The 4th International Forum for Young Composers is organized by the Sond’Ar-te Electric Ensemble and aims at stimulating the creation and circulation of new music works. It is intended for young composers of all nationalities, not surpassing the age of 35. The Sond'Ar-te also wish to create a privileged space for experience and ideas exchange between musicians and between musicians and the audience. The Forum will take place in Vila do Conde on the 16th and 17th of September with open rehearsals, analysis of musical works, lectures, workshops, composition and performance masterclasses, and working with live electronics. The Forum’s fourth edition will count with the participation of the Argentinian composer Francisco Uberto, and the Portuguese composers published by the MIC.PT Filipe Lopes, Jaime Reis and Sofia Sousa Rocha. Ricardo Ribeiro, Eduardo Luís Patriarca and Miguel Azguime, also published by the MIC.PT, will lead the rehearsal, workshops and masterclasses.

Carlos Alberto Augusto, composer published by the MIC.PT, will have on September 8th, at O'culto da Ajuda, the premiere of his opera TMIE, standing on the threshold of the outside world: from the spirals of the universe to the spirals of the inner self. Further performances will take place on the 9th and 10th. Carlos Alberto Augusto composed a musical theater for soprano, electronics and video, which crosses three stories and three characters sung by Marina Pacheco.

João Pedro Oliveira, composer published by the MIC.PT, just received the 1st Prize in the Mixed Music category at the Concours International de Composition Electroacoustique de Monaco 2016. The awarded work is Heavy Metals for bassoon and electronics. On this same competition João Pedro Oliveira also received an Honorable Mention in the category of Acousmatic Music, the awarded work is Neshama (acousmatic, 8 channels). The work Heavy Metals was also selected from more than 150 pieces to be played at the NoiseGate Festival, at Carnegie Hall, in New York, USA.

Miguel Azguime and Ricardo Ribeiro, composers published by the MIC.pt, together with Philippe Leroux, were the members of the jury of the 6th Sond'Ar-te Electric Ensemble Composition Contest dedicated to chamber music with electronics. This competition awarded the Philippine composer Dennis Reyes, with the work In the Heart of the Cosmos for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano and electronics.

On the 2nd September, the Grupo de Música Contemporânea de Lisboa will present a concert in Denmark with works exclusively by Portuguese composers. It will perform works by João Madureira, Clotilde Rosa, João Pedro Oliveira, Jorge Peixinho and Constança Capdeville, all composers published by the MIC.PT.

Under the European Double Bass Congress – BASS2016 PRAGUE, there will be a recital by Duo Contracello with music by Portuguese and Spanish contemporary composers; including the composers published by the MIC.PT Clotilde Rosa, Isabel Soveral, Constança Capdeville and Jaime Reis.

The Festival Kyiv Contemporary Music Days 2016, in partnership with Festival Dias de Música Electroacústica, will receive, on the 9th and 10th September, works by Portuguese composers published by the MIC.PT Jaime Reis, António Sousa Dias, Miguel Azguime and João Pedro Oliveira. The program will also feature works by composers John Chowning and Jean-Claude Risset.

The work zap_ping_, for trumpet, percussion, electronics and video, by the composer published by the MIC.PT Igor C. Silva, will be performed by Insomnio Ensemble on the 12th of September. This concert is part of the ICMC – International Computer Music Conference 2016.

The Festival Cantabile, organized by the Goethe Institut in partnership with the Gulbenkian Foundation, will premiere the new Concerto for Viola and Orchestra by António Pinho Vargas, composer published by the MIC.PT. The concert in question will take place on the 15th September at the Ruínas do Convento do Carmo.

On the 17th September at 9:30 pm the Sond’Ar-te Electric Ensemble will present a concert with works of the composers published by the MIC.PT Sofia Sousa Rocha, Filipe Lopes, Jaime Reis, Ricardo Ribeiro, as well as the composers Francisco Uberto and Dennis Reyes. The conductor will be Pedro Neves.

After the premiere in South Korea of the work for percussion Sketch for Omniscience is a Collective - part IV, performed by percussionist Nuno Aroso past August, the composer published by the MIC.PT Jaime Reis will go through an European tour during the month of September. The tour starts in Kiev, Ukraine, with Jaime Reis giving a workshop between 5th and 10th September, in the framework of festival Kyiv Contemporary Music Days where he will also have 5 of his works performed. Between the 12th and 16th September, Jaime Reis will travel to Utrecht, Netherlands, towards the ICMC - International Computer Music Conference 2016, where he will present a conference on new dimensions in sound spatialization and where it will also be performed his work Jeux de L'Espace. On the 16th and 17th, Jaime will be in Portugal at the 4th International Forum for Young Composers and on the 21st he will present his work Fluxus, Drag at the BASS2016 PRAGUE, in Prague. To end up his tour he will have his work Omniscience is a Collective, Part I (selected from more than 150 pieces) played at the NoiseGate Festival, at Carnegie Hall, in New York, USA.

This September, Ricardo Matosinhos joins the Composers Published by the MIC.PT. The MIC.PT on-line Score Catalogue includes already three of his works: Onde é que eu já ouvi isto? for flute orchestra (2015), The Cycle of Life for solo flute (2015), and Onde é que eu já ouvi isto? for clarinet sextet (2016).
Ricardo Matosinhos was born in 1982. He studied horn with professor Ivan Kučera at the Esproarte (1994-2000), Mirandela, Portugal and with professor Bohdan Sebestik at the Superior School of Music and Performing Arts (2000-2004) in Oporto, Portugal. Ricardo was graduated from ESMAE in 2004, where he received the prize of student of the school year 2003/2000. In 2012 Ricardo presented his master dissertation entitled “Annotated Bibliography of Horn Etudes published Between 1950-2011” at Universidade Católica Portuguesa. Curiosity about he possibilities of the horn in jazz led him to take lessons with the saxophonist Mário Santos. This experience would play a major role in his style of composition. In 1998 he won a scholarship by Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, that he kept until his graduation. Ricardo taught several masterclasses and workshops all over Portugal and also in the Czech Republic. He played as guest with orchestras such as: Filarmonia das Beiras Orchestra, Musicare Chamber Orchestra, Orquestra do Norte, Remix Orchestra, Remix Ensemble and Orquestra Nacional do Porto. Ricardo wrote several teaching materials for horn but also some music works for other instruments. His music works were recognized in several composition contests both in Portugal and abroad. Ricardo is currently teaching at the Academia de Música de Costa Cabral (Oporto, Portugal) and attending the PhD program in Music and Musicology at the University of Évora. He is a member of the International Horn Society.

Ricardo Matosinhos, Onde é que eu já ouvi isto? (2015)

Ricardo Matosinhos, Onde é que eu já ouvi isto? (2016)

Ricardo Matosinhos, The Cycle of Life (2015)