The world premiere of Nada ouve… ou acredita… (2015) by Clotilde Rosa (commission by the GMCL) as well as Ulivi Aspri e Forti II (1984) and Canto da Sibila (1976) by Jorge Peixinho, musician whose 75th anniversary is celebrated throughout 2015; these are the three works by these two composers published by the MIC.PT, that will be presented at the next concert, Presentation of the 2015 Commissions, of the Lisbon Contemporary Music Group (GMCL) under the baton of Pedro Neves. The programme of this event, taking place on November 13 at 9h30 p.m. at the Science Academy in Lisbon, will also include other world premieres of works commissiond by the GMCL to Portuguese composers, that is: Uttalanden by Lino Guerreiro, FIGHT/FLIGHT/FREEZE by Vasco Mendonça, as well as a new piece by Eurico Carrapatoso.

In the second half of November the Remix Ensemble Casa da Música, conducted by Peter Rundel, will be on tour in Germany and Austria, with two concerts taking place at the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg (November 20), and in the context of the Wien Modern in Vienna (November 27). The programme of these two concerts entitled, Pink Velvet's Bad Trip, includes the work by Vítor Rua, composer published by the MIC.PT, Interstellar Overdrive Remix (2008) for amplified ensemble; as well as pieces by David Horne, Fausto Romitelli and Wolfgang Mitterer. It was in fact rock that inspired the creation of this repertoire performed by the Remix Ensemble Casa da Música, and the main influences are revealed in the concert's name: Restless Feeling by David Horne is inspired in the music of the Velvet Underground, while Interstellar Overdrive Remix by Vítor Rua is inspired in the music of the Pink Floyd.

The first concert of the Sond'Ar-te Electric Ensemble 2015/16 Season will take place on November 19 in Grenoble, France, on the occasion of the International Meeting #AST 2015 (Art-Science-Technology), organized by the ACROE, Association pour la Création et la Recherche sur les Outils d’Expression, in the framework of the EASTN, European Art-Science-Technology Network, of which MIC.PT makes part. In this context this ensemble of five instruments and electronics, conducted by Pedro Neves, will perform three works by composers published by the MIC.PT: the world premiere of En Gêne Engin ni Gemme (2015) by Miguel Azguime, Pendulum (2012) by Rui Penha and In Limine (2011) by Ricardo Ribeiro; as well as No oculto profuso (2009) by Miguel Azguime, performed by Nuno Pinto. The programme of this event will also include one more piece by the Italian composer Giuseppe Gavazza.

Sara Carvalho (president), Fernando C. Lapa and Ricardo Ribeiro, are the three composers published by the MIC.PT, who constitute the jury of the 9th International Composition Competition of Póvoa de Varzim. The jury also includes the participation of Luís Tinoco. This competition organized annually by the International Music Festival of Póvoa de Varzim (FIMPV), aims at awarding chamber music works by composers born after July 31, 1975. The ensemble invited to perform for the 2015/16 edition is the Remix Ensemble Casa da Música, in the following formation: flute, clarinet, piano, violin and cello (without conductor). The deadline for submission of the unpublished works, with obligatory duration between eight and fifteen minutes, ends on March 21, 2016. The finalists will be announced on April 29, and the first performances of the selected works will take place at the 2016 edition of the FIMPV in July.

Xstreams (2015) is the new piece by Pedro Rebelo, composer published by the MIC.PT, that will be premiered on November 5 during a recital by Carin Levine, at the Sonic Lab of the Sonic Arts Research Centre, Queen's University Belfast. The new work, commission by this American flutuist and Rodrigo Cicchelli Velloso, will be presented within a programme entirely dedicated to new music for flute and electronics, which also includes pieces by Ann Cleare, Francis Heery, Jesse Ronneau, John Godfrey, Karen Power, and Laurie Schwartz. Among other Pedro Rebelo's activities one should also highlight his participation at the 2015 Meeting of the Brazilian Acoustics Society in Rio de Janeiro, where on November 12 the composer will make a presentation on participatory methodologies in the sonic arts, in the context of the projects: Sounds of the City, Belfast and Som da Maré.

Sérgio Carolino (tuba), Shimpei Tsugita (tuba), Rena Hashimoto (piano) and Taro Someya (drumm kit) is the formation that on November 5, 6 and 9 will perform in Japan a programme constituted by Portuguese works, with two world premieres of pieces by composers published by the MIC.PT: Unha-Gata (2015) for two tubas and piano by Amílcar Vasques Dias and From the past into the light (2015) for two tubas, piano and drumm kit by Daniel Martinho. This repertoire, commissioned by Sérgio Carolino, also includes four other pieces: Abbas Alcobatia, Op. 48 (2015) by Luís Cardoso (world premiere), Uspomena (2015) by Ivan Moody (world premiere), Teatro de Marionetas (2008) by Andreia Pinto Correia, and Music for Two Tubas and an Almost Free Drummer  (2008) by Jorge Prendas. The concerts will take place at the Phoenix Hall (Osaka), Yamaha Hall (Tokyo) and in the context of the Yamaha Hall opening in Sapporo.

