Following the concerts in February and March, the work Semana profana by Fernando C. Lapa will have more performances by the Contratempus Quartet in April and May - on April 23 at the Sá de Miranda Theatre in Viana do Castelo, and on April 30 at the Coimbra Conservatoire, as well as on May 30 at the Vilarinha Theatre in Porto. These performances dedicated exclusively to Portuguese music include not only the work by this composer published by the MIC.PT, with text by Regina Guimarães and staging by António Durães, but also the opera buffa A Querela dos Grilos with the music of Fátima Fonte and libretto by Tiago Schwäbl. Founded at the Superior School of Music, Arts and Performance in Porto the Contratempus Quartet has an uncommon instrumental set - soprano, clarinet, cello and piano. The musicians intend to overcome the academic barriers, being dedicated to the performance of contemporary music, with focus on Portuguese creation.

The second concert in the framework of the New Music Encounters in Vila do Conde, with artistic direction by Eduardo Luís Patriarca, composer published by the MIC.PT, will be taking place on April 26 at 4h30 p.m. at the Salão Nobre of the Vila do Conde Municipal Theatre. This time the percussionist Jorge Lima will perform a recital for percussion and electronics, To the Earth, which will include two premiere performances - Kado by Eduardo Luís Patriarca and a new work by José Alberto Gomes; both pieces composed in response to the musician's commission. Additionally the programme of his recital will be also composed of works by Andy Akiho (Portuguese premiere), Frederic Rzewski and Luís Tinoco (Mind the Gap). Apart from the presentation of new music works, each concert of the New Music Encounters in Vila do Conde intends to bring closer the audience with the performers and composers, hence allowing an informal conversation with the artists.

The work for symphonic orchestra, Scherzi by Pedro Amaral, will be premiered at the concert Birthday Surprise, which will be taking place on April 10, at 9h00 p.m. at the Sala Suggia of Casa da Música in Porto. This concert, which marks the 10^th anniversary of Casa da Música, includes the participation of the Porto Symphonic Orchestra Casa da Música, the Casa da Música Choir, the soloists Sarah Tynan (soprano), Patrícia Quinta (mezzo-soprano), Lothar Odinius (tenor) and Leigh Melrose (baritone), with the musical direction of Takuo Yuasa. Apart form Pedro Amaral's new work, Casa da Música's commission to this composer published by the MIC.PT, the event's programme will also include the piece Con brio, Concert Overture by Jörg Widmann, Ludwig van Beethiven's Consecration of the House Overture, written for the inauguration of the Theater in der Josefstadt in Vienna, as well as a surprise work for choir, four soloists and symphonic orchestra.

The work Coração by João Madureira, composer published by the MIC.PT, will be premiered on April 25 by the Lisbon Contemporary Music Group (GMCL) under the baton of the Italian conductor Adriano Martinolli D'Arcy, in the framework of the 28^th Music Biennale in Zagreb, Croatia. This event dedicated to new music has been organized since 1961 by the Croatian Composers' Society, the Croatian section of the International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM). The programme of this concert by the GMCL will also include four Portuguese works by the composers published by the MIC.PT, Clotilde Rosa (No Mais Fundo de Ti), João Pedro Oliveira (O Abismo e o Silêncio), Constança Capdeville (Momento I) and Jorge Peixinho (Llanto por Mariana); as well as the premiere performance of a piece by the Croatian composer Viktoria Čop (Taba).

Works by two composers published by the MIC.PT, João Pedro Oliveira and Jorge Peixinho, are included in the concerts taking place between March and April, in the framework of the Brazilian tour of the DME Ensemble. This tour is a journey where the group of musicians connected with the Music Conservatoire in Seia is travelling from the South to the North of the country, giving more than 10 performances. The conductor Jean-Sébastien Béreau is leading the Ensemble during these performances whose programme includes premiers of pieces by Portuguese and Brazilian composers, many of them commissioned for the tour, which also includes the participation of Ana Telles (piano), Carlos Silva (clarinet), Jaime Reis (electronics), Joana Guerra (violin), José Pedro Sousa (cello), Ludovic Afonso (violin) and Túlio Augusto (theatrical performance).

