Rios I Rafael Lopes dos Santos (CTC) releases new album
Rafael Lopes dos Santos, a collaborator in the Research Group for the Study of Music, Critical Theory and Communication and a PhD student at the University of Évora, will release the album Entre Rios on November 29. In this seventh album, Rafael Lopes dos Santos presents six original tracks that aim to dialogue with the... Read More
Participation of Andrew Woolley (EMS) in PORTINGALOISE, MARCHE! (2nd Edition)
Andrew Woolley, from the Early Music Study Group, will participate in PORTINGALOISE, MARCHE! (2nd Edition), an event at the National Library of Portugal on November 30th. The event is organized around the work Art of Dancing in France by Joseph Thomas Cabreira (Lisbon, 1760). His communication will address the mobility of 17th century French dance... Read More
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Nov
2024
Noble et sentimental: Pedro de Freitas Branco and the Interpretation of Maurice Ravel’s Music I Book launch
The Edições Húmus and CESEM are pleased to invite you to the launch of the book Noble et sentimental: Pedro de Freitas Branco and the Interpretation of Maurice Ravel’s Music by Cesário Costa. The event will feature a presentation and commentary by the author, João Maria de Freitas Branco, and Paulo Ferreira de Castro, in... Read More
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Nov
2024
‘Music by Pedro de Cristo: an edition of MM 36 from Biblioteca Geral da Universidade de Coimbra’ | Book launch
The launch of the book by João Pedro d’Alvarenga, Ana Delfina Gaunt and António Jorge Marques, which is a significant contribution to the preservation and dissemination of the music of one of the most remarkable and inspired Portuguese polyphonists of the 16th and 17th centuries, will take place at the National Library of Portugal on... Read More
Final performances of Clepsydra | Music by Carlos Marecos (CM)
The final weekend of the opera Clepsydra — with music by Carlos Marecos (Research Group on Contemporary Music) and libretto and staging by Alexandre Lyra Leite — is about to begin. The chamber opera’s basis is the poem ‘Branco e Vermelho’ by Camilo Pessanha. ‘Clepsydra’ is at the Palácio do Sobralinho until November 24. More information... Read More
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Nov
2024
‘Music by Pedro de Cristo: an edition of MM 36 from Biblioteca Geral da Universidade de Coimbra’ | Book pre-launch and concert
On November 23, Coimbra’s Café Santa Cruz will host the pre-launch of a book dedicated to the music of Pedro de Cristo (c. 1550-1618). This work is a result of a project developed by the Lisbon Chamber Choir in partnership with CESEM. The book will be presented by Alberto Medina de Seiça. The publication, authored... Read More
Ângela da Ponte (CM) is the winner of 1st Alvaro García de Zúñiga International Lied Composition Competition
Ângela da Ponte, member of the Research Group on Contemporary Music, won the 1st Alvaro García de Zúñiga International Lied Composition Competition with her piece “Da keine Worte nur töne”, for soprano, flute, and electronics. The competition aims to encourage the creation, performance, and dissemination of new musical works. The first edition featured 20 new... Read More