KA'MI "IN FOCUS" ON MIC.PT IN MAY
Ka'mi, the composer "In Focus" in May on the mic.pt, celebrates this year his 40th anniversary. His fascination towards music began very early, what led him to study guitar. A compositional side has already been present in this initial process either through reading books and articles on musical theory, or through investigating concepts which could be integrated in his way of playing. He attended Architecture at the Lusíada University and after that Geology at the Science Faculty of the Lisbon University. In 2001 he finished Musical Science and began to study Composition at the Superior School of Music in Lisbon, where he had as professors, Christopher Bochmann, António Pinho Vargas, Luís Tinoco and João Madureira. In 2005, 2007 and 2008 he participated in the Gulbenkian Orchestra Workshops for Young Composers, with the pieces "Fragment", "Glosa (In Memoriam)" and "Peça para Eça", respectively. Presently he develops his work in Vienna (Austria) as PhD student of the Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien, realizing a study on Microtonality, with special focus on the string quartets by Georg Friedrich Haas. His last piece "A.Sch_B: In memoriam Manuel João Fernandes (1920-2012)" was written for a project by Hong-Kai Wang, artist invited by the Arnold Schönberg Center in Vienna. " To find music in everything that surrounds me is not an option, it is not a choice or even an ambition. It is a way of being and a form of being in life and in the world ", tells us Ka'mi in the Questionnaire / Interview, which this month is published in the "In Focus" section of the mic.pt.

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 latest programmes are already available on-line:
>> April 13 - Sound Told Fairy Tales
>> April 27 - Music of Clotilde Rosa - new CD by Miso Records

Arte Eletroacústica in May:
>> May 11 - Gilles Gobeil - Cinema for the Ears
>> May 25 - François Bayle - Electroacoustic Music

open farm thursdays - electroacoustic agriculture
A cycle of monthly musical gatherings dedicated to electroacoustic music, during the whole year on every first Thursday of the month at 9:30 p.m., to present the principal currents of this music, which revolutionized the musical creation of the last 60 years. Works of reference, which created history of this genre will be presented side by side with current production with the focus on Portuguese composers, always with their presence to establish a space for an enriching dialogue between the creators and the public.
May 2, 2013 – 9:30 p.m.
Talking music with João Castro Pinto: music by João Castro Pinto and Francis Dhomont

14th ELECTROACOUSTIC COMPOSITION COMPETITION MÚSICA VIVA 2013
In order to encourage the creation and the diffusion of new electroacoustic music, Miso Music Portugal announces the 14th Electroacoustic Composition Competition Música Viva 2013, which year by year has affirmed its increasingly important presence in the international circuit of electroacoustic music. The competition is open to composers of every age and nationality. Deadline: June 15, 2013.

CALL FOR ELECTROACOUSTIC MINIATURES - CLOSE, CLOSER 2013
Miso Music Portugal, the Lisbon Architecture Triennale and the Música Viva Festival 2013 convoke composers to send electroacoustic miniatures (duration between 2 to 5 minutes) for the sound installation of the Triennale. Deadline: June 30, 2013.

ka'mi A.Sch_B >> see score

ka'mi Glosa (in memoriam) >> see score

Vitor Rua A Vaca de Aço >> see score

Vitor Rua Os Galos de Madeira >> see score

Vitor Rua Tocata II >> see score

Vitor Rua O Vento Pára >> see score

Vitor Rua A Verdade é como um Tigre >> see score

Vitor Rua As Palavras >> see score

Vitor Rua Um Homem Iluminado >> see score

Vitor Rua Vocci di una Città immaginaria >> see score

Manuel Pedro Ferreira Faz de Conta >> see score

Duarte Dinis Silva Vice-Vetere >> see score

Gonçalo Gato Vacuum Instability orchestra and piano March 15, Maida Vale Studios, London, United Kingdom BBC Symphony Orchestra Alan Buribayev, conductor Finghin Collin, piano >> see work

Cândido Lima NI(Y)NI(Y)ANNA violin and electronics March 16, Sá de Miranda Municipal Theatre, Viana do Castelo Suzanna Lidegran, violin >> see work

Luís Carvalho Arabesco guitar April 5, Auditorium of the Music Conservatoire of Porto Paulo Peres, guitar >> see work

Sérgio Azevedo Suite em modo antigo guitar April 26, Livraria Interava, Lisbon Julio Guerreiro, guitar >> see work

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 701 scores by 45 composers available for free download at mic.pt.