Born in 1986, Sofia Sousa Rocha is a composer and teacher who has centered her work on the close con­nection to words. The artist was In Focus on MIC.PT during the month of March, 2026.

To mark the 40th anniversary of the Miso Ensemble and Miso Music Portugal (1985–2025), the book Sentem Sem Som Cem Sons Sempre was released in December, 2025.

Composer, teacher, and performer, working mainly at the intersection between acoustic and electronic instruments — Daniel Martinho was in the spotlight at MIC.PT in December, 2025.

Born in Porto in 1995, Miguel Resende Bastos is a young composer for whom harmony is a particularly important element in music. He was In Focus on MIC.PT in the month of September, 2025.

Born in Buenos Aires, composer, pianist and teacher, living in Portugal for 35 years, curious for everything that constitutes the ‘today’ — Daniel Schvetz was In Focus on MIC.PT in July, 2025.

Between May 30 and June 7, Portugal hosted, for the first time, the World New Music Days, a century-old festival promoted by the ISCM — International Society for Contemporary Music.

Duo composed of Miguel and Paula Azguime, who debuted in 1985, and continue to influence contemporary music creation — the Miso Ensemble was In Focus on MIC.PT in April, 2025.

In the year of the 1st Portuguese edition of the World New Music Days, the MIC.PT presented a historical reflection on the ISCM and the presence of Portuguese music at the WNMD.

Composer and musician, whose roots and influences extend between the Alentejo culture, the Alto Minho and José Afonso’s music — Amílcar Vasques-Dias was In Focus on MIC.PT in January, 2025.

Composer, researcher, multimedia artist, and teacher/coordinator of the Electronic Music and Music Production courses at the ESART — Rui Dias was In Focus on the MIC.PT in November, 2024.

A young composer who turned 30 in April 2024 and is one of Portugal's most active voices in contemporary music — Pedro Lima was In Focus on the MIC.PT in September, 2024.

Composer, conductor, researcher and member of the direction of CESEM at the NOVA University of Lisbon, who would have turned 60 in 2024 — Ivan Moody was In Focus on the MIC.PT in July.

Composer, researcher, and Associate Professor at the University of Applied Sciences in Mainz — Paulo Ferreira-Lopes was In Focus on the MIC.PT in May, 2024, to mark his 60th anniversary.

Composer and PhD researcher at the FCSH / Kunstuniversität Graz / Fondazionne Archivio Luigi Nono and member of the Concrète [Lab] Ensemble — João Quinteiro was In Focus on the MIC.PT in March, 2024.

Composer, teacher and researcher, for whom the interaction between the acoustic and the electroacoustic is one of the focal points — Ângela da Ponte was In Focus on the MIC.PT in January, 2024.

Composer of instrumental and mixed music who appreciates the idea of discourse as ‘the active reason and all-animating energy’ — Bruno Gabirro was In Focus on the MIC.PT in November, 2023.

This composer, musician, teacher and electronic music performer would have turned 50 on August 31, 2023; thus, the September In Focus the MIC.PT dedicated to José Luís Ferreira.

Composer of instrumental, mixed, and electroacoustic music; teacher; and artistic director of the DME Project and Lisboa Incomum — Jaime Reis was In Focus on the MIC.PT in July, 2023.

To mark the 60th anniversary of this composer, researcher and professor at the ESML school, whose music falls under the spectral current — Carlos Marecos was In Focus on MIC.PT in May, 2023.

Composer and doctoral student at Guildhall School of Music and Drama (London), focused on the theme Visible music: composition approaches — Fátima Fonte was In Focus on MIC.PT in March, 2023.

To mark the 60th anniversary of this composer dedicated to electroacoustic music, and specialist in acoustics and noise pollution — António Ferreira was In Focus on MIC.PT in January, 2023.

Composer, pianist, percussionist, and advocate of the Portuguese music sector, who in 2022 would have turned 85, was In Focus on MIC.PT in November — Constança Capdeville’s Month.

To mark the 50th anniversary of this composer, researcher and transversal/multidisciplinary artist, Patrícia Sucena Almeida was In Focus on MIC.PT in September, 2022.

To mark the 50th anniversary of this composer, performer and researcher at the SARC — Sonic Arts Research Cen­tre in Belfast, Pedro Rebelo was In Focus on MIC.PT in July, 2022.

To mark the 50th anniversary of this composer, teacher, and director of the International Spring Music Festival in Viseu, José Carlos Sousa was In Focus on MIC.PT in May, 2022.

To mark the 50th anniversary of this composer and teacher who presides the direction at the Santa Maria da Feira Music Academy, Ângela Lopes was In Focus on MIC.PT in March, 2022.

To mark the 50th anniversary of this composer, conductor, musicologist and professor, Pedro Amaral was In Focus on MIC.PT in January, 2022.

