FRANCINE BENOÎT IN FOCUS ON MIC.PT IN JANUARY
In 2014 the first In Focus on the mic.pt is dedicated to Francine Benoît (1894-1990), teacher, pianist, composer, musical critic and lecturer, whose 120th anniversary will be celebrated in July this year. We get to know her profile and work through an article written especially for this occasion for the mic.pt by Sofia Sousa Vieira, musicologist, lecturer, researcher and author of the book, "Nocturno y Fantasía: vida y obra musical de Francine Benoît". Francine Benoît developed a notable and multifaceted activity in the domain of music, pedagogy, musicology and composition, recognized by her peers for its character and originality. Sofia Sousa Vieira writes: "…[she] confirmed the significance of thought and work within her concept of art and music." In the time of the Estado Novo she conceived music "as an exercise of freedom, concurrent with styles and musical tendencies from all periods, of all the composers and performers, with an explicit, oriented (and lucid) preference, receptive to everything related with Portugal and with old (and new) Europe." In January visit the mic.pt In Focus section to discover and get to know the work, thought and personality of this remarkable figure of the 20th century Portuguese art music.

The last, 52nd edition of Arte Eletroacústica was presented on December 21. This programme realized and produced by the Portuguese Music Research & Information Centre and by the Miso Music Portugal, dedicated to new music with focus on the relations between music and technology, was present on the Antena 2 since January 2012. Arte Eletroacústica ended together with 2013, but we will be back in 2014, on January 4, with a new series of the Música Hoje programme, which has already made history between 1989 and 1999.
All Arte Eletroacústica programmes are available on the RTP website.

The latest programmes are already available on-line:
>> December 7 - Música Viva Festival 2013 - part 2
>> December 21 - Art of Sound by Gerald Fiebig and Hugo Paquete

Art's Birthday live from Miso Music Portugal
With live broadcasts from various countries, the Art's Birthday, Euroradio Ars Acustica Special Evening, will be taking place on January 17, from 19:00 until 23:00 (GMT). The Portuguese live broadcast for Art's Birthday will be realized by Antena 2 from the Miso Music Portugal headquarters, between 22:00 and 22:20, with the cellist Filipe Quaresma performing Miguel Azguime's piece "... moment à l'extrêmement", as well as with an interactive performance of sound poetry by the composer.
Art’s Birthday Party is a celebration in memory of Robert Filliou, who declared, on 17 January 1963, that Art had been born exactly 1,000,000 years ago when someone dropped a dry sponge into a pail of water. Ten years later he celebrated Art’s 1,000,010th birthday at the Neue Galerie, Aachen.

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.

January 2, 2014 – 9:30 p.m.
Talking music with Diogo Alvim: music by Diogo Alvim and Alvin Lucier

3^rd International Forum for young composers
by the Sond'ar-te electric ensemble
The Sond'Ar-te Electric Ensemble has opened the submissions, for active participants or listeners, for the 3^rd International Forum for Young Composers, which will be taking place between March 2 and 7, 2014, at the Centro Cultural de Cascais. The Forum by the Sond'Ar-te is a privileged pedagogical space for exchanging aesthetics, ideas and knowledge within the various aspects of musical creation, during which young composers will have the opportunity to work individually and collectively with recognized composers as well as with the musicians of the Sond’Ar-te Electric Ensemble.

Sond’Ar-te Electric Ensemble Composition Competition
In order to encourage the creation and dissemination of new musical works the Sond’Ar-te Electric Ensemble is organizing the 5th edition of the Composition Competition "New Chamber Music with Electronics". It is open to composers of any age and nationality and the deadline for submission of works is January 15, 2014. The winning work will be performed by the Sond’Ar-te Electric Ensemble on March 7, 2014 at the Centro Cultural de Cascais.

