21
Jul
2025
‘The Scarlatti universe: artists, sovereigns and diplomats around a great family’
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
21
Jul
2025
Music Theatre Festival: 100 years of Berio (1st Edition)
This cycle was born out of the collaboration between musicologist Filipa Magalhães and the Tempo Reale centre, founded by Luciano Berio in 1987 in Florence and currently directed by Francesco Giomi. As part of her research into theatre-music, Filipa Magalhães proposed dedicating the first edition of the Music Theatre Festival to Berio, who celebrates the... Read More
À conversa com … #4 Juliana Wady
The 4th episode of À conversa com… focuses on the work of Juliana Wady, winner of the 2nd prize in the Otto Mayer-Serra 2024. À conversa com… presents a series of written interviews that highlight national or international awards given to CESEM researchers. Question (Q): You were honoured in the Otto Mayer-Serra 2024, a competition which... Read More
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16
Jul
2025
European Researchers’ Night
The activity “Preservation of Historical Audio Recordings: A Study of Chemical and Microbiological Degradation Mechanisms”, by Pedro Almeida (Research Group on Contemporary Music), will be part of the ‘Technologies’ thematic area, located in the Minerals Room, floor 0 of the National Museum of Natural History and Science (MUHNAC). CESEM will also be represented in Évora... Read More
Article by Rosana and Marco Brescia (MMP) in Revista Vórtex (v. 13)
Rosana Marreco Brescia and Marco Brescia (Music in the Modern Period Group) have published the article ‘Music in concertato style at Monastery of São Bento da Avé-Maria in Oporto in the transition of the 18th and 19thcenturies’ in volume 13 of the Vórtex Music Journal (Web of Science). This article is one of the outputs... Read More
Publication of the book The Materiality of Sound in Chant Manuscripts in the East
The Materiality of Sound in Chant Manuscripts in the East, published recently, brings together articles on ancient Greek, Byzantine, Coptic, and Armenian music scripts in the East. Together with the collection of essays published in The Materiality of Sound in Chant Manuscripts in the West, these books discuss the peculiarities and idiosyncrasies beyond the cultural... Read More
Call for the attribution of two Research Fellowships and one Research Initiation Scholarship – PreservArt I Deadline July 29
Applications are now open for two (2) Research Fellowships and one (1) Research Initiation Scholarship within the scope of the project “Abordagem Multidimensional à Preservação de Gravações Áudio Históricas: Um Estudo dos Mecanismos de Degradação Química e Microbiológica – PreservArt” (ref: LISBOA2030-FEDER-00819600; ref. 16913; ref. 2023.16007.ICTD), supported through Programa Regional de Lisboa 2030/FEDER and FCT/OE.... Read More
Ana Isabel Pereira (EHD) becomes the new Director of RPEM – Portuguese Journal of Music Education
Ana Isabel Pereira, member of the Education and Human Development Group, succeeds Eduardo Lopes, also a member of this group, as the Director of the Portuguese Journal of Music Education (RPEM). The journal was founded in 1972 and has adopted a blind peer review policy since 2016. The mission of this publication is to serve... Read More
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Concerts with music by CESEM researchers I July – August
The second half of July and the month of August will be marked by the circulation of works composed by CESEM researchers. Dreaming of the Unseen by Luís Tinoco (by the MAAT Saxophone Quartet): July 27, at 6 pm, at the Monastery of Alcobaça. Ensaios Sobre Cantos IV by Ângela da Ponte (by Tiago M.... Read More
Há música e música – Luciano Berio’s legacy by Filipa Magalhães (CM)
Antena 2 is presenting, from July 6 until the end of September, and marking the centenary of the birth of Italian composer and conductor Luciano Berio, on October 24, the series of the ‘Caleidoscópio’ programme, entitled Há música e música – O legado de Luciano Berio (1925-2003), by Filipa Magalhães (Research Group on Contemporary Music).... Read More









