The piece Divertimento (2017), for solo viola, composed by Ângela da Ponte, appears on the new album FIFTY – fifty by violist Trevor McTait, released in May, which features works by six composers published by MIC.PT. Another work, entitled Metamorfoses necessárias para a reconquista do mundo, which this MIC.PT–published composer wrote in 2024 for soprano and ensemble, will be performed by Síntese – Contemporary Music Group, conducted by Diogo Costa, on June 12 at the Municipal Theatre in Guarda. Based on the poem of the same name by Natália Correia, the work by Ângela da Ponte was commissioned by Síntese for the Revolution project. At the performance in Guarda, the ensemble will present works from its 20-year history, highlighting those which, through their creative concept, reveal the revolutionary and trans­formative power of music, and of life, in a world in constant metamorphosis. ‘Art seems to have no immediate impor­tance, as it deals with abstract aspects’, stated Ângela da Ponte in the interview she gave to MIC.PT in 2024, adding that, nevertheless, ‘it is true that we find in art what we often cannot find directly in life — freedom.’

The percussion quartet version of the work Dis­solves me into geometrics (2025–2026), by composer António Pinho Vargas (pub­lished by MIC.PT), will be premiered as part of the concerts that Clamat – colectivo variável will give during their tour in Brazil and Argentina, which will take place in the second half of June. During this tour, which will visit cities such as Belo Horizonte, São João del-Rei, Campinas and São Paulo in Brazil, and General Roca in Argentina, the Clamat collective, under the artistic direction of percussionist Nuno Aroso and featuring Afonso Primo, Lourenço Oliveira and Pedro Leitão, will also perform works by Álvaro Salazar, Inés Badalo, Luís Antunes Pena and Pedro Berardinelli. Earlier this month, more specifically on June 6, the Nahia Trio — comprising Rita Lopes (clarinet), Catarina Mason (cello) and Alaitz Artola (piano) — will perform António Pinho Vargas’s work, Quatro ou cinco movimentos fugidos da água (2001). This concert is part of the 2026 Young Chamber Music Season, an initiative by Miso Music Portugal and the Portuguese Association of Friends of Music, which will take place at O’culto da Ajuda in Lisbon during the first half of June.

In June, three works by the composer Carlos Brito Dias (published by MIC.PT) will be performed in Hong Kong and Braga (Portugal). The first work, cuevas (2025), for string quartet, will be performed by the Asiartic Camerata at a concert taking place at the Fringe Club in Hong Kong on the 14th. At the end of the month, on June 27, the soloists of the Braga Sinfonietta will premiere the work hope (ii) (2026), for string quartet and electronics, as part of the radiografia #8 concert at gnration in Braga. Like several other pieces by Carlos Brito Dias, this one also arises ‘from an almost auto­biographical context, an inner search for hope’. As the pro­gramme notes reveal: ‘hope (ii) is an attempt at reconciliation between the critical lucidity that the world may not improve and the desire to believe’. Finally, on the 28th, in Nogueira (Braga), the premiere of concerto grosso (2026), for string orchestra and traditional folk group, will take place as part of a collaboration between the Braga Sinfonietta and the São João Baptista de Nogueira Folk Group.

On June 9, the programme Sociedade Civil will be broadcast on RTP 2, fea­turing the composer Carlos Alberto Augusto (published by MIC.PT). In this episode, which addresses the topic of noise, the composer will discuss various aspects re­lated to hearing, music and the nature of sound, as well as the impor­tance of music education and hearing in the treat­ment and prevention of noise-related issues. In addition to being a composer, Carlos Alberto Augusto also works as a specialist in acoustic communication. He was head of the noise control department at the Environmental Studies Ser­vice of the Sec­retary of State for the Environment and is a member of the Portuguese Standards Commission, Acous­tics Group (CT-28). Presented by journalist Luís Castro, the programme Socie­dade Civil has a long history and aims to be part of the daily lives of everyone living in Portugal. It fea­tures debates on public issues by leading figures and pres­ents specific topics in a transparent manner.

Three works by Cândido Lima (a composer pub­lished by MIC