José Mário Branco
José Mário Branco is one of the personalities that most marked Portuguese music since the 1960s, as a singer, composer / arranger and music producer. His artistic impact was felt both in the record domain, and in the context of live, musical or theatrical performances. As a result of his activity, he formed a documentary... Read More
Database Musicians of the Franciscan Order
The Database Music OFM Portugal aims to provide specialized researchers with a list of online entries of musicians and composers from the Portuguese Franciscan Order, with respective biographical information and musical production. It is also intended to provide images of musical manuscripts, guidelines and audio-visual files, whenever they exist, available, and do not interfere with... Read More
Manuel Emílio Porto’s Estate
CESEM signed a cooperation protocol with Doctor Maria de Jesus Maciel, responsible for the estate of the Piquense musician Manuel Emílio Porto, with the aim of identifying, cataloging and studying all this documentation, with a view to its adequate description, preservation and public availability , to study the scientific community in general and the Music... Read More
The Renaissance Canons
The Renaissance Canons website (https://renaissancecanons.com/) is part of a research project developed within the framework of Early Music Department lessons at Escola Superior de Música e Artes do Espectáculo (Porto/Portugal). Its goal is to provide an online resource to the students to assist their practice of didactic canons from 16th and 17h centuries through the... Read More
Creation, circulation, audio recording and editing of works of contemporary Portuguese music, in a reflexive perspective (CCRE-MPC)
Main Researcher: Carlos Marecos Team: Carlos Marecos (ESML) Carlos Caires (ESML) António Pinho Vargas (ESML) José Luís Ferreira (ESML) Francisco Santiago (ESML) Sérgio Henriques (ESML) Carlos Azevedo (ESMAE) Gustavo Almeida (ESMAE) Christopher Bochmann (UÉvora) This project involves the 3 CESEM’s poles (ESML, ESMAE and UÉvora) and aims to encourage and support the creation, circulation, audio recording... Read More
Operando
Main Researcher: Sílvia Mateus Team: Sílvia Mateus (coordenator)| ESML, Carlos Marecos | ESML, Sérgio Henriques | ESML This project aims to support the staging and creation of contemporary operas, thus contributing to the enrichment of research in the areas of composition, singing, instrument and music technologies. It proposes the production of a work of... Read More
LabMMx
Main Researcher: Carlos Caires Team: Carlos Caires, Jaime Reis, Paulo Pacheco Lab for performance and creation of electroacoustic and mixed music, Software development for real time interaction, writing of short pieces for instrument and electronics for children/young music students. The Lab has also a strong presence in International Electronic Music Festivals.
Opera production in a contemporary creative context
Keyword: Opera, Contemporary staging, Contemporary opera, Repertoire opera, Staging, Voice, Composition, Libretto Summary: This project aims at the execution of two opera productions, in a collaboration between several areas of specialty of the Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa (ESML) such as singing, composition and the areas of instrument and chamber music, with the assembly... Read More
Archives – Directory of Portuguese Composers for Wind Band / Wind Orchestra
Main Researcher: Pedro Marquês de Sousa Team: Alberto Roque | Professor da ESML. colaborators: Jorge F. P. Ramos (ESML M.A. Student/FCT Fellow), Pablo Javier Subatin (ESML M.A. Student/FCT Fellow) The project aims to identify the main Portuguese composers and their most relevant works from original repertoire for band / Wind Orchestra, to study and analyse... Read More
Portfolios
Main Researcher: Carlos Caires Team: Carlos Caires (ESML), Carlos Marecos (ESML), Didier Hochart (ESCS) Paulo Barbosa (ESCS) Colaborators: João Silva e Jorge Ramos (FCT Fellow) Initial Colaborators: Aline Medeiros, João Costa Portfolios is a database showcasing the works composed in several projects, containing audio/video, scores and texts. Selected works composed by composition students (Bachelors and Masters... Read More