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Jan
2026
Workshop – The Art of Programming: Towards a Curatorial Theory for Classical Music
In the classical music scene, there is an urgent need to think about innovative concert formats, but surprisingly, the heavy legacy of 19th-century concert structures continues to predominate. This paradox can be attributed, in part, to the lack of inspiring models for change. At the invitation of the Tagus-Atlanticus Cultural Association, Spanish musicologist and programmer... Read More
New radio programme by Tânia Valente (CTC) on Antena 2
GPS — Guia de Paisagens Sonoras is a programme that invites listeners to wander through cities, countries and places shaped by musical stories. Through different eras, atmospheres and even seasons, Tânia Valente (Research Group for the Study of Music, Critical Theory and Communication) explores territories that hold and evoke sounds, memories and inspirations that have... Read More
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Jan
2026
Ernani Chaves (Universidade Federal do Pará): “Beethoven’s lesson: Adorno and ‘Dr. Faustus’”
On January 29, at 6 p.m., in room B201 (Tower B, NOVA FCSH), the Research Cluster in Thought and Music (NPM) is organising a lecture by Professor Ernani Chaves (Universidade Federal do Pará), entitled ‘Beethoven’s lesson: Adorno and Dr Faustus’. The meeting is open to all interested colleagues! For more information about the event or... Read More
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Integration of Isabel Pires (CM) in COST Actions and the OCM Platform
Isabel Pires, senior researcher at the Research Group on Contemporary Music, is now a member of COST Actions CA24125 – Cultural Heritage in Crisis: Transdisciplinary Assessment of Legal and Regulatory Frameworks (CRICULT) and CA24129 – European Media and Born-Digital Art Conservation and Knowledge Network (EMBARK). On the one hand, CRICULT Action takes a transdisciplinary approach,... Read More
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Article co-authored by Elsa De Luca (EMS) published by Brepols
The article ‘Salzinnes and Digital Tools’, written by Jennifer Bain, Elsa De Luca, Geneviève Gates-Panneton, and Dylan Hillerbrand, discusses the digital resources that have emerged from work with the Salzinnes antiphoner and incorporates several different perspectives. Elsa De Luca (Early Music Studies Group), who has been a key member in the development of the neume... Read More
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Chapter by Kristin Hoefener (EMS) in Brepols volume
Kristin Hoefener, a researcher with the Early Music Studies Group, is pleased to announce the publication of her chapter ‘Mediaeval Sacred Song: Creative Impulses and Innovation in Repertoire, Musical Notation and Transmission’, published by Brepols in the volume ‘Innovation and Medieval Communities’. ‘This chapter was a real challenge: to reflect on the notion of innovation... Read More
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Lecture by Iskrena Yordanova (MMP) in Basel
Iskrena Yordanova, researcher at the Music in the Modern Period Group, will give a lecture in Basel, Switzerland, on January 21. More information on the topic “Niccolò Jommelli’s divertimenti – Variants, Contexts and Performance Practice” and on the researcher can be found here. Find out more about the event here.
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
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