ANTÓNIO FERREIRA "IN FOCUS" ON MIC.PT IN FEBRUARY
In February the mic.pt "In Focus" section presents one more Questionnaire / Interview, this time with António Ferreira, composer and consultant in sound pollution and bioacoustics, who this year celebrates his 50th anniversary. Born in Angola, he attended the Chemical Engineering course at the Superior Technical Institute in Lisbon. Then he studied Electroacoustic Composition at the Institute of Sonology at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague, having dedicated his career entirely to sound "in all of its aspects: musical, philosophical, historical and acoustic." Considering "listening" as his main "instrument", he constructs his music from "capturing" sound phenomena and from their transformation into elements of composition. This month the "In Focus" lets you discover some aesthetic and philosophical aspects concerning António Ferreira's creation, as well as how he decided to become a composer and how he sees the future of art music. On March 7th at 10 p.m. António Ferreira will also inaugurate the concert cycle, "Thursdays Open Farm - electroacoustic agriculture" ("Quintas Abertas - agricultura electroacústica"), which will be taking place at Miso Music Portugal on every first Thursday of each month.

"REDITUS AD VITAM" by PATRÍCIA SUCENA DE ALMEIDA ON THE NEW MUSIC REVIEW LOUNGE
The New Music Review Lounge published a new review by Jakub Szczypa, concerning the premiere of Patrícia Sucena de Almeida's new work, "reditus ad vitam", performed on January 12 at the Teatro Académica Gil Vicente in Coimbra.

Arte Eletroacústica is a radio programme presented, directed and produced by Miso Music Portugal and the Portuguese Music Research & Information Centre for the Antena 2 National Radio, in conjunction with the Ars Acustica group, of the European Broadcasting Union. Every month, fortnightly on Saturdays at 1 a.m., Arte Eletroacústica presents to its listeners an art which constitutes the pulse of the future, making use of new technologies, interactivity and multimedia, giving them uncommon auditory sensations and letting them rediscover the radio as a platform for new aesthetic experiences.

The January programmes are already available on-line:
>> January 5 - Miso Ensemble - part II
>> January 19 - Electroacoustic Music of João Pedro Oliveira

Arte Eletroacústica in February:
>> February 2 - Interview with Robert Normandeau "Cinema for the ears" - part I
>> February 16 - Interview with Robert Normandeau "Cinema for the ears" - part II

SOUND WALK NO ELECTRAIN DE NUIT
On December 16, 2012 and January 20, 2013 the France Musique radio programme "Electrain de nuit" presented a selection of pieces from the Sound Walk - Sound Garden installation, which was premiered last year in October during the Música Viva 2012 Festival at the Goethe-Institut Garden in Lisbon. The two programmes are available in streaming on the France Musique website - "Electrain de nuit".

COMPOSE WITH SOUNDS
Until mid-April, in the context of the international project Composing with Sounds, Miso Music Portugal is realizing a series of workshops for pupils of the 4th and 5th grades, together with the Music School of the National Conservatory, the Torre School and the School Group Elias Garcia (Sobreda da Caparica). This project, supported by the Culture 2007-2013 EU programme, is developed by Miso Music Portugal in partnership with: De Monfort University – Music, Technology and Innovation Research Centre (the United Kingdom); INA/GRM – Institut National Audiovisuel, Groupe de Recherches Musicales (France); ZKM – Centre for Art and Media Karlsruhe (Germany); NOTAM – Norwegian Center for Technology in Music and Art (Norway); and the EPHMEE – Electroacoustic Music Research and Applications Lab, Music Dept. at the Ionian University (Greece).

MIC.PT SCORE CATALOGUE
The online edition and distribution of scores is one of the principal activities of the Portuguese Music Research & Information Centre. At present, there are 676 scores by 44 composers available for free download at mic.pt.

Clotilde Rosa Reflexus >> see score

Clotilde Rosa Reflexus (Nova Versão) >> see score

Tiago Cutileiro Para Soprano, Trompa e Piano >> see score

Tiago Cutileiro Para 20 Instrumentos >> see score

Tiago Cutileiro Stop >> see score

Tiago Cutileiro Para Violoncelo >> see score

Tiago Cutileiro para Violoncelo e Electrónica >> see score

Canções de Natal Portuguesas
Numérica	Works by Carlos Marecos, Sérgio Azevedo, João Madureira and Vasco Pearce de Azevedo Performers: Pequenos Cantores do Conservatório de Lisboa, Inês Igrejas (choir direction) Joana Carneiro (conductor)

Alexandre Delgado, A Rainha Louca
	Opera "A Rainha Louca" by Alexandre Delgado Performers: Ana Ester Neves, Maria Luísa de Freitas, Ana Paula Russo, Teresa Cardoso de Menezes, Nilma Santos, OrchestrUtopica, Alexandre Delgado (conductor)

Nuno Côrte-Real, Volupia
	Works by Nuno Côrte-Real Performers: Ensemble Darcos

Fernando Lopes-Graça, Músicas Festivas Vol.1
	Músicas Festivas for Piano by Fernando Lopes-Graça Performer: António Rosado

Patrícia Sucena de Almeida reditus ad vitam piano, actor and 2 dancers January 12, Teatro Académico Gil Vicente, Coimbra Ian Pace, piano Maria Rita Nogueira and Sara Gil Agostinho,dancers Ricardo Correia, actor >> see work