CONSTANÇA CAPDEVILLE "IN FOCUS" ON MIC.PT IN MARCH
Constança Capdeville left us 20 years ago! In March the mic.pt “In Focus” section is thus dedicated to one of the most important personalities in the 20th century Portuguese music: Constança Capdeville, who passed away in February 1992 at the age of 55. Composer, pianist, percussionist and a “driving force” of the Portuguese music environment, she influenced both composers and performers of new music, to whom she transmitted her ideas of music theatre, or theatre-music as she used to say. Throughout her life Constança Capdeville founded various groups such as Convivium Musicum and ColecViva. Her activity as composer was always connected with that of piano and percussion performer and, in this context, she worked with the Menestréis de Lisboa and with the Lisbon Contemporary Music Group, for which she wrote some of her compositions. She also distinguished herself as teacher. Her particular approach in pedagogical activity marked her pupils, some of them presently recognized composers – António de Sousa Dias, Eurico Carrapatoso, Sérgio Azevedo, Tomás Henriques and Virgílio Melo, among others. In March visit the mic.pt website and rediscover the work and personality of Constança Capdeville.

Koellreutter, Emanuel Dimas de Melo Pimenta
Hans Joachim Koellreutter was born in 1915 in the Black Forest, Germany. He lived with Picasso in Paris, played with Darius Milhaud, studied with Paul Hindemith, Kurt Thomas, Hermann Scherchen and Marcel Moyse. He escaped from the nazi and lived in Brazil, India and Japan. He spoke nine languages and was an expert not only on Western, but also on Indian and Japanese traditional music. Ravi Shankar, Octavio Paz, Tohru Takemitsu, John Cage, Luigi Dallapicolla among many more recognized him as one of the most important masters of music in the 20th century.

Crowdknowspear, Emanuel Dimas de Melo Pimenta
crowdknowspear is a long visual poema composed by Emanuel Dimas de Melo Pimenta in the year 2000, on Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass. The poem works on a different logical structure. Emanuel Pimenta, an expert on Virtual Reality and cyberspace technologies, is an active member of the New York Academy of Sciences and has researched on neurosciences and Theory of Thought over more than thirty years as base for his projects.

Logical Traps, Emanuel Dimas de Melo Pimenta
Logical Traps is the concept created by the architect, urban planner, composer and photographer Emanuel Dimas de Melo Pimenta. It designed more than thirty years of his career in several countries, together with personages like John Cage, Merce Cunningham, Dove Bradshaw, René Berger and William Anastasi among many others.

Sofia Sousa Rocha, Inês Morre
New opera by Sofia Sousa Rocha, for the mini-operas project of the Arquipélago - Associação de Compositores de Portugal, was premiered on March 2 at the São Carlos National Theatre and directed by João Paulo Santos.
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Luís Soldado, Fado Olissiponense
New opera by Luís Soldado, for the mini-operas project of the Arquipélago - Associação de Compositores de Portugal, was premiered on March 2 at the São Carlos National Theatre and directed by João Paulo Santos.
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Edward Luiz Ayres d'Abreu, Manucure
New opera by Edward Luiz Ayres d'Abreu, for the mini-operas project of the Arquipélago - Associação de Compositores de Portugal, was premiered on March 2 at the São Carlos National Theatre and directed by João Paulo Santos.

Tiago Cabrita, A Vida Inteira
New opera by Tiago Cabrita, for the mini-operas project of the Arquipélago - Associação de Compositores de Portugal, was premiered on March 2 at the São Carlos National Theatre and directed by João Paulo Santos.
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Vasco Pearce de Azevedo, Deixai-me Dormir
New work by Vasco Pearce de Azevedo, was premiered on February 27 by the Ricercare Choir and the Lisbon Sinfonietta, conducted by the composer, at the Santa Maria Church in Loures.
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João Francisco Nascimento, Aos Mártires da Pátria
Work by João Franscisco Nascimento, was premiered on February 27 by the Ricercare Choir and the Lisbon Sinfonietta, conducted by Vasco Pearce de Azevedo, at the Santa Maria Church in Loures.

Carlos Garcia, Missa Breve
Work by Carlos Garcia, was premiered on February 27 by the Ricercare Choir and the Lisbon Sinfonietta, conducted by Vasco Pearce de Azevedo, at the Santa Maria Church in Loures.

