if you can't see this newsletter click here

 
ANTÓNIO PINHO VARGAS "IN FOCUS" ON MIC.PT IN NOVEMBER
António Pinho Vargas is an active and restless personality of Portuguese music life, who manages to join different, apparently distinct universes – jazz, in which he is composer, instrumentalist and improviser, but also classical contemporary music, in which he is only composer. This variety marks profoundly his artistic path and, undoubtedly, constitutes the basis for his originality in the Portuguese musical world. In his musical language the composer takes on various influences, from unequivocal atonalism to neotonal passages. In April his PhD thesis was released under the title “Musica e Poder: Para uma sociologia da ausência da música portuguesa no contexto europeu” (“Music and Power: For a Sociology of the Absence of Portuguese Music in the European Context”). It constitutes an investigation on the invisibility of Portuguese classical music not only in the international, but also national context. On October 1st the Oporto Symphonic Orchestra (Casa da Música) conducted by Christopher Konig gave the premiere performance of his most recent work, “Onze Cartas” for symphonic orchestra, electronics and three pre-recorded speakers. The first Lisbon performance of the work will take place on November 19th at the São Carlos National Theatre. In November the mic.pt “In Focus” section is dedicated to António Pinho Vargas, who this year celebrates his 60th anniversary.

  
Compositores Portugueses XX-XXI - Volume 04
 New CD released by Numérica contains interpretations of the Lisboa Cantat Chamber and Symphonic Choirs conducted by Jorge Carvalho Alves and Manuel Rebelo. This 4th volume release is dedicated to contemporary Portuguese composers and contains works by Fernando Lopes-Graça, Carlos Maercos, Sérgio Azevedo and Vasco Pearce de Azevedo.

Miguel Azguime, the adventure of listening
 New Miguel Azguime's CD with electroacoustic works will be premiered on November 18th during the Miso Music Portugal Concert Season at the Goethe Institute in Lisbon. This monographic edition is released under the Miso Records label.

Nuno Pinto, Portuguese Music, Clarinet & Electronics
 New Miso Records CD, released within the cycle dedicated to the Sond'Ar-te Electric Ensemble's Soloists contains works for clarinet and electronics by Portuguese composers. On this release Nuno Pinto performs music by Miguel Azguime, João Pedro Oliveira, Ricardo RIbeiro, Carlos Caires, Cândido Lima and Virgílio Melo.

António Pinho Vargas, Onze Cartas
New work by António Pinho Vargas for symphonic orchestra, electronics and three speakers (pre-recorded) was premiered on October 1st at the Casa da Música by the Oporto Symphonic Orchestra conducted by Christopher Konig. This work was commissioned by the Casa da Música, the Belém Cultural Centre and the São Carlos National Theatre.
>> see work

Carlos Caires, Instante
New work by Carlos Caires for symphonic orchestra was premiered on October 8th by the Gulbenkian Orchestra conducted by Pedro Neves. The premiere performance took place within the Laureates' Concert of the Young Musicians Awards 2011 (Prémios Jovens Músicos 2011). The piece was commissioned by Antena 2.
>> see work

A. Pinto-Correia, Elegia a
Al-Mu'tamid
New work for orchestra by Andreia Pinto-Correia was premiered on October 14th at the Carnegie Hall, within the Sounds of a New Century Festival. The work was performed by the American Composers Orchestra conducted by George Manahan.
>> see work

António Pinho Vargas, Estudo para Vibrafone, Politicas da Amizade, nº1
New work by António Pinho Vargas for vibraphone was premiered on October 15th by Miguel Bernat.
>> see work

A. Pinto-Correia, Esculpturas
New work for ensemble by Andreia Pinto-Correia had its premiere performance on October 21st at the Small Auditorium of the Belém Cultural Centre during the concert dedicated to the 10th anniversary of OrchestrUtopica. The ensemble was conducted by Cesário Costa.
>> see work

José Júlio Lopes, Utos
New work for ensemble by José Júlio Lopes was premiered on October 21st at the Small Auditorium of the Belém Cultural Centre during the concert dedicated to the 10th anniversary of OrchestrUtopica. The ensemble was conducted by Cesário Costa.
>> see work

Eurico Carrapatoso, Liszt but not Liszt
New work for wagner tuba and strings by Eurico Carrapatoso had its premiere performance on October 16th at the Nossa Senhora da Fátima Seminar in Alfragide. Paulo Guerreiro (tuba) and the Lisbon Sinfonietta were conducted by Vasco Pearce de Azevedo. This concert's programme was repeated on October 22nd and 24th.
>> see work

Ângela da Ponte, Kras en Mementum
New work for ensemble by Ângela da Ponte was premiered on October 25th at the Sala Suggia of the Casa da Música. The Remix Ensemble was conducted by Emilio Pomárico.
>> see work

C. Bochmann, Miniatures
 >> see score

C. Bochmann, Sonnet
 >> see score
TIME, SPACE, INTENTIONALITY: CELEBRATING THE 70th ANNIVERSARY OF EMMANUEL NUNES
Born in Lisbon in 1941 Emmanuel Nunes is one of the contemporary Portuguese composers with the broadest international recognition, having been professor at the Superior School of Music in Friburg (Germany) and at the Paris National Conservatory. Indelibly influenced by Pierre Boulez's theoretical writings, the teachings of Stockhausen, the works of Edmund Husserl and Merleau-Ponty, but also by the mystical texts of Jacob Böhme, by Zohar's book and the Hebraic Tree of Life, by the works of Goethe and Dostoievsky, and still by innumerable possibilities of musical electronics, Emmanuel Nunes developed a language concentrated on the sound phenomenon in itself, perceived as a profound "apparition" - unique and singular. Throughout his work three elements emerge as fundamental references: the reflection on time, the attention given to space and the omnipresent idea of intentionality. Apart from giving homage to the composer on his 70th anniversary, the symposium, organized by the Centre for Studies on Musical Sociology and Aesthetics (CESEM) and the Culturgest Foundation, will surely deepen the reflection on Emmanuel Nunes' work.