The November 2021 MIC.PT In Focus presented a new interview with João Madureira, marking the 50th anniversary of this composer, whose music is “a personal statement on the world’s plurality”.

One of the most widely-known Portuguese composers around the world, and laureate of the Pessoa Prize — Emmanuel Nunes was In Focus on the MIC.PT in Sep­tember, 2021, to mark his birth 80 years ago.

The 2021 July In Focus on the MIC.PT featured a new interview with Virgílio Melo, marking the 60th anniversary of this composer, professor and writer on music.

The 2021 May In Focus featured a new interview with the composer Isabel Soveral, coinciding with the reissue of her MIC.PT Notebook (Portuguese 20th and 21st Century Music Notebooks).

Composer, teacher and researcher, whose catalogue in­cludes chamber/orchestral music, operas and oratorios, and whose 70th birthday was celebrated in 2021 — António Pinho Vargas was In Focus on MIC.PT in March.

Rui Penha — composer (published by MIC.PT), intermedia artist, performer of electroacoustic music, professor at ESMAE and researcher at CESEM — was In Focus on MIC.PT in January, 2021.

Daniel Moreira — composer, professor at ESMAE, and researcher interested in the harmony/temporality of 20th and 21st century music and its relationship with cinema — was In Focus on MIC.PT in November, 2020.

In September, the MIC.PT In Focus section was dedicated to Miguel Azguime — composer, performer, poet, and artistic director of Miso Music Portugal —, who in 2020 celebrated his 60th anniversary.

Member of the Canadian League of Composers, conduc­tor, teacher and composer who has expressed himself through various technical and aesthetic means — Armando Santiago was In Focus on MIC.PT in July, 2020.

Composer published by MIC.PT, inspired by spectralism, Buddhist thought, Zen and Taoist philosophy, who celebrated his 50th anniversary in 2020 — Eduardo Luís Patriarca was In Focus on MIC.PT in May.

Composer published by MIC.PT, sound artist and architect, interested in the relationship between music and other disciplines — Diogo Alvim was In Focus on MIC.PT during the month of March, 2020.

Composer published by MIC.PT and researcher, who completed a doctorate in Artistic Studies, Art and Me­diation — João Quinteiro was In Focus on MIC.PT in January, 2020.

Hugo Vasco Reis — composer published by MIC.PT, also guitarist (Portuguese guitar) and engineer, with several new works premiered in recent months and years — was In Focus on MIC.PT in November, 2019.

Cândido Lima — composer published by MIC.PT, pianist, professor, philosopher and essayist, whose work is an undeniable reference in contemporary music — was In Focus on MIC.PT in September, 2019.

Paulo Bastos — composer published by MIC.PT and pro­fessor at the Calouste Gulbenkian Conservatoire of Music in Braga — was In Focus on MIC.PT during the month of July, 2019.

David Miguel — composer, professor at the Conservatoire of Coimbra and organiser of the National Meeting on Composition and Musical Analysis — was In Focus on MIC.PT in May, 2019.

In March, 2019, in the MIC.PT In Focus section we re­membered José Luís Ferreira — composer musician, professor and performer, dedicated to mixed and electroacoustic music creation.

In 2019, we celebrated the 50th anniversary of Luís Tinoco. To mark the occasion, this composer, programmer, and music promoter was In Focus on MIC.PT throughout January.

Álvaro Salazar, composer, conductor, and musicologist, who turned 80 in 2018 and whose work is a benchmark in contemporary Portuguese culture, was featured in MIC.PT’s In Focus section in November, 2018.

A series of bilingual printed editions, for a new ‘visit’ to the universe of various contemporary Portuguese composers.

Composer published by MIC.PT, for whom ‘seeing music in everything around him is a way of being and living in life and in the world’ — Ka’Mi was In Focus on MIC.PT during July, 2018.

Composer, harpist and teacher, who contributed fun­damentally to the development of contemporary music in Portugal — Clotilde Rosa was In Focus on MIC.PT in the month of May, 2018.

Composer, whose focus lies between the fields of sound­scape composition, live electronics, electroacoustic/ac­ousmatic music and radio art — João Castro Pinto was In Focus on MIC.PT in March, 2018.

João Pedro Oliveira — one of the most awarded Por­tuguese composers today and particularly interested in mixed music — was In Focus on MIC.PT during the month January, 2018.

Tiago Cutileiro — a composer published by MIC.PT and a sound artist with strong affinities with minimal and con­ceptual art — was In Focus on MIC.PT during November, 2017.

Isabel Soveral — a composer published by MIC.PT, a teacher, and an advocate of new music and the links be­tween art and technology — was In Focus on MIC.PT in September, 2017.

Fernando C. Lapa — a prolific composer published by MIC.PT, with a catalogue of over 300 compositions for var­ious ensembles — was In Focus on MIC.PT in the month July, 2017.

António de Sousa Dias — a composer published by MIC.PT, multimedia artist, professor and researcher — was In Focus on MIC.PT throughout the month May, 2017.

