Os Passos em Volta – Trafaria is a performative walk conceived by the researcher, architect & interdisciplinary artist Joana Braga, and by the composer Diogo Alvim (also responsible for the sonic creation of some of the walk's moments). The walk, with Joana Braga's artistic direction, will happen on June 25 & 26, and it makes part of the Os Passos em Volta project evoking Herberto Hélder. It aims at broadening the imaginative qualities of the places and generate a critical view on contemporary life, focusing on the way it's translated into the relation with the environments where we live. Os Passos em Volta – Trafaria will be presented in the context of the Territórios Nómadas, a cycle of walks integrated in the T-Factor project, designed by artists approaching Trafaria as a place with histories and memories, and also as a political/ social space. Additionally, on April 29 (International Dance Day) the Companhia Nacional de Bailado premiered the piece Sucessão Inevitável de Acontecimentos, with choreography by Tânia Carvalho and music by Diogo Alvim (composer published by the MIC.PT). The video of the piece by Márcio Simões for the RTP (Danças na Cidade) is available on the RTP – Palco platform.

On June 25 the Cineteatro Municipal in Serpa will host the concert with the world premiere of the work Cantares do Alentejo – Prelúdio e três suites alentejanas (2022) by Fernando C. Lapa, composer published by the MIC.PT. This concert, performed by the work's dedicatees, the Bracara Augusta Guitar Trio (with Artur Caldeira, Daniel Paredes and Artur Gil Godinho), is integrated in the Cante Alentejano com Erudição project, which is promoted by the Serpa Municipality/ Museu do Cante, organised by the Guit'Ars, and which includes the artistic direction of Litó Godinho. The project's objective is to create, edit and publish new music for guitar trio, based on the crossing of the Alentejo traditional music roots (Cante Alentejano) with the classical contemporary music universe. Additionally, the CD Canções do outro lado da rua by the Portuguese Guitar and Mandolin Orchestra conducted by Hélder Magalhães, will be released on June 12 at the Salão D’ Ouro of the Multipurpose Pavilion in Gondomar. This new CD assembles various Fernando C. Lapa's works composed for guitar and mandolin orchestra: Folias e polifonias (2019), Brisas e neblinas (2017), as well as Canções do outro lado da rua (2017).

The new work by Rui Penha, Uma peça apropriada (2022) for flute, clarinet, percussion, piano, violin, viola, cello and electronics, will be premiered by the Sond'Ar-te Electric Ensemble conducted by Guillaume Bourgogne, on June 18 at the O'culto da Ajuda in Lisbon (Extraordinary Formations cycle). Another piece by this composer published by the MIC.PT, Três quadros sobre o fado (2013), is included in the programme of the recital by the Sond'Ar-te Duo – Sílvia Cancela (flute) and Elsa Silva (piano) – which will take place on June 4 at the Teatro da Rainha in Caldas da Rainha.

In June Hugo Vasco Reis' music will be performed in Switzerland and in the Czech Republic. On June 16 the Toni-Areal in Zurich (Switzerland) will host the concert A Portrait of Hugo Vasco Reis, whose programme will be composed of various works by this composer published by the MIC.PT (including acoustic, electroacoustic music & pieces with video), performed by the Zürcher Hochschule der Künste students. And on June 29 the flutist Monika Streitová will perform Hugo Vasco Reis' piece Metamorphosis and Resonances for Flute Solo (2015), in the context of the Forfest Festival in Kroměříž (the Czech Republic). “I'm particularly interested in the relation: sound, introspection, perception. This relation is in constant variation and I must be aware of the evolution process, understand the ‘I’ and the acoustic phenomenon. This helps me to position, filter and compose...” – said Hugo Vasco Reis in the MIC.PT Interview realised in October 2019.

The work Sangue Inverso (IV): Quartzo (2015) for flute, clarinet, piano and violin by Jaime Reis (composer published by the MIC.PT), will be performed by the DME Ensemble on June 30, in the context of the concert which makes part of the KlexosLab – Festival Internacional de Interpretación y Creación Musical in Plasencia (Spain). The programme of this concert will also include the music by Clotilde Rosa, Hugo Vasco Reis and João Pedro Oliveira (composers published by the MIC.PT); as well as by Emmanuel Nunes and João Moreira (world premiere). Taking place between June 27 and July 2, the KlexosLab is a contemporary music festival and a music performance course directed to composers and saxophonists. Its programme includes lessons, conferences, electroacoustic music, improvisation and multimedia workshops, exhibitions of instruments, as well as round tables and concerts.

Cabrália 16º Sul 39º Oeste is a performance with the music and co-authorship by Helder Filipe Gonçalves (composer published by the MIC.PT), which will be presented in the context of the Culture Festival Cultura em Rede’22 on June 18 & 24, and on July 2, 8 & 9, in Fundão, Covilhã, Belmonte, Guarda and Sabugal. Focused on the figure of the navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral, the performance is constituted of 14 frames creating a narrative emphasising historical, popular and strongly emotive moments. Helder Filipe Gonçalves' music doesn't only evoke the sonorities of the past, but it also enriches them with the contemporaneity. The performance includes the participation of the students from Music School of the Pedro Álvares Cabral Culture Centre, the Aquilo Teatro group, the Bass Drums Group of Rancho Folclórico da Casa do Povo de Souto da Casa, and the Jump Project.

