Maria Inês Pires

In Portugal, a country characterized by an openness to various musical languages and aesthetics, we found the foundation of musical groups dedicated to the contemporary erudite repertoire by composers, associations, performers, among others.
With a view to a representative investigation of the national panorama, we studied the case of 5 groups based in different regions of the country: Drumming (Porto), Stese (Guarda), Sond’Ar-te Electric Ensemble (Lisbon), Performa Ensemble (Aveiro) and Ensemble DME (Seia).
Combining the documentary analysis of concert programs, activity reports, reviews, news, among other existing documentation, with the results obtained from semi-structured interviews with the members of the groups, institutions that host them, and artistic directors, we will make known the history of these groupings, the history of musical composition and its actors from the beginning of the 21st century to the present, and we will contribute to the deepening of the knowledge of the recent contemporary music scene and its documentation.