Cândido Lima Cadernos de Invenções Flauta II >> see score Oboé II >> see score Clarinete II >> see score Fagote II >> see score Saxofone I >> see score Trompa II >> see score Trompete II >> see score Trombone I >> see score Trombone II >> see score Cravo I >> see score Órgão I >> see score Guitarra I >> see score Harpa II >> see score Vibrafone II >> see score Violino II >> see score Viola II >> see score Violoncelo II >> see score Contrabaixo II >> see score Oboé & Harpa I >> see score Oboé & Guitarra I >> see score

João Couto Digillucination electroacoustic December 11, São Luiz Municipal Theatre, Lisbon Música Viva Festival Miso Music Portugal Loudspeaker Orchestra João Couto, sound projection

Luís Carlos Dias Laauft electroacoustic December 11, São Luiz Municipal Theatre, Lisbon Música Viva Festival Miso Music Portugal Loudspeaker Orchestra Luís Carlos Dias, sound projection

Diogo Cocharro Ball Play electroacoustic December 11, São Luiz Municipal Theatre, Lisbon Música Viva Festival Miso Music Portugal Loudspeaker Orchestra Diogo Cocharro, sound projection

Carlos Azevedo Tempo de Outouno clarinet and piano December 12, São Luiz Municipal Theatre, Lisbon Música Viva Festival Sond'Ar-te Electric Ensemble Nuno Pinto, clarinet Elsa Silva, piano

Ricardo Ribeiro Materia, Spiritus, Chalybs clarinet and piano December 12, São Luiz Municipal Theatre, Lisbon Música Viva Festival Sond'Ar-te Electric Ensemble Nuno Pinto, clarinet Elsa Silva, piano

António Ferreira Urban electroacoustic December 12, São Luiz Municipal Theatre, Lisbon Música Viva Festival Miso Music Portugal Loudspeaker Orchestra António Ferreira, sound projection

Diogo Alvim Travelogue #1 electroacoustic December 13, São Luiz Municipal Theatre, Lisbon Música Viva Festival Miso Music Portugal Loudspeaker Orchestra Diogo Alvim, sound projection

[ka'mi] Xenakis'sche Grauwacke electroacoustic December 13, São Luiz Municipal Theatre, Lisbon Música Viva Festival Miso Music Portugal Loudspeaker Orchestra [ka'mi], sound projection

Pedro Rebelo Culinary Belfast: Soundscaping Food electroacoustic December 13, São Luiz Municipal Theatre, Lisbon Música Viva Festival Miso Music Portugal Loudspeaker Orchestra Miguel Azguime, sound projection

Miguel Azguime Naturezas da Menina Gotinha de Água children choir and soprano soloist December 13, São Luiz Municipal Theatre, Lisbon Música Viva Festival Coro Juvenil da Universidade de Lisboa Erica Mandillo, conductor Camila Mandillo, soprano João Lima, piano

MIC.PT SCORE CATALOGUE
The online edition and distribution of scores is one of the main focuses of the Portuguese Music Research & Information Centre. Presently there are 764 scores by 47 composers available for download, among which 40 are from the "Workbooks of Inventions" by Cândido Lima that are beeing edited since December. To browse the complete list of the scores published by the mic.pt consult our online catalogue.

3^rd Fernando Lopes-Graça International Composition Award
The attribution ceremony of the 3rd Fernando Lopes-Graça International Composition Award, took place on December 17 at the Centro Cultural de Cascais. The jury constituted by the composers Sérgio Azevedo and Luís Tinoco , as well as the conductor Erica Mandillo, decided unanimously to attribute the Prize to Alfredo Teixeira, composer, anthropologist, researcher, theologist and professor at the Faculty of Theology of the Catholic University, for the piece "O Menino Jesus numa estória aos quadradinhos". At the concert, apart from the winning work, the Children Choir of the Lisbon University performed two works by Fernando Lopes-Graça, "Três cantos dos reis" and "Presente de Natal para as crianças", as well as "There is no Rose" and "Procession" from the "Ceremony of Carols" by Benjamin Britten. The Fernando Lopes-Graça International Composition Award is attributed by the Cascais Municipality.