The results of the 1^st Jorge Peixinho/GMCL International Composition Competition, organized by the Lisbon Contemporary Music Group (GMCL), were announced on March 18. The jury constituted by the three composers published by the MIC.PT, Christopher Bochmann, João Madureira and Clotilde Rosa, and which also included Ivan Fedele, Aldo Brizzi, Gerhard Staebler, Helmut Flammer, Jean-Sébastien Béreau and Jorge Sá Machado, decided to award the following works: in the A category (Ensemble) with the 2^nd Prize, the piece Conciliabulu by Nuno Peixoto de Pinho, and in the B category (Chamber Music) with the 1^st Prize, the piece Memorandum for understanding by Nuno Figueiredo. Both composers, the former and the latter, have scores published by the MIC.PT. In the B category the jury also attributed two awards, the 2^nd to Daniel Moreira for the piece Cinco Poemas da Água, and the 3^rd to Ernesto Donoso for Reflexão Energética. The awards in the B category will be officially delivered at the concert of the awarded pieces, on April 4 at 9h30 p.m. at the Joaquim d'Almeida Auditorium in Montijo. The winning composer of the A category will receive his award on April 5 at 4h00 p.m. at Palácio Foz in Lisbon, in the framework of yet another performance of all the winning works.

The work Paródia às Modinhas Luso-Brasileiras for soprano, clarinet and piano by Carlos Marecos, composer published by the MIC.PT, is included in the programme of the concert by the Trio Liederbuch, which will take place on April 23, within the ALLEA (All European Academies) Assembly at the Salão Nobre of the Science Academy in Lisbon. The repertoire of this music moment at the Assembly, starred by the musicians of the Music Department at the Évora University, Lara Rainho (soprano), Hélia Varanda (clarinet) and Inês Condeço (piano), will also include two pieces from the romantic European repertoire by Luis Spohr and Franz Schubert. In this context the piece by Carlos Marecos, composed in 2001, is based on the Luso-Brazilian folk songs from the 18^th century.

On April 11, in the framework of the pedagogical activity Black & Light, Patrícia Sucena de Almeida, composer published by the MIC.PT and particularly interested in such aspects as transversality between the arts, will give a workshop on Installation and Photography. The 3^rd edition of the Black & Light, initiative organized by the AAC Photography Section in Coimbra, intends to be a training of practical competences, within the exchange of experience established with different professionals, and the diverse possibilities offered by photography. In this context the workshop by Patrícia Sucena de Almeida constitutes a technical and practical approach on the art of installation and photography as artistic mean, presenting their concepts, elements and characteristics, in order to develop a prototype of an artistic project.

This April, in the context of the new series Dossiers . Portuguese Composers of the 20^th and 21^st Centuries, we provide online two more editions - the English version of the Dossier no. 2 by Sara Carvalho, and the new edition in Portuguese of the Dossier no. 3 dedicated to António Ferreira.
The series, Dossiers . Portuguese Composers of the 20^th and 21^st Centuries, intends to promote the work of Portuguese contemporary composers, constituting an “introspection” in the work of every composer, being simultaneously an encouragement to explore and (re)discover their music, as well as their aesthetic and philosophic reflection. Each Dossier is built of a short biography, questionnaire/interview or musicological article, catalogue of works with two ordinations (by instrumentation or following the chronological order) and discography.

The Slovenian Section of the International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM) has announced the results for the World Music Days 2015 (WMD 2015), festival scheduled between September 26 and October 2, 2015, in Ljubljana (Slovenia). In this sense, the work Nocturna Itinera by Patrícia Sucena de Almeida, composer published by the MIC.PT, was selected for the WMD 2015 in the framework of the official application by the ISCM Portuguese Section. Another composer who will represent Portugal at this Festival, and who was chosen within the individual submission, is Nuno Costa with his piece Pater noster for eight voices a capela.    
As Portuguese Section of the ISCM, every year Miso Music Portugal has been presenting to the juries of the WMD an application with six works by Portuguese composers, thus ensuring, since 2000, the presence of Portuguese music at the World Music Days Festivals, a significant moment in the international calendar of events dedicated to new music.

Cândido Lima, Anturion (1989)

Cândido Lima,Tapisserie II, Masques (1993)

Daniel Schvetz, Les nénuphars et la surface d'un lac (2014)

Daniel Schvetz, Oscillation perpétuelle (2014)

Daniel Schvetz, Rapsódia em Abril Maior (2014)

Christopher Bochmann, Dirge (2014)

Christopher Bochmann, Essay XVII (2014)

Christopher Bochmann, Five Pieces (2010)