In March 2017, the MIC.PT In Focus section was dedicated to João Madureira, a composer published by MIC.PT, whose music is a personal statement on the diversity of the world.

Vítor Rua — a composer published by MIC.PT, improviser and multi-talented artist — was In Focus on MIC.PT throughout January, 2017.

Pedro Rebelo — a composer published by MIC.PT, per­former and researcher in the field of sound art — was In Focus on MIC.PT throughout November, 2016.

In October 2016, MIC.PT’s In Focus section was dedicated to the composer Jaime Reis — who always has several new works in progress and who was on a European tour in September of that year.

In October 2016, the In Focus on MIC.PT was dedicated to Ricardo Ribeiro, coinciding with the publication of his new dos­sier in the series, Dossiers – Portuguese Composers of the 20th and 21st Centuries.

A composer, poet and performer, as well as director and co-founder of Miso Music Portugal and PMRIC, Miguel Az­guime was In Focus on MIC.PT during the month of July, 2016.

A decade of fostering creativity and interpreting the music of our time with electroacoustic means; a unique trajectory — Sond’Ar-te was In Focus on MIC.PT during the month of June, 2016.

In May 2016, the centenary year of Manuel Faria’s birth, we commemorated the life and work of this Portuguese composer, priest and teacher who devoted himself whole­heartedly to music.

Filipe Lopes, composer, performer and researcher, In Focus on MIC.PT in May, 2016. An opportunity to learn about this composer’s career and his ideas on music and composition.

Filipe de Sousa, conductor, pianist and composer, a lead­ing figure in Portuguese musical life during the sec­ond half of the 20th century — In Focus on MIC.PT throughout March, 2016.

In February 2016, the In Focus on MIC.PT was dedicated to the composer Maria de Lourdes Martins, in the year marking the 90th anniversary of her birth.

The first In Focus on MIC.PT in 2016 was dedicated to Enrique X. Macías, a composer whose works are pub­lished by MIC.PT, who passed away in November 1995, at the height of his creative powers.

The last In Focus of 2015 was dedicated to Sofia Sousa Rocha, a composer published by MIC.PT, who had a piece premiered by the Sond’Ar-te Electric Ensemble in Decem­ber 2015.

In November 2015, the MIC.PT In Focus section was ded­icated to Amílcar Vasques-Dias, who celebrated his 70th birthday that year and whose work has been published by MIC.PT since September 2015.

In September 2015, MIC.PT’s In Focus section published a questionnaire/interview with Igor C. Silva, who at that time joined the group of composers published by MIC.PT.

In 2014, Eduardo Luís Patriarca joined the ranks of com­posers published by MIC.PT and, in 2015, several of his works received their world premieres. That summer, he was the In Focus composer on MIC.PT.

Throughout June, 2015, the MIC.PT In Focus section pre­sented a questionnaire/interview with Daniel Martinho, a composer published by MIC.PT, who celebrated his 30th birthday that year.

In 2015, Jorge Peixinho would have turned 75, which is why MIC.PT’s In Focus section for April of that year was dedicated to this unique figure, a great creator and driving force behind Portuguese art music.

In December 2014, Rui Dias joined the group of compo­sers published by MIC.PT, which led to the selection of this musician, known for his work in electroacoustic composi­tion, for the April 2015 edition of In Focus.

In March 2015, MIC.PT’s In Focus published a question­naire/interview with Daniel Schvetz, who that year joined the group of composers published by MIC.PT and cele­brated his 60th birthday.

In February 2015, MIC.PT’s In Focus section was dedicated to António Chagas Rosa, a composer, pianist and teacher whose music reveals affinities with the worlds of poetry and literature.

The first edition of In Focus in 2015 highlighted the Por­tuguese Music Research and Inforation Centre, which was celebrating its 15th year of work dedicated to the preservation and dissemination of Portuguese music.

In December 2014, MIC.PT’s In Focus feature was dedi­cated to Sara Carvalho, a composer, lecturer at the Uni­versity of Aveiro and researcher at the Institute of Ethno­musicology – Music and Dance (INET-MD).

In November 2014, MIC.PT’s In Focus section published a questionnaire/interview with Carlos Azevedo, a composer, pianist and arranger, to mark his 50th birthday, which was celebrated in December.

In October 2014, MIC.PT’s In Focus feature was dedicated to Miso Music Portugal, to mark the opening of O’culto da Ajuda and in the run-up to its 30th anniversary in 2015.

In September 2014, the MIC.PT In Focus section returned with another questionnaire/interview, this time with the composer Paulo Ferreira-Lopes, who celebrated his 50th birthday that year.

Filipe Pires, a composer featured in the MIC.PT In Focus in July 2014 — who celebrated his 80th birthday that year — did not confine himself to rigid systems, advocating the freedom to employ a variety of styles.