The premiere of the new work for children and young, Todos os gatos têm sete vidas (2022) by Ricardo Matosinhos (composer published by the MIC.PT), will take place on June 7 at the Porto Ageas Coliseum. It will be performed by the Costa Cabral Music Academy Symphony Orchestra, the Academy's Choir and Music Theatre, and under the baton of Hélder Tavares. Todos os gatos têm sete vidas (All Cats Have Seven Lives, op. 90) is a children musical based on the homonymous story also written by Ricardo Matosinhos. The programme of this concert will also include the premiere of the Double Concerto (tribute to Antonio Vivaldi) by Anthony Plog (performed by the trumpet players Telmo Barbosa e Sérgio Pereira), and Igor Stravinsky's “Firebird” Suite (arr. Randy Earls & Frederick Fennell) performed by the Costa Cabral Music Academy Wind Orchestra.

Ludi Aeterni (2022) for piano, flute, scenery (swing), performance and video, using “disguised quotations as childhood memories”, is the new work by Patrícia Sucena de Almeida, which will performed for the second time by the Sond'Ar-te Duo – Sílvia Cancela (flute) & Elsa Silva (piano), on June 4 at the Teatro da Rainha in Caldas da Rainha (Portugal). “In addition to a relation with the memories of the childhood plays/ games (Ludi), in this work I explore the idea to preserve them eternally (Aeterni), with nostalgic returns leading us to the children's imagination of the lived experiences and to the past memories, relived either via participation and physical recovery or solely being a spectator” – says this composer published by the MIC.PT. Additionally, the project entitled Illusions, recently co-created by Patrícia Sucena de Almeida (also a photographer & multidisciplinary artist) and by the writer Ana Paula Inácio, makes part of the Caiu a Noite – Pescada N.º 5 exhibition, open until June 26 at the Municipal Museum in Coimbra, and integrated in the Convergent Programming of the Anozero 21-22 Contemporary Art Biennale of Coimbra. This project, which combines text and photography, is focused on the exploration of the limit between the reality and illusion.

Language Building (2021-2022) for 12 voices is the new work by Miguel Azguime (composer published by the MIC.PT), whose world premiere will take place in the end of this month during the three concerts performed by the Cantando Admont vocal group conducted by Cordula Bürgi – on June 27 and 28 in Austria (Vienna and Graz), and on June 30 at the Belém Cultural Centre in Lisbon in the context of the Extraordinary Formations cycle. The work Language Building, a commission by the Miso Music Portugal with the friendly support of the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation, is constructed upon phrases of superimposed meanings and “chords” of meanings, interlacing the spectral characteristics of various languages with the chosen harmonic material. This gives origin to “all the possibilities” concerning the means for vocal production and expression. The programme of these concerts will also include Olivier Messiaen's work Cinq Rechant (1948), and two pieces by Beat Furrer: Herbst (2015) and A sei voci (2017). Additionally, Miguel Azguime's work Par ce chemin de rien (2020) is included in the programme of the recital by the Sond'Ar-te Duo – Sílvia Cancela (flute) and Elsa Silva (piano) – which will take place on June 4 at the Teatro da Rainha in Caldas da Rainha.

Organised by the Scientific Council of the Portuguese Music Research & Information Centre (MIC.PT), and curated by Isabel Soveral (composer published by the MIC.PT), the 1st Music, Technology and Research Meeting will take place on June 24 at the O’culto da Ajuda in Lisbon. This event aims at globally contributing for the progress and development of such disciplines as music creation, performance, theory and technology, giving priority to subjects connected with the contemporary creation and music technology – analysis and theoretical reflection on the creation and performance with electronics. It is a forum for discussion, encouraging the music research on various aspects of aesthetic and technical thought in the context of music creation, performance and technology. In this sense, a call is open for works in the following areas: 1) music creation and studio technical formation; 2) music notation of electroacoustic works; 3) music writing and studio creation; 4) development of new technological tools; 5) development of new theoretical tools in the field of electroacoustic music analysis; 6) interaction between acoustic and electronic instruments; 7) spatial configuration as a relevant parameter in the structure of the electronic music narrative. The aim of this initiative is to contribute for the development of the literacy of the students from the different education cycles in the area of music creation, focusing on the music creation with electronics. One should emphasise the essential character of the aesthetic reflection for a correct understanding of the great subjects concerning contemporary creation with or without electronics, the critical approximation between the new technologies potential and the creative thought through the analysis of relevant works and texts, as well as the theoretical reflection on the great references from the first decades of Concrete and Electronic Music.
The registration is free; the applicants should fill out the Registration Form, and send it, until June 10, to: oculto[at]misomusic.com.

