In June Duarte Dinis Silva will have two works premiered in the framework of concerts taking place in Guarda and Castelo Branco. The world premiere performance of the composer's work for choir and orchestra, A Lã e a Neve with text by Ferreira de Castro, will take place on June 6 within the 10^th Music Festival of Beira Interior, at the Municipal Theatre in Guarda. The concert's programme also includes two other pieces: Abertura Sinfónica n.º 3 by Joly Braga Santos, and Echoes for orchestra by Duarte Dinis Silva. Additionally another work for choir and orchestra by this composer published by the MIC.PT commissioned by the Regional Conservatoire in Castelo Branco, Coisas do Arco da Velha: tudo isto começa em nós, will be premiered on June 21 at the Cine-Teatro Avenida in Castelo Branco. This concert is integrated in the Conservatoire’s 40^th anniversary, being celebrated in 2015.

The Lisbon Contemporary Music Group (GMCL) is dedicating a series of events to the memory of Jorge Peixinho, composer published by the MIC.PT whose 75^th anniversary is being celebrated throughout 2015. The first concert, entitled In Memory of Jorge Peixinho I and commented by João Madureira, took place on May 20 in the framework of the ESML Composition Week 2015. The second concert, In Memory of Jorge Peixinho II, will be taking place on June 5 at the Salão Nobre of the Music School at the National Conservatoire in Lisbon, where the GMCL conducted by João Paulo Santos will perform three works by Jorge Peixinho, the world premiere of Sobrevivendo-te… (Jorge Peixinho in Memoriam) by Eduardo Luís Patriarca, works by two other composers published by the MIC.PT, Clotilde Rosa and Isabel Soveral, as well as a piece by Alfredo Teixeira.

1 + 4 = 7 is a performance by the percussionist Nuno Aroso, which will be presented on June 12 at the Espinho Auditorium. It includes in its programme various pieces by composers published by the MIC.PT, that is: the world premiere of Onyx by Eduardo Luís Patriarca, Your Feet by Nuno Peixoto de Pinho and Broken Loops by João Pedro Oliveira. Apart from these works the recital also comprises the music by Nuno Estrela (world premiere of Swinging Chair), Morton Feldman and Martin Bauer. On par with his intense solo career, Nuno Aroso has been creating duos with various artists. 1 + 4 = 7 is thus a retro/prospective showcasing four of these formations: Magnet, 3’30’’, Tímpani et alia and Limine. At this performance Nuno Aroso shares the stage with: Rita Redshoes (voice), Marina Pacheco (soprano), Mário Teixeira (percussion) and Rui Sul Gomes (timpani).

Ricardo Ribeiro, composer published by the MIC.PT, is the following author at the cycle, Conversations with Portuguese Contemporary Composers, which the Atelier de Composição carries out at the Gato Vadio bookshop in Porto. In this context, on June 13 at 5h00 p.m., Diana Ferreira will be talking with Ricardo Ribeiro on his compositional process. These meetings serve as a complement to the editorial work developed by the Atelier de Composição. They aim to present "who they are, how they think of music, and what are the inspirations" of today's Portuguese composers. Within an informal conversation one listens to important works in the production of every invited author, serving as a departure point to approach their compositional, technical or aesthetic thought...

The 4^th performance in the framework of the New Music Meetings in Vila do Conde, with artistic direction by Eduardo Luís Patriarca, will be taking place on June 21 at 4h30 p.m. at the Salão Nobre of the Vila do Conde Municipal Theatre. This time Marina Pacheco (soprano) and Olga Amaro (piano) will be performing a recital for voice and piano, which encompasses the repertoire of their CD Canções de Lemúria, released in October 2013 under the Parlophone label. It includes works by Eduardo Luís Patriarca (Canções de Lemúria) and Paulo Ferreira-Lopes (7 Canções), both composers published by the MIC.PT, as well as by Osvaldo Fernandes and Nuno Jacinto. The pieces composed especially for the duo use texts by various Portuguese authors, that is, Valter Hugo Mãe, José Luís Peixoto, Gonçalo M. Tavares and Paulo José Miranda, respectively.

Three performances of the multimedia opera Salt Itinerary by Miguel Azguime, composer published by the MIC.PT, are integrated in the Lisbon Festivities - the recitals will be taking place on June 23, 24 and 25 at O'culto da Ajuda in Lisbon. With music and texts composed by Miguel Azguime and video composition by Paula Azguime, the Salt Itinerary is a one man show based on the metaphor of Salt as an essential element in sustainable life, and a unique ingredient making difference between insipidity and flavour. Salt Itinerary is thus a paradigm for an alliance between creativity, technology and innovation in performing arts, joining in a singular manner, tradition and contemporaneity, theatre, music and image. It is a reflection on creation and madness, revolving around language as well as words as meaning and words as sound...

Como Nasceram As Estrelas - Tocado, Falado & Riscado (How the Stars Were Born - Playing, Speaking and Sketching) is a performance joining music, literature, theatre and drawings. It is based on the work Como Nasceram As Estrelas - Doze Lendas Brasileiras by Clarice Lispector, where Fernando C. Lapa, composer published by the MIC.PT created an original and vibrant score. On the stage the actor António Durães gives voice and expression to the texts, the Toy Ensemble performs the music and Paulo Patrício makes live illustrations of the sounds and words. Between June 8 and 20 this project is on tour in Brazil where it will visit the FIMUPA XXVIII in Belém (Pará), the Brazilian Academy of Letters in Rio de Janeiro, the Piano Museum in Brasília, the Tatuí Conservatoire and MASP in São Paulo, and various locations of the Espírito Santo State.

