Newsletter mic.pt 09-2012

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	ÁLVARO SALAZAR "IN FOCUS" ON MIC.PT IN SEPTEMBER In September the “In Focus” section of the mic.pt is dedicated to Álvaro Salazar, composer, conductor and musicologist, whose work constitutes a point of reference in Portuguese contemporary culture and whose work will be highlighted at the Música Viva 2012 Festival. Born in Porto in 1938, Álvaro Salazar was one of the first Portuguese composers to carry out a specialized investigation in what concerns electroacoustic music. In 1965 he decided to destroy all the works he had presented until that point, having considered his language incoherent and out-dated. Since then his music has presented a particular taste for textures, in which sound objects are sculpted by silence. Although he has been frequently classified as a serialist composer his catalogue (after 1965) does not contain any dodecaphonic work. The influences on his musical grammar include the Second Viennese School, but also Edgar Varése, Morton Feldman and Franco Donatoni, among others. In 1978 he founded the Oficina Musical, ensemble dedicated to the study and promotion of new music. As conductor Álvaro Salazar gave first performances in Portugal and around the world of such significant authors as Janáček, Ives, Webern, Varèse, Eisler, Feldman, Ligeti, among many others.

FILIPE LOPES EDITED BY THE MIC.PT The Portuguese Music Research & Information Centre started editing scores by Filipe Lopes. Presently there are two of his scores available on the mic.pt.
NEW MIC.PT COMPOSER >> Luís Carvalho
NEW MIC.PT PERFORMER >> Luís Carvalho

Arte Eletroacústica is a radio programme presented fortnightly, realized and produced by the Miso Music Portugal and the Portuguese Music Research & Information Centre for the Antena 2, in conjunction with the Ars Acustica group of the European Broadcasting Union. Presented by Miguel Azguime and coordinated by Jakub Szczypa. The last programmes are already available on-line: >> July 7 - Interview wih Simão Costa >> July 21 -"Der Klang des Südens" ("Sound of the South") - 3rd part: Lisbon >> August 4 - Sound Walk - 1st part >> August 21 -Sound Walk - 2nd part Arte Eletroacústica in September: >> September 1 - Música Viva 2012 Festival – “Giving Voice!” - 1st part Interview with Carlos Bechegas and José Luís Ferreira >> September 15 - Música Viva 2012 Festival – “Giving Voice!” - 2nd part Interview with Ricardo Guerreiro and António de Sousa Dias >> September 29 - Música Viva 2012 Festival – “Giving Voice!” - 3rd part Interview with Joachim Bernauer, Rui Penha and Nuno Peixoto de Pinho

	MÚSICA VIVA 2012 FESTIVAL – GIVING VOICE! The 18th edition of the Música Viva Festival entitled “Giving Voice!” will be taking place in Lisbon at two different venues and timelines – September 18 to 23 at the Belém Art Centre and from October 1 to 10 at the Goethe-Institut in Lisbon. The programme will be devoted, in its essence, to new Portuguese creation, with the focus on the relations of music with technology. Counting with the excellence and complicity of an eminent variety of artists and participants, without the generosity of whom it would not be possible to realize this year this event, the Festival’s programme will include debates, 7 concerts and an "excessive" sound installation, Sound Walk, presenting 60 works, among which 40 are by Portuguese composers and with 15 world-premiere performances. The highlight will be given to the music of Constança Capdeville (for her 75th anniversary and 20 years after her passing) and to the music of Álvaro Salazar.
THE 6th ISSUE OF GLOSAS AT THE MÚSICA VIVA 2012 FESTIVAL The 6th issue of the Glosas magazine, dedicated to Constança Capdeville and published by the Movimento Patrimonial pela Música Portuguesa, will be released on September 23 during the Música Viva 2012 Festival at the Small Auditorium of the Belém Arts Centre, during a concert entirely dedicated to the composer with a performance conceived by António de Sousa Dias on the works of Constança Capdeville.
2nd INTERNATIONAL FORUM FOR YOUNG COMPOSERS In order to stimulate the creation and circulation of new music works, the Sond'Ar-te Electric Ensemble, the Goethe Institut in Lisbon and the Musikhochschule in Munich are organizing the second edition of the Sond'Ar-te International Forum for Young Composers, which will be taking place between October 6 and 10, 2012 at the Goethe Institut in Lisbon. The 4 composers selected for this edition are: >> Henrik Ajax >> Rui Penha >> Nuno Peixoto de Pinho >> Arash Safaian
13th ELECTROACOUSTIC COMPOSITION COMPETITION MÚSICA VIVA 2012 In order to encourage the creation and the diffusion of new electroacoustic music, Miso Music Portugal organizes the 13th Electroacoustic Composition Competition Música Viva 2012. Extended deadline: September 15, 2012.
SOUND WALK / SOUND GARDEN 2012 - SELECTED WORKS The list of works for the 5th edition of the Sound Walk / Sound Garden installation is already available online. Between October 1 and 10, the visitors of the Goethe-Institut Garden will have the opportunity to travel through its various soundscapes, this year under the "sound-text composition" theme.