Lea Brooklyn, Despir-me da Pele
Work by Lea Brooklyn, was premiered on February 27 by the Ricercare Choir and the Lisbon Sinfonietta, conducted by Vasco Pearce de Azevedo, at the Santa Maria Church in Loures.

Daniel Schvetz, Milhoverdeando
On February 24th at the Casa Museu Dr. Anastácio Gonçalves Liviu Scripcaru gave the premiere performance of the new work for violin solo by Daniel Schvetz.
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Ian Mikirtoumov, Kairos
On February 24 at the Casa Museu Dr. Anastácio Gonçalves Liviu Scripcaru gave the premiere performance of the new work for violin solo by Ian Mikirtoumov.

César Viana, La Scripcaria
On February 24 at the Casa Museu Dr. Anastácio Gonçalves Liviu Scripcaru gave the premiere performance of the new work for violin solo by César Viana.
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Sérgio Azevedo, O Veado Florido
On February 10 at the Cine-Teatro Joaquim d’Almeida the Orquestra Metropolitana de Lisboa, conducted by Pedro Neves, premiered the new work for orchestra by Sérgio Azevedo, based on a story by António Torrado.
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Carlos Caires, All-in-one expanded
On February 11 the Orquestra Sinfónica do Porto Casa da Música, conducted by Christoph König, gave the premiere performance of the new work for orchestra and electronics by Carlo Caires.
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Telmo Marques, Contrafacção Folclórica
On February 8 at the Cine-Teatro Constantino Nery (Matosinhos) the Matosinhos String Quartet premiered the new work by Telmo Marques.
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Manuel Durão, Präludium und Fuge für 11 Instrumentalisten
On February 5 at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Leipzig (Germany) the school’s students, conducted by Manuel Durão, gave the first performance of his new work for ensemble.
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"ALL-IN-ONE EXPANDED" BY CARLOS CAIRES ON THE NEW MUSIC REVIEW LOUNGE
The New Music Review Lounge published a new review by Virgílio Melo, concerning the premiere of Carlos Caires’ new work, “All-in-one expanded”, performed on February 11 2012 by the Orquestra Sinfónia do Porto Casa da Múisca under Christoph König.

2nd PERFORMANCE OF THE MATOSINHOS STRING QUARTET CONCERT SEASON ON THE NEW MUSIC REVIEW LOUNGE
The works, “Contrafacção folclórica” by Telmo Marques and “Le feu qui dort” by Miguel Azguime, are in focus of Virgílio Melo’s review to the 2nd performance of the Matosinhos String Quartet Concert Season, which took place on February 8 at the Cine-Teatro Constantino Nery in Matosinhos.

13th ELECTROACOUSTIC COMPOSITION COMPETITION MÚSICA VIVA 2012
In order to encourage the creation and the diffusion of new electroacoustic music, Miso Music Portugal promotes the 13th Electroacoustic Composition Competition Música Viva 2012. Deadline 15 of June 2012.

SOUND WALK 2012
Música Viva Festival 2012 / Miso Music Portugal call for electroacoustic miniatures (duration: 2’ to 5’) under the theme of “sound text composition” for the garden of the Goethe Institut in Lisbon. Deadline May 31st 2012

ECPNM EUROPEAN COMPETITION FOR LIVE ELECTRONIC MUSIC PROJECTS
ECPNM 5th European competition for live-electronic music projects, edition 2012, for double-bass. The organising partners of this competition are members of the ECPNM: EULEC in Lüneburg; Miso Music Portugal; Gaudeamus Music Week. Deadline 1 April 2012.

ANTÓNIO PINHO VARGAS WINS THE UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA PRIZE
António Pinho Vargas won the ninth edition of the University of Coimbra Prize. Musician, composer, performer and researcher of the CES (Centre for Social Studies), with a prolific career related to music and, more recently, research has just published the book Music and Power: Towards a Sociology of the Absence of Music in the European Context (Coimbra: Almedina, 2011), which sums up his doctoral dissertation, prepared under the guidance of Boaventura de Sousa Santos.

PRÉMIOS AUTORES 2012
The work "Nise Lacrimosa" by composer Luis Carvalho was nominated in the category of "Best Classical Music Work" for the Authors Prize 2012, sponsored by the Portuguese Society of Authors. The project "Os Apóstolos" by the Gregorian Choir of Lisbon was also nominated in this category that Artur Pizarro won with the interpretation of Chopin's Complete Works.
The awards were presented last February 27 at the Centro Cultural de Belém.