MIGUEL AZGUIME "IN FOCUS" ON MIC.PT IN JULY
This month the mic.pt In Focus section is dedicated to Miguel Azguime, composer, performer and poet, whose new multimedia opera “A Laugh to Cry” will be presented this summer and autumn in Lisbon (avant-première), Warsaw (world-premiere) and Sweden (tour). The beginnings of Miguel Azguime’s musical career are marked by his participation in various jazz and improvisation groups, as well as studying the recorder and percussion. In 1985 together with Paula Azguime he founded the Miso Ensemble, a flute and percussion duo with electronics. They have constructed a singular path on the panorama of Portuguese music, evidenced by the originality of the programmes presented in concert and by the diversity of the works created by and for the duo. The evolution of the Miso Ensemble’s language, from improvisation to composition and utilization of digital and audio-visual means of creation, coincided with Miguel Azguime’s affirmation as composer, and with the foundation of the cultural association Miso Music Portugal, which included in its structures the independent label Miso Records, the Miso Studio, the Música Viva Festival, as well as the Portuguese Music Research & Information Centre. Miguel Azguime’s compositional style distinguishes itself in a language of structural rigour on the one hand and formal freedom, on the other. His work is often situated on the crossroads between instrumental and electroacoustic writing, which in this composer find a fascinating complementarity. The relations between various activities exercised by Miguel Azguime, as composer, poet and performer gave origin to his interest in the domain, designated as “speech as music, music as speech”, in the search for a meaning and balance between words and music. In July visit the mic.pt In Focus section dedicated to Miguel Azguime.

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:
>> June 8 - Composing With Sounds
>> June 22 - Polish Radio Experimental Studio Archives (Bôłt Records)

Arte Eletroacústica in June:
>> July 6 - Sound Walk / Sound Garden 2012 – 1st Part
>> July 20 - Sound Walk / Sound Garden 2012 – 2nd Part

A LAUGH TO CRY
The new multimedia opera "A Laugh to Cry" with music and texts by Miguel Azguime, and video staging by Paula Azguime, will be presented on July 17 and 18 at 9h00 p.m. at the São Luiz Municipal Theatre in Lisbon, in the framework of the Festival de Teatro de Almada. "A Laugh to Cry" explores some primary concerns, which have always haunted human beings, and reveals them from the perspective of our contemporary globalized world. This gains shape through a meditation on the hegemonic power of the destruction of memory, the devastation of the Earth and even the collapse of humanity. "A Laugh to Cry" is a metaphysical theatre, which evolves in the fringes between dream and reality; between the visible and invisible.

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.
Jule 4, 2013 – 9:30 p.m. - Café of the Quinta de Rana Urban Park
Miguel Azguime talks about his music in the context of the new opera "A Laugh to Cry": music by Miguel Azguime and Jonathan Harvey.

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: August 30, 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: July 31, 2013.

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 707 scores by 46 composers available for free download at mic.pt.

Cândido Lima ECOS - músicas de um dia e de ironia >> see score

Clotilde Rosa Cinco Estudos >> see score

Ângela Lopes Mirror 2 >> see score

Miguel Amaral, Chuva Obliqua
	Works by Miguel Amaral, Mário Laginha, Igor C. Silva, Daniel Moreira and Dimitris Andrikopoulos Performer: Miguel Amaral

Cândido Lima, Para além das árvores
	Works by Cândido Lima Performers: Cândido Lima, Nuno Pinto, Grupo Musica Nova, Florian Pertzborn, Vítor Pinho, Pedro Couto Soares, Abel Pereira, Nuno Aroso, Suzanna Lidegran and Manuel Campos

Revista Glosas
	Glosas Magazine n.8 Highligh on Clotilde Rosa Edition: Movimento Patrimonial pela Música Portuguesa

Revista História
	História Magazine n.92 articles and interviews about Fernando Lopes-Graça Edition: História - Publicações e Conteúdos Multimédia, Lda

José Mesquita Lopes A Natureza, o Povo e o Espaço choir, brass ensemble, percussion and electronics June 15, José Lúcio da Silva Theatre, Leiria Orfeão de Leiria Choir Orfeão de Leiria Chamber Choir Orfeão de Leiria Brass Ensemble Leiria Percussion Group, Luís Casalinho, conductor >> see work

Ana Tavares Sete Saias choir, brass ensemble, and percussion June 15, José Lúcio da Silva Theatre, Leiria Orfeão de Leiria Choir Orfeão de Leiria Chamber Choir Orfeão de Leiria Brass Ensemble Leiria Percussion Group, Luís Casalinho, conductor

Sofia Sousa Rocha Memórias do Lethes choir, brass ensemble, and percussion June 15, José Lúcio da Silva Theatre, Leiria Orfeão de Leiria Choir Orfeão de Leiria Chamber Choir Orfeão de Leiria Brass Ensemble Leiria Percussion Group, Luís Casalinho, conductor >> see work

José Júlio Lopes Dark Times Quintet ensemble June 7, Casa da Música, Porto Grup Instrumental de Valência >> see work

Jorge Salgueiro A Kate e o Skate opera June 1, Teatro Ibérico, Lisbon Ângela Silva, Calebe Barros, Catarina Carvalho, Alice Coimbra, Margarida Faleiro, Manuel Barros Neves, soloists Inês Igrejas, musical direction Laureano Carreira, staging Pequenos Cantores and Choirs of the Lisbon Conservatoire Teatro Ibérico 's Opera Orchestra >> see work