PreservArt project receives funding for innovative research into sound heritage preservation

We are delighted to announce that the project PreservArt — Multidimensional Approach to Preservation of Historical Audio Recordings: A Study of Chemical and Microbiological Degradation Mechanisms has received funding from the Foundation for Science and Technology (IC&DT) and Portugal 2030. This interdisciplinary initiative aims to scientifically study, preserve and restore historical audio recordings, with a...
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Newsletter I March 2025

The March’s Newsletter is out and it has news you do not want to miss! If you have not yet subscribed to our newsletter, you can do so at this link.
3 Mar 2025

CESEM PhD Students Meeting I “Research in Dialogue”

The 1st CESEM PhD Students Meeting will occur on 28 and 29 March at NOVA FCSH (Colégio Almada Negreiros), room A219. The event aims to promote dialogue, exchange experiences and strengthen the support network among CESEM PhD students. Without having a specific theme, the meeting will allow the presentation of research at different stages of...
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À conversa com … #1 Luís Tinoco

The 1st episode of À conversa com… focuses on the work of Luís Tinoco, winner of the 38th Pessoa Prize. À conversa com… presents a series of written interviews that highlight national or international awards given to CESEM researchers. Question (Q): You are the third musical personality to be honoured with an award that aims...
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28 Feb 2025

PURE | CESEM Workshop

The PURE Workshop for CESEM Researchers, led by the NOVA FCSH PURE Team, will take place at March 10 (10 am). The format will be hybrid (face-to-face at Colégio Almada Negreiros, Sala SE1, or online via Zoom). For more information, please contact purecesem@fcsh.unl.pt.

Cláudio de Pina (CM) is CESEM’s newest PhD

It was with his thesis ‘The sound expansion on the historical organ and performance practices of contemporary music’ that Cláudio de Pina, a member of the Research Group on Contemporary Music, completed his PhD in Musical Arts at NOVA FCSH. The defence took place on February 26.

I International Meeting Memories of Music I Proposals until April 13 [new date]

The I International Meeting Memories of Music: house-museums in the Iberian Space will be held in Porto (FLUP, MNSR, and Porto Conservatory) between 3 and 5 July. The meeting accepts collective and individual proposals for posters, communications, and performance communications. This event comprises several possible thematic lines: Architecture: the garden and the house as music spaces; the...
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21 Feb 2025

Exhibition ‘Musical Iconography in the Churches and Chapels of Funchal’

The Madeira Musicology and Art Studies Academy of the Madeira Conservatory – School of the Arts and the Regional Directorate for Culture are presenting the exhibition ‘Musical Iconography in the Churches and Chapels of Funchal’, dedicated to the visual representation of music in Funchal’s sacred heritage. Organised by Paulo Esteireiro (Conservatory – Madeira School of...
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Otto Mayer-Serra Prize 2024 I Juliana Wady (CTC) wins 2nd prize

Juliana Wady (Research Group for the Study of Music, Critical Theory and Communication) won the 2nd prize in the Otto Mayer-Serra 2024 competition with “Uma história por trás do discurso: música portuguesa no acervo de Mário de Andrade”. This competition aims to honour the best unpublished essays on Iberian and Latin American music. In addition...
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