Filipe Lopes
Sons que Cabem num Cimbalino
>> see score

Filipe Lopes
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Cândido Lima
Rituais para Piano "du moyen âge"
>> see score

Cândido Lima
Cadavre Exquis - postludium
>> see score

Cândido Lima
Ñcàãncôa
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Cândido Lima
MTA M BOR
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Cândido Lima
Paúis (Impressões do Crepúsculo)
>> see score

Cândido Lima
um minuto para um Cadavre Exquis
>> see score

Bruno Gabirro
dún
>> see score

Bruno Gabirro
Rebel (Chaos)
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Bruno Gabirro
entre murmúrios e silêncios
>> see score

Miguel Azguime
Moment à l'Extrêmement
>> see score

Trompas Lusas
Afinaudio Edition	Works by Carl Oestreich, Henri Tomasi, Nikolay Tcherepnin, Sérgio Azevedo, Cláudio Moreira and Luís Carvalho Performers: Trompas Lusas

Eurico Carrapatoso
Voos aos ventos
solo horn and horn quartet

July 7, Espinho Auditorium
Radovan Vlatokovic, horn
Trompas Lusas

>> see work

António Chagas Rosa
Serei só eu...
soprano and string orchestra

July 19, Povoa de Varzim Municipal Auditorium
Orquestra Verazin
Alexandra Moura, soprano
Luís Carvalho, conductor

>> see work

António Pinho Vargas
Quarteto de Cordas nº3
string quartet

July 12, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon
Matosinhos String Quartet

>> see work

Emanuel Pimenta
Atrahasis
music and video

August 4, Salina Galia, Trapani, Sicily, Italy
Dino Viani, video
Emanuel Pimenta, music

>> see work

Fernando C. Lapa
Quatro versos de olhar suspenso
flute and piano

August 24, Paço dos Duques de Bragança, Guimarães
Duo Luís Meireles and Maria José Souza Guedes

>> see work

MIC.PT SCORE CATALOGUE
The online edition and distribution of scores is one of the principal activities of the Portuguese Music Research & Information Centre. At present, there are 646 scores by 44 composers available for free download from mic.pt.

EMMANUEL NUNES (1941-2012)
Emmanuel Nunes, one of the most international Portuguese composers, "glorified as a genius" by ones and "reduced to an insensible builder of musical structures" by others, passed away yesterday, on September 2, 2012, at one of Parisian hospitals. The composer developed a personal style, having had various antecedents strongly perceived as influential to his musical discourse, above all the work of Karlheinz Stockhausen. We recall the "In Focus" section dedicated to the composer in October 2011.

"THE LITTLE GIRL WATER DROPLET" BY MIGUEL AZGUIME WINS THE NATIONAL PRIZE FOR MULTIMEDIA, ART AND CULTURE 2012
The Interactive Multimedia Opera "The Little Girl Water Droplet" by Miguel Azguime won the National Prize for Multimedia, in the category of Art and Culture. The prize - this year the 7th edition - is sponsored by the Association for the Promotion of Multimedia and Digital Society (APMP). The event took place on July 5 at the Teatro Aberto in Lisbon.