Álbum de Armia I CESEM supports recordings by Alberto Pacheco and Anderson Beltrão
It is with great enthusiasm that CESEM announces the publication of the recordings of Álbum de Armia: gemidos sobre o túmulo de uma brasileira by Alberto Pacheco (voice) and Anderson Beltrão (piano). The album was first published in 1855 in Rio de Janeiro. The ten recordings, made in 2024 at the Grémio Literário in Lisbon,... Read More
CESEM celebrates new PhDs: Beatriz Silva, Jorge Graça and Gonçalo Moreira
Sofia Beatriz Silva, a researcher at the Music in the Modern Period Group, defended on February 13 her doctoral thesis in Art Studies entitled ‘Singing the Revolution: the role of songs and opera on the dissemination of communism in Mao Zedong’s China’. The jury was chaired by Professor João Soeiro de Carvalho (NOVA FCSH) and the... Read More
‘The Scarlatti universe: artists, sovereigns and diplomats around a great family’ I Proposals until February 28
On the occasion of the 300th anniversary of Alessandro Scarlatti’s death and the 340th anniversary of Domenico Scarlatti’s birth, the aim is to examine the context in which the Scarlatti family operated, trying to reconstruct the dense map of their relations with political and artistic realities. The international colloquium will be an opportunity to reflect... Read More
‘Painting, Music and Dance in Portugal’ I Lecture by Sónia Duarte (CTC)
In recent years, as part of a PhD in Art History entitled «Images of music in painting from the Baroque period in Portugal (1600-1750)» (FCT/ARTIS, 2024), Sónia Duarte (Research Group for the Study of Music, Critical Theory and Communication) has visited hundreds of municipalities with the clear objective of inventorying all existing paintings in Portugal,... Read More
6th Mauricio Kagel Composition Competition I 2nd prize awarded to João Ricardo (CM)
The Jury Members of the 6th Mauricio Kagel Composition Competition – Annesley Black, Michael Jarrell, Isabel Mundry, Miroslav Srnka and Marco Stroppa – awarded one of the second prizes to the work WHAT DOES THE WALL SAY by composer and researcher João Ricardo (Research Group on Contemporary Music). The work for piano four-hands was premiered... Read More
Postgraduate course ‘Themes of Contemporary Portuguese Musical Culture’ (FCSH) I Applications open until March 24
As part of NOVA FCSH’s new postgraduate course on Contemporary Portuguese Culture, organised in cooperation with the Camões Institute, Paula Gomes-Ribeiro (CESEM Senior Researcher and Associate Professor in the Department of Musicology) will be in charge of the course “Temas da Cultura Musical Portuguesa Contemporânea” (‘Themes of Contemporary Portuguese Musical Culture’), which will take place... Read More
Master’s in Musical Arts (NOVA FCSH) I Applications open until March 28
The first stage of applications for the Master’s in Musical Arts is open until March 28. The Master’s degree explores the intersection between creative practices, musical performance, sound production and musicological thinking. From analogue to digital, the uses of technologies in classical and popular music are discussed, and sound creation is explored in the contexts... Read More
FCT’s New Policy on Open Access to Scientific Publications promotes the visibility of scientific production
The Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) launches its new Policy on Open Access to Scientific Publications resulting from FCT-funded research, which translates into a significant review and update of the mechanisms in place since 2014. This new policy, applicable to funding for which the application period ends after February 7, 2025, is aimed at... Read More
Newsletter I February 2025
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In2Future Boot Camp I Applications until February 24 [new date]
The second edition of the Boot Camp will take place again in Évora from May 19 to 25, with the theme ‘Common heritage: Associative ties in the interstices of social life’, once more in partnership with Festival Imaterial and Évora 27 – European Capital of Culture. PhD students from the seven research units (RUs) that make up... Read More