The 11th edition of the Autumn Festivals of the Aveiro University (October 22 to November 27), with artistic direction by António Chagas Rosa, composer published by the MIC.PT, offers a programme that can be characterized as internationally and intentionally diversified, which includes various concerts with works by Portuguese composers. In this sense on November 11 there is a special event dedicated to the creations of the composition students at the Arts and Communication Department of the Aveiro University - an electronic music concert coordinated by Isabel Soveral, composer published by the MIC.PT. Moreover, on November 17 the viola player connected with the Síntese - Contemporary Music Group of Guarda, João Pedro Delgado and João Carlos Sousa (electronics) will perform a recital for viola and electronics with recent Portuguese work by various composers published by the MIC.PT: Rust (2014) by João Pedro Oliveira, Violetas (2013) by João Carlos Sousa and A propos d´un son (Grisey in Memoriam) (2014) by Eduardo Luís Patriarca; the concert will aso include pieces by Sérgio Azevedo and Jaime Reis. And finally, on November 19 at the recital for two singers and piano, Falsos Gregos, Canto e RealPolitik (False Greeks, Chant and RealPolitik), Ana Maria Pinto (soprano), André Baleiro (baritone), accompanied by José Brandão (piano), will present Sept Épigrammes de Platon (1997) by António Chagas Rosa, as well as works by Fernando Lopes Graça and Filipe de Sousa with texts by Ricardo Reis, and pieces by Schubert, Wolf, Brahms, Chausson, Fauré, Durey and Debussy.

Rui Penha, composer published by the MIC.PT, is one of the finalists at the first edition of the biannual Sonae Media Art Award, whose objective is to assert itself as an incentive to the Portuguese artistic creation in the field of multimedia. Five finalists have been selected for the Award's 2015 edition and their new, unedited works correspond to the elevated aesthetic and technical criterion, as well as to a diversity of multimedia languages that constitute the philosophy of the Sonae Award. The five works, including the creation by Rui Penha, Resono, will be presented at the MNAC - Chiado Museum in Lisbon between November 21 and January 31, 2016; the finalist will be announced in December. Rui Penha has created an installation reflecting on the communicational mediation of the machines and its influence on the contemporary processes of creating relations. The installation wil interact with the visitors through 15 sound receptors, Helmholtz resonatros, a scientific instrument, which gave origin to timbre analysis.

During November O'culto da Ajuda will receive the residency of the MUTABILIS project - installation and performance in preparation - resulting from a collaboration between Paula Pinto, Rita Casaes and António de Sousa Dias, composer published by the MIC.PT. The project is constructed as a hybrid artistic object. The title makes reference to the Hibiscus Mutabilis bush, whose flower is also known as confederate rose. These hermaphrodite flowers open purely white in the morning, and change during the same day, becoming pinkish, then intensively pink, and end up being violaceous in the subsequent days. The artists intend to create a behavioral work with its own development, rather than reacting or interacting with the audience. The installation is to provide a broader sensorial experience, incorporating a range of everyday and organic materials, suggesting interlaced wires, and also perhaps insinuating a "cocoon" of translucent canvas and video, where the performance creates an immersive experience.

The new cycle, Behind the Sound and the Image, revolving around music in cinema to rediscover various films from the classic, experimental, Portuguese and international cinematography, will be taking place at O'culto da Ajuda in Lisbon on November 13, 14, 26 and 27. Trying to trace a line of development of music in cinema, we will approach some of the theoretical writings on this subject, by Theodor W. Adorno, Hanns Eisler and Royal S. Brown. The sessions on November 14 and 26 will include the participation of two composers published by the MIC.PT, respectively: António de Sousa Dias, who will present the music and sound in the cinema of António de Macedo, as well as his own creation in this framework (for example in collaboration with Susana de Sousa Dias); as well as Filipe Lopes who will accompany Jerónimo Ribeiro Rocha and João Miguel Real in the presentation of their most recent animation, Macabre, which, as the creators reveal, is inspired in Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo. The other sessions of the cycle, Behind the Sound and the Image, include the participation of Pedro Boléo (November 13) and Jelena Novak (November 27).

