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VIRGÍLIO MELO "IN FOCUS" ON MIC.PT IN JANUARY
The mic.pt begins the New Year with “In Focus” dedicated to Virgílio Melo, composer, teacher, musicologist and critic, who in 2011 celebrated his 50th anniversary. His musical path, somewhat eclectic, was strongly influenced by 5 personalities: Macário Santiago Kastner’s humanistic dimension, Constança Capdeville’s sympathetic anarchy, the intellectual rigour of Emmanuel Nunes, the oriental spirit of Yoshihisa Taïra and finally by Rémy Stricker’s analytical approach. His music can be characterized by a polysemic discourse, which integrates harmonic dimensions supported by conceptual universes distinct from the European tonal tradition, at the same time experimenting with the open form and electronic means and giving emphasis to religious inspiration. Regarding the technique his music possesses three dimensions – modal, serial and spectral. As musicologists and critic Virgílio Melo has worked with various publishers on specialist publications as well as on other of more general character, namely for the Público journal, Colóquio/Artes and Arte Musical magazines, on various concert programmes for the Gulbenkian Foundation and the São Carlos National Theatre as well as on the series of “Portuguese Contemporary Composers” (“Compositores Portugueses Contemporâneos”). His reviews, substantiated in a subjective manner, on the one hand include the context surrounding a concert and on the other carry out a pedagogical role towards the public.

 
Paulo Ferreira-Lopes, A Menina dos Fósforos
New work for instrumental ensemble, electronics and video by Paulo Ferreira-Lopes was premiered on December 2nd at the Cascais Cultural Centre by the Sond'Ar-te Electric Ensemble conducted by Franck Ollu.
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Ricardo Ribeiro, In Limine
New work for instrumental ensemble and electronics by Ricardo Ribeiro was premiered on December 2nd at the Cascais Cultural Centre by the Sond'Ar-te Electric Ensemble conducted by Franck Ollu.
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Rui Penha, Peripatoi
New work by Rui Penha for bass clarinet, vibraphone, piano and double bass with a real-time generated score through the analysis of the movement of cars and pedestrians at the Boavista Roundabout in Porto. The piece was premiered at the Casa da Música on December 13th 2011 by Victor Pereira, Mário Teixeira, Jonathan Ayerst and António Augusto Aguiar.
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Luís Tinoco, Os Passeios do Sonhador Solitário
New work for soprano, narrator, children choir, orchestra and electronics by Luís Tinoco was premiered on December 16th at the Casa da Música by Ana Quintans (soprano), João Pedro Vaz (narrator), Porto Symphony Orchestra Casa da Música, S. Tomé Choir, Filipe Lopes (electronics), Jérôme Bosc (video), under the direction of Pedro Neves.
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Silvia Mendonça, Rewind for Harpsichord
New work by Silvia Mendonça for harpsichord received a Honorary Mention at the 2nd Fernando Lopes-Graça Composition Prize. The work was performed by Jenny Silvestre on December 17th at the Portuguese Music Museum.
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Hugo Ribeiro, et sequentes
New work for harpsichord by Hugo Ribeiro won the 2nd Fernando Lopes-Graça Composition Prize. The work was performed by Jenny Silvestre on December 17th at the Portuguese Music Museum.
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Miguel Azguime, A Menina Gotinha de Água
New children opera by Miguel Azguime for narrator, children choir with soprano soloist, electronics and real-time video was premiered on December 21st and 22nd at the São Jorge Cinema in Lisbon by the Lisbon University Children Choir conducted by Erica Mandillo.
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Clotilde Rosa, Canto Solar
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Clotilde Rosa, Cinzas de Sísifo
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