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As part of the Música Viva Festival, Miso Music Portugal announces a call for young Portuguese and Spanish female composers to commission a new work for the Percussion Group of the Portuguese Chamber Orchestra, with Pedro Carneiro (conductor and percussionist). The call is open to female composers born after December 31, 1989, of Portuguese or Spanish nationality, or resident in Portugal or Spain. The call’s realisation schedule is as follows: 1) Applications, until November 15; 2) Selection of the composer to whom the commission will be made, until November 30; 3) Composition period and delivery of the final score and parts, until February 25, 2026 · 4) Performance – the new work will have its premiere at the Música Viva 2026 Festival, at the São Luiz Municipal Theatre in Lisbon, on April 30. The composer will be selected by Miguel Azguime, artistic director of Miso Music Portugal, who will follow the criteria of artistic quality, originality and musical vision.

As part of the Call for Works for the ISCM World New Music Days 2026 in Romania, Miso Music Portugal/ MIC.PT, as the Portuguese Section of the ISCM, invited six composers to include their works in the official application for this festival dedicated to contemporary music. They are: Isabel Soveral, in Category 1 (Symphony Orchestra (with or without soloist[s])), with the work Anamorphoses IX (2017), for cello and orchestra; Carlos Lopes, in Category 1 (Symphony Orchestra (with or without soloist[s])), with the work Epóxi (2021), for orchestra; Solange Azevedo, in Category 4 (Large Ensemble), with the work Ensaio sobre o impulso (2022), for instrumental ensemble; Diogo Alvim, in Category 6 (Small Ensemble), with the work Jogo Duplo (2023), for piano, violin, cello and electronics; Bruno Gabirro, in Category 9 (Duo), with the work sobre a brevidade de todas as coisas (2022), for piano and cello; and Daniel Moreira, in Category 11 (Solo Cimbalom), with the work Curta-metragem n.º 2 (Brumas de outono) (2025), for solo cimbalom. The works submitted by the sections and members of the ISCM – International Society for Contemporary Music will be selected by an international jury for the inclusion in the programme of the ISCM World New Music Days 2026 festival in Bucharest, Romania, organised by the Romanian Composers’ Association (section of the ISCM, which will take place between May 23 and 31 next year.