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The Miso Music Portugal/ MIC.PT, as the Portuguese Section of the ISCM – International Society for Contemporary Music, has launched the Call for Works for the ISCM World New Music Days 2025 festival, which will occur for the first time in Portugal between May 30 and June 7, next year. The Call, open until April 25, 2024, involves some of the most renowned and talented musicians in Portugal, comprising 14 categories, which range between music for orchestra, string ensemble and percussion group, works for ensembles of different sets and dimensions, pieces for string quartet, trio, duos and solo instruments (all of them with or without electronics), as well as compositions for youth choir, electroacoustic music, and audiovisual installations. In this Call, one must highlight the 12^th Category, Solo Portuguese Guitar (with or without electronics), which aims to encourage and stimulate the creation of new contemporary music works for this unique and virtuoso instrument, constituting an essential element of Portuguese tradition, culture and identity. The Call for the ISCM World New Music Days 2025 is open until April 25, and there are two ways to submit works for consideration: 1) Official Submissions, realised through the ISCM Sections and Members who issue their calls and invitations; 2) Individual Submissions, made independently by the composers or their authorised representatives.

The Miso Music Portugal and the Portuguese Music Research and Information Centre, as the Portuguese Section of the ISCM – International Society for Contemporary Music, are proud to announce the two works chosen for the World New Music Days 2024 in the context of the official application, including works by six Portuguese composers. The selected compositions are: “was birgst du so bang dein Gesicht?” (2019) for a string ensemble by Carlos Brito Dias and “Clusia Rosea” (2018) for a string quartet by Filipe Lopes. Every year, the ISCM World New Music Days is organised in a different country to celebrate contemporary music creation. In 2024, the festival hosted by the Association of Faroese Composers will occur between June 22 and 30 on the Faroe Islands.

In the context of the Call for Scores for the ISCM World New Music Days 2024, as the ISCM Portuguese Section, the Miso Music Portugal/ MIC.PT has invited six Portuguese composers to include their works in the Official Application for the WNMD 2024 festival dedicated to the music of our time. The composers are: Carlos Brito Dias (Category 4 – String Chamber Ensemble), with the work was birgst du so bang dein Gesicht? (2019) for string orchestra; David Miguel (Category 8 – Duos), with the work Alma Penada (hommage a Liszt) (2023) for flute and piano; Filipe Lopes (Category 5 – String Quartet), with the work Clusia Rosea (2018) for string quartet; Hugo Vasco Reis (Category 10 – Choir), with the work Sleeping Landscapes (2020) for mixed choir; Joana Sá (Category 13 – Composer-Performer), with the work a body as listening I (2023) for piano and electronics; and Sofia Sousa Rocha (Category 7 – Trios or Quartets), with the work Jogos (2023) for piano, violin and cello. The pieces submitted by the Sections and Members of the ISCM – International Society for Contemporary Music, will be subject to selection by an international jury to integrate the programme of the ISCM World New Music Days 2024 festival, organised by the Association of Faroese Composers (ISCM section), occurring between June 22 and 30 in the Faroe Islands.