The 2022 edition of the ESML Composition Week, with the aim to present publicly the work of the ESML Composition students, will be taking place at the Music School of Lisbon between June 6 and 11. The Week's programme will be constituted by workshops (with the composer Marco Bidin and with the pianist Małgorzata Walentynowicz), conferences and meetings (with the composers Cândido Lima and Carlos Marecos), as well as concerts whose programmes will include the music by various composers published by the MIC.PT: Ângela Lopes, Cândido Lima, Carlos Marecos, Jaime Reis, and João Pedro Oliveira, among others. Among the ESML Composition Week's events one should also highlight: the concert by the José Luís Ferreira Mixed Music Lab (June 7), the Tribute Concert to José Lopes e Silva (1937-2019) on June 8, and the Composition Week's closing concert by the ESML Cluster Lab (June 11).

On June 18 at the O'culto da Ajuda in Lisbon, in the context of the Extraordinary Formations cycle organised by the Miso Music Portugal, the Sond'Ar-te Electric Ensemble conducted by Guillaume Bourgogne will perform a programme which includes the three works by the composers published by the MIC.PT: the world premiere of Uma peça apropriada (2022) by Rui Penha, the world premiere of Propagation (2022) by Carlos Caires, and I'll know my song well (2021) by Bruno Gabirro; as well as Desdobragem (Não é fácil falar das coisas que nos matam) (2021) by Pedro Junqueira Maia. Making part of the Lisbon Festivities 2022 (Lisbon Municipality/ EGAC), the Extraordinary Formations cycle gives the listeners the possibility to discover unique music universes – extraordinary and singular projects created among Portuguese and international composers and performers.

In the end of May the New Music Review Lounge/ Espaço Crítica para a Nova Música has published the text by Pedro Boléo (in Portuguese) – Isabel Soveral: Um retrato com amigos –, dedicated to the concert Portrait · Isabel Soveral [and Guest · António Chagas Rosa], with the participation of the Sond'Ar-te Electric Ensemble conducted by Pedro Carneiro. The concert took place on May 23, at the O'culto da Ajuda in Lisbon.

In order to encourage the creation and dissemination of new musical works, the Sond’Ar-te Electric Ensemble is announcing and organising the 12th edition of the International Composition Competition – New Chamber Music with Electronics. This initiative is open to composers of any age and nationality. Each contestant can submit only one work, lasting between 7 and 15 minutes, and composed in or after 2017. The submitted pieces must not have been commercially published or awarded at any other national or international competition. Winners of the previous Sond’Ar-te Competitions can't participate in the present edition. The jury of the 12th Sond’Ar-te Electric Ensemble Competition is composed of: Agata Zubel, Jêrome Combier, Pedro Neves and Miguel Azguime. The Competition's deadline is October 31, 2022.

In order to encourage the creation and diffusion of new electroacoustic works, the Miso Music Portugal promotes the 23rd International Electroacoustic Composition Competition – Música Viva 2022. This initiative is directed to composers of all ages and nationalities. Each participant can submit only one work, which hasn't been comercially released and which hasn't been awarded at any other national or international competition. The deadline for the works’ submission is August 31, 2022. The winning work will be announced during the Música Viva 2022 Festival, which will be taking place at the O’culto da Ajuda in Lisbon between November 18 and 27. The International Jury of the Música Viva 2021 Competition is comprised of the composers: Jonty Harrison (United Kingdom) · Kees Tazelaar (the Netherlands) · Miguel Azguime (Portugal).

In 2022 the Sond'Ar-te Electric Ensemble offers an intensive training programme for instrument students of secondary and higher levels, who would like to Sound Out, Decipher and Perform the music of our time; and to get involved in the discovery of a stimulating contemporary repertoire, including works with electronics. This year the Sond'Ar-te Academy will be taking place at the Casa de Mateus Foundation in Vila Real (Portugal), between September 4 and 8.

Since the end of May, two new In the 1st Person Interviews (in Portuguese) – with the composers Ângela Lopes and José Carlos Sousa –, are available on the MIC.PT YouTube Channel.
Presently the MIC.PT YouTube Channel contains 18 New Interviews to composers residing in Portugal, realised since 2019; as well as eight Interviews from the MIC.PT Archive, realised between 2003 and 2005.
The New Interviews, conducted by Pedro Boléo, were filmed at the O'culto da Ajuda in Lisbon and realised in the context of the In the 1st Person cycle of the Music Today and Research & Invention Music radio broadcasts, produced by the MIC.PT and Miso Music Portugal for the Antena 2. They constitute a (re)visit to the creative universe of various composers published by the MIC.PT, following the Historical Interviews recorded by the MIC.PT more than 15 years ago. Today they are unique registers of the artistic evolution of each interviewed composer.
In order to access the Interviews (in Portuguese) follow the links below or visit the MIC.PT YouTube Channel.