In September, the electroacoustic fresco 'Aphâr (2007) by João Pedro Oliveira, composer published by the MIC.PT, was distinguished with the award for soundtrack and sound design at the Hollywood Moving Pictures Film Festival, event which aims at promoting short films, features as well as television and multimedia productions, thus giving recognition to various artists around the world. Among the other November activities of João Pedro Oliveira one should also emphasize his participation in the following festivals: XII Festival Internacional de Música Nueva in Monterrey(November 6-15, Mexico), where he will realize a masterclass and six of his works will be presented, Timshel (2007), Titanium (2014), Espiral de Luz (2005), Angel Rock (2011), Towdah (2009) e Mosaic (2010); Festival de Música de Morelia (November 13-29, Mexico) where the CardAssiS Duo will perform Titanium; Festival Images Sonores in Liège (November 9-14, Belgium) with the pieces Towdah and Burning Silver (2014); as well as in the context of the Society of Composers Inc. 50th Anniversary Conference (November 12-14, USA) with the work Beyond (2006).

Di lontan fa specchio il mare, "Joly Braga Santos, In Memoriam", is the work by Constança Capdeville, composer published by the MIC.PT, included on the new CD by the Powertrio, with Eduardo Raon (harp, electronics and idiophones), Joana Sá (piano and idiophones) and Luís José Martins (classic guitar, electronics and idiophones). This CD is released by the Clean Feed in collaboration with Shhpuma. Apart from Constança Capdeville's work adapted by the Powertrio it also includes three completely new compositions/improvisations by these musicians. Their work results from a "residency within a residency", from a creative lab, in other words, a long period of sharing not only music but also the daily life. The CD Di Lontan will be officially released on November 4 at 10h00 p.m., at the Maria Matos Theatre in Lisbon.

Clamores y alegorías (1995) is the work by Enrique X. Macías, composer published by the MIC.PT, which was performed by the Galicia Symphony Orchestra conducted by Arturo Tamayo, on October 29 in the context of Xornadas de Música Contemporánea 2015 in Santiago de Compostela. The programme of this concert also included pieces by Anton Webern and Arnold Schönberg. It was on November 4 1995 that Enrique X. Macía's death surprised the music universe; it was when he actually finished the composition of Clamores y alegorías, a commission of the Canarias Festival 1996. Thanks to Miguel Azguime's involvement in the organization of the work's materials, its world premiere became part of the Festival's programme, where it was performed by the Gran Canaria Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Adrian Leaper.

The Korean Section of the International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM) has announced the results for the World Music Days 2016 (WMD 2016), festival scheduled between March 29 and April 3, 2016, in Tongyeong (South Korea). In this sense, the work Frames #87 by Igor C. Silva, composer published by the MIC.PT, has been selected for the WMD 2016 within the category no. 9 (solo instrument/mixed media) and in the framework of the official application by the ISCM Portuguese Section (Miso Music Portugal). As Portuguese Section of the ISCM, every year Miso Music Portugal has been presenting to the juries of the WMD an application with six works by Portuguese composers, thus ensuring, since 2000, the presence of Portuguese music at the World Music Days Festivals, a significant moment in the international calendar of events dedicated to new music.

The pianist, Joana Gama, and Amílcar Vasques Dias, composer published by the MIC.PT, have been working together on the edition of the score of the composer's work for solo piano, Lume de chão, 24 Nocturnos - Tecido de Memórias e Afectos (2004). In this sense, the pianist dedicated to the music of the 20th and 21st centuries, has performed various solo recitals with music by Amílcar Vasques Dias and Fernando Lopes-Graça (Viagens na minha terra) - the most recent one took place on October 28 at the Teatro Viriato in Viseu. Moreover, Joana Gama will participate in the next National Meeting for Music Research . ENIM 2015 (Évora), where on November 12 she will make the presentation, Score Edition of "Lume de chão" by Vasques Dias: a collaboration between composer and performer. In the cycle Lume de chão, Amílcar Vasques Dias transports to his music the memories of his childhood in the Minho region and of his life in the Alentejo plains.

Miso Music Portugal/Portuguese Music Research & Information Centre, as the Portuguese Section of the International Society for Contemporary Music, is pleased to announce that this year the ISCM Young Composer Award 2015 has been given to the Portuguese composer Nuno Costa, for his work Pater Noster for a capella, 8-voice choir. The work was presented on September 30 in Ljubljana, in the framework of the World Music Days 2015 Festival. The winner of the award will receive a commission to write a new piece, which will be premiered during one of the future festivals organized by the International Society for Contemporary Music.

The 5th National Meeting of Music Research, organized by the SPIM, Portuguese Society of Music Research, in partnership with the Évora University, will be taking place in Évora between November 12 and 14. The event includes communications and panels with the participation of Portuguese and foreign music researchers, presenting a broad spectrum of themes, from ancient to contemporary music (Portuguese and international), encompassing issues connected with music aesthetics/psychology, performance/improvisation, as well as music in the mass media, among others. The programme will be complemented with various concerts. The closing event will be the General Assembly of the Portuguese Society of Music Research.