Artistic experience with Jorge Graça (Education and Human Development Group)
Imaginary Sound Cartography (in Portuguese, Cartografia Sonora Imaginária, CSI) is an artistic experience that seeks to transport the viewer to a ‘world’ where music and image merge in a discourse of memories, reminiscences, reverberations, speculations, provocations that are ‘constructed’ while living and in real time, on a stage that is more than that: a window,... Read More
‘Liber Primus Epigramatum’, new album by Arte Minima (project by Pedro Sousa Silva)
Arte Minima presents the first volume of a trilogy dedicated to the complete motets of Vicente Lusitano, one of the most important Portuguese Renaissance composers. In this release, celebrated by Pan Classics, we immerse ourselves in the polyphonic richness of the 6- and 8-part motets, revealing the depth and complexity of Lusitano’s vocal writing. Arte... Read More
16
Sep
2025
‘O Temp(l)o Revisitado’, an initiative supported by CESEM-P.Porto
A new cycle of artistic residencies dedicated to Portuguese music from the 16th and 17th centuries, offering a unique experience that combines musical performance, historical research and cultural mediation – an open listening space, where the artistic and interpretative process unfolds in real time, allowing the audience to move around freely, observe the musicians’ work... Read More
16
Sep
2025
13th Meeting Music, Critical Theory and Communication
The 13th Meeting Music, Critical Theory and Communication will take place on October 3. The day will include a series of individual presentations, followed by comments from guest speakers, and a round table discussion on Noble et sentimental: Pedro de Freitas Branco and the Interpretation of Maurice Ravel’s Music by Cesário Costa. In addition to... Read More
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15
Sep
2025
Closing of the ‘AVONDANO XXI’ tour
The last concert commented on as part of the AVONDANO XXI project, in which CESEM is a partner, will take place this Friday, September 19, at the Alfândega Régia – Museu da Construção Naval in Vila do Conde. Free admission upon reservation by email: museus@cm-viladoconde.pt. AVONDANO XXI is a project consisting of a tour of... Read More
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CESEM researchers honoured by the Brazilian Academy of Music
CESEM researchers David Cranmer and Mário Vieira de Carvalho, as well as Rui Vieira Nery (Inet-MD), have been elected Corresponding Members of the Brazilian Academy of Music. The institution was founded in 1945 by Heitor Villa-Lobos. I am deeply moved and honoured to be associated in this way with the 40 academics, many of whose... Read More
Communication by Cláudia Sousa (MMP) at the II National Heritage Students Meeting (FLUP)
Panel 1 – Museums & Democratisation of Heritage I at the II National Heritage Students Meeting will feature a presentation by Cláudia Sousa, member of the Music in the Modern Period Group and the thematic line of Musical Iconography. “Musical Iconography in the Portalegre Tapestry – Making of an exhibition” will take place on October... Read More
Conversation: ‘Thomas Mann and the meanings of music in literature’
On October 23 at 7.00 p.m., a conversation dedicated to the theme ‘Thomas Mann and the meanings of music in literature’ will take place in the library of the Goethe-Institut in Lisbon. The evening will be moderated by João Pedro Cachopo and will feature Nuno Vieira de Almeida and Sara Eckerson. Admission is free. João... Read More
“In search of Youkali” – Multimedia concert staged with music by Kurt Weil
This concert (September 25, 7.00 p.m., ISEG, Lisbon; and September 26, 9.00 p.m., Parque dos Poetas, Oeiras) features Alexandra Bernardo, Tânia Valente (Research Group for the Study of Music, Critical Theory and Communication) and Ana Jacobetty, as well as staging and multimedia video by Larissa Vereza. “In Search of Youkali” narrates the saga of two... Read More
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Out of the drawer by Tânia Valente (CTC)
In Fora da Gaveta (Out of the drawer), a new show on Antena 2 radio that premiered on September 3, author and researcher Tânia Valente (Research Group for the Study of Music, Critical Theory and Communication) opens drawers – real or metaphorical – whose contents are transformed into music, stories, and memories. Based on everyday... Read More