Newsletter mic.pt 03-2011

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IN FOCUS FOR MARCH: NUNO CÔRTE-REAL

In March the mic.pt “In Focus” section is dedicated to Nuno Côrte-Real, composer and conductor. His musical language, often described as intuitive and emotive, is open to various influences and musical “contaminations”. Nuno Côrte-Real rarely speaks or writes about his own work, as he claims that music’s essence is not explainable by words. The composer celebrates this year his 40th anniversary. He has already created a vast number of works, ranging from opera, pieces for orchestra as well as chamber and electroacoustic music. On March 18th the São Carlos National Theatre in Lisbon will premiere his newest, “slightly acid and satirical” opera, “Banksters”, with libretto by Vasco Graça Moura inspired by José Régio’s “Jacob e Anjo” (“Jacob and the Angel”). Nuno Côrte-Real will soon have some of his works edited on mic.pt.

Jorge Peixinho, Escritos e Entrevistas

New book published by CESEM and Casa da Música, "Jorge Peixinho, Writings and Interviews", containing Jorge Peixinho's texts and reviews, with introduction by Emmanuel Nunes, was coordinated by Paulo Assis.

Música, Estética e Sociedade nos escritos de Jorge Peixinho

"Music, Aesthetics and Society in Jorge Peixinho's Writtings" published by CESEM, Colibri Editions and supported by the Science and Technology Foundation is the result of Cristina Delgado Teixeira's Master's thesis.

Dez Compositores Portugueses

This Dom Quixote edition, "Ten Portuguese Composers", coordinated by Manuel Pedro Ferreira joins texts by various authors. It is complemented with a Portuguese Radio (RDP) CD containing previously unpublished recordings. The book focuses on such composers as: Claudio Carneyro, Clotilde Rosa, Constança Capdeville, Emmanuel Nunes, Fernando Lopes-Graça, Frederico de Freitas, Jorge Croner de Vasconcellos, Jorge Peixinho, Joly Braga Santos and Luís de Freitas Branco.

Los Cuentos Fantásticos
Luís Tinoco's work, "Contos Fantásticos" ("Fantastic Tales"), was published in CD with the support of El Plan de Fomento de la Lectura de Extremadura (Extremadura Plan of Reading Promotion). On the recording Jesús Amigo conducts the Extremadura Orchestra with José Vicente Moirón as narrator.

C. Bochmann, Cavatina
Work for violin solo written in 2010, premiered by Liviu Scripcaru on January 29th 2011 at the Portuguese Music Museum in Cascais during the Orchestra Metropolitana Soloist cycle.
>>see work
>>read review

Daniel Schvetz, Picolo studieto in tempo style per violino
Work for violin solo written in 2010, premiered by Liviu Scripcaru on January 29th 2011 at the Portuguese Music Museum in Cascais during the Orchestra Metropolitana Soloist cycle.
>>see work
>>read review

C. Bochmann, Carrolling Bach: Two Fantasies for piano
Work for piano solo composed in 2008 and premiered by Ana Telles on March 1st 2011 at the Noble Room of the Lisbon Science Academy.
>>see work

Eduardo Luís Patriarca, Enso
Work for orchestra commissioned by Harmos Festival was premiered by the Harmos Festival Orchestra conducted by António Saiote on March 12th and 13th at the Municipal Theatre in Vila do Conde and Casa da Música in Porto.

NEW SITE MIC.PT
In February the new mic.pt site was improved with an updated agenda consisting of information on concerts of Portugese 20th and 21st century music, courses (with special focus on composition courses), meetings and conferences, competitions and calls for works. With a new design the number of mic.pt visitors exceeded 46.000 and the site already has 5000 registered users.

NEW MUSIC REVIEW LOUNGE
This new mic.pt space has been recently updated with a review of Liviu Scripcaru's concert, which took place on January 29th at the Portugues Music Museum in Cascais. The violinist from Lisbon's Metropolitana Orchestra performed works by Emmanuel Nunes, Miguel Azguime and Sara Carvalho as well as premieres by Daniel Schvetz, Chistopher Bochmann and Ian Mikirtoumov. Soon the "New Music Review Longe" will be updated with a Manuel Pedro Ferreira's review of Nuno Côrte-Real's newest opera, "Banksters", which will have its premiere performance on March 18th at the São Carlos National Theatre in Lisbon.

MAILING OF THE DIGITAL SCORE CATALOGUE
The Portuguese Music Research & Information Centre carried out mailing of its Digital Score Catalogue to various national and international entities - concert institutions, programmers, conductors, musicians and ensembles, music libraries, schools and teachers. The action´s main objective was to turn Portuguese music visible as an object for programming and research, by creating access to digital scores - its basic medium.

NEW MIC.PT PERFORMERS
>> Osvaldo Ferreira
>> Joana Gama
>> Ensemble Darcos

MIC.PT INTERVIEWS
There are 52 interviews to Portuguese composers available on the mic.pt website. The interviews are in video format accompanied by Portugues and English transriptions.

JOÃO MADUREIRA EDITED BY MIC.PT
The portuguese composer João Madureira is from now on edited by the Portuguese Music Research & Information Centre. There are already 3 scores available for download and others will follow in the next few weeks.

MIC.PT SCORE CATALOGUE
One of the mic.pt central activities is the edition and distribution of online scores. At present there are 543 scores by 36 composers available for free download. Last month we introduced 5 new scores by Clotilde Rosa, Christopher Bochmann and João Madureira.

SURVEY - ARTISTS' PRESENCE ON-LINE
The international survey about the online presence of artists carried out by the Association for the Promotion of the Music of the Mediterranean (MoM) and the University of Applied Sciences (Kufstein) is already available in various languages (including Portuguese) on: qu.soundofsea.org. The survey is anonymous and takes about 5 minutes to fill out. Its objective is to collect data in order to establish opportunities of network connections between artists all around the world. The participation of Portuguese composers and performers as well as foreign artists residing in Portugal is fundamental for the project's development and solid results.

SPA "CLASSICAL MUSIC BEST WORK" FOR SÉRGIO AZEVEDO
Portuguese composer Sérgio Azevedo won the "Classical Music Best Work" Prize attributed by the SPA (Portuguese Authors Society) for his Concerto for Piano and Orchestra. The ceremony took place on February 21st at the Belém Cultural Centre and was broadcasted by the Portuguese radio (RTP).

D. DINIS COMPOSITION COMPETITION
The jury of the D. Dinis Composition Competition dedicated to choral music distinguished the following works:
João Camacho, "Dois Poemas de Eugénio de Andrade" (Children Choirs Category)
Sílvia Mendonça, "Manta de Poemas" (Honorable Mention)
The ceremony with the participation of the Lisbon University Chamber Choir conducted by Luís Almeida took place on February 28th at the Noble Room of the Lisbon University Rectory.

CRIASONS FESTIVAL
The CriaSons Festival, organized by Musicamera Produções and dedicated to contemporary chamber music, has been taking place since January 2011 at various venues in Portugal. It joins three Portuguese renowned ensembles: Opus Ensemble, Duo Contracello and Lopes-Graça Quartet. Its programme includes five premieres of works by Portuguese composers: Paulo Jorge Ferreira, Jorge Costa Pinto, César Viana, António Victorino D'Almeida and Sérgio Azevedo.