MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025 I Applications hosted by CESEM until June 2 [new date]
The Centre for Music Studies (CESEM) of the NOVA University Lisbon invites expressions of interest from scholars wishing to apply for the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Postdoctoral Fellowships. The fellowship has a duration of between one and two years, and researchers of any nationality are eligible to apply. Interested candidates should submit the following documents... 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.
Recital ‘Bells and Recitatives’ by Taíssa Poliakova Cunha (CM) in Lisbon
On April 23 at 7 pm, the EAMCN (Escola Artística de Música do Conservatório Nacional) will host the recital ‘Bells and Recitatives’ by pianist and researcher at CESEM (Research Group on Contemporary Music) Taíssa Poliakova Cunha. ‘Bells and Recitatives’ features works by Franz Liszt, Vuk Kulenovic, Georgy Sviridov, and Luiz Costa.
‘Gerador’ Course by André Malhado (CTC / CysMus) I Applications until May 8
Academia Gerador – a training platform in the areas of culture, citizenship, journalism, and the arts – is opening applications for the course ‘Introduction to Music Production for Audiovisuals’, led by André Malhado, a member of the Research Group for the Study of Music, Critical Theory and Communication, as well as coordinator of CysMus (part... Read More
CESEM closed from April 15 to 21
The management team will be on holiday from April 15 to 21. See you soon!
14
Apr
2025
Music guidance sessions for parents and children [registration now open]
We are looking for children and their carers for music sessions in May 2025. The sessions are free of charge. As part of their training, students from the Music in Childhood Postgraduate Programme (NOVA FCSH) will lead these sessions, which will take place at LaMCI-LEC, Colégio Almada Negreiros – Campolide Campus, from 4.30 pm to... Read More
Article by Eduarda Carvalho (EHD) in Early Human Development (Elsevier)
Eduarda Carvalho, a researcher in the Education and Human Development Group and coordinator of the thematic line Therapeutic Effects of Music, published the article ‘Contributions of music therapy and of prenatal singing to maternal mental health, maternal attachment, and neonatal behaviour’ in Early Human Development (Elsevier). The journal Early Human Development concerns the continuity of fetal and... Read More
‘Rencontres de musicologie médiévale VI’ I Proposals until June 30
The sixth edition of the ‘Rencontres de musicologie médiévale’ will be held in Metz (France) between 12 and 14 January 2026. The event has the contribution of Océane Boudeau (Early Music Studies Group), who is involved in the organisation and scientific committee. The call for proposals closes on June 30. More information here.