In June João Pedro Oliveira will participate in two international festivals in the South and North Americas. In the framework of the first one, Understanding Visual Music, taking place between June 10 and 12 in Brasília, this composer published by the MIC.PT will present his electroacoustic piece with video, Et Ignis Involvens. In the context of this international symposium João Pedro Oliveira will also make a presentation on the subject, Gesture relations between music and image. Another event, which in its programme encompasses the composer's music is the New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival. In this sense the festival's 13^th concert on June 24 will include the piece Magma for violin and electronics, belonging to a cycle of four works inspired by different elements of nature.

The Composition Week 2015 of the Lisbon Superior School of Music (ESML) was taking place between May 18 and 23, having had an extension in the framework of the Música Viva 2015 Festival at O'culto da Ajuda in Lisbon. Its objective is the public presentation of new works created by the students of the ESML and Évora University Composition Courses. In this sense the event's programme included various premiere performances of new works by composition students, young composers and their professors, that is: Prjkt.Hrp (2015) by Pedro F. Finisterra (b. 1994) performed byInês Cavalheiro (harp) and Pedro Finisterra (electronics); Concertino para violoncelo e 12 instrumentos de sopro (2015) by Sérgio Azevedo (b. 1968) performed by the Camerata de Sopros Silva Dionísio and Nelson Ferreira (cello) conducted by Alberto Roque; Aurora (2014) by Nuno Jóia Tavares (b. 1982) na performed by the Camerata de Sopros Silva Dionísio conducted by Alberto Roque; Comprovisação nº 1 (2015) by Pedro Louzeiro (b. 1975) performed by the Camerata de Sopros Silva Dionísio and Ricardo Toscano (saxophone) conducted byPedro Louzeiro; Suite Inutile (2015) by Sérgio Azevedo (b. 1968) performed by the Duo Somniatis (flute and piano); Quarteto (2015) by Eduardo Proença (b. 1996) performed by Magda Pinto (viola), Rui Araújo (oboe), Catarina Silva (cor anglais), João Vieira (bassoon); Entre o sono e o sonho (2014) by Catarina Bispo (b. 1990) performed by the ClusterLAB ensemble conducted by Carlos Marecos; Quasi miniatura, exercício de pedagogia para técnicos (2015) by Diogo da Costa Ferreira (b. 1993) performed by Adriana Rebelo, Rita Mendes, Rita Rodrigues, Carolina Moura (flutes) and Sofia Azevedo (cello); (in)BETWEEN(out) by Karl-Gustav Kello, Carmen Pomet and Sara Ross; Variações sobre um Tema Original (2015) by Sérgio Azevedo (b. 1965) performed by Clélia Vital (cello) and Bárbara Costa (piano); Retratos III by Sofia Borges performed by Micael Pereira (trumpet) and Sofia Borges (electronics); Estudo para Piano (2015) by Manuel Moreira (b. 1996) performed by Eduardo Proença (piano); Manifesto (2015) by Fábio Cachão (b. 1992) performed by Rui Cristão (violin), Pedro Silva (cello) and Mariana Godinho (piano); Reflexions e Between lines by Francisco Fontes (b. 1993) performed by Catarina Silva (viola), Cristiano Rios (vibraphone) and Rui Pinto (marimba); Prelúdio e cânone (2015) by Afonso Teles (b. 1993), Vivo longe (2015) by Luís Lopo (b. 1991), Paráfrases (2015) by Pedro Baptista (b. 1992) and Four fragments (2015) de Christopher Bochmann (b. 1950) performed by the Évora University Contemporary Music Group conducted by Christopher Bochmann; Megarag dark questions (2015) by Telmo Lopes (b. 1973) performed by Rafaela Seipião (soprano), Phillipe Trovão (alto saxophone), Telmo Lopes (electronics); A Pocket Sonatina nº 5 (2015) by Sérgio Azevedo (b. 1968) performed by Clélia Vital (cello); Timeless: psichanalyse und phänomenologie (2015) by Diogo da Costa Ferreira (b. 1993) performed by Armando Possante (baritone), Cândido Fernandes (piano), Nicholas McNair (reciter); A Cor do Pensamento (2015) for electronics by Hugo Vasco Reis (b. 1981);  L'homme Machine (2015) by Sofia Borges performed by the composer (electronics and 12 tune music box-o-phone); the son of iapetus (2014) by Diogo da Costa Ferreira (b. 1993) performed by Valter Freitas (cello); À Procura (2015) by Afonso Teles (b. 1993) performed by Claúdia Anjos (piano) and Afonso Teles (electronics); Prana (2015) by João Ceitil (b.1984) perfromed by the ClusterLAB ensemble conducted by Carlos Marecos; and Roldana (2015) by André Santos (b.1986) performed by João Vidinha (flute), Ana Raquel Martins (soprano saxophone), José Castela (clarinet), Glória Dias (bass clarinet), Xavier Ribeiro (trombone), Diogo Costa (tuba), Sandra Escovar (violin), Miguel Vasconcelos (viola), Raquel Merrelho (cello), André M. Santos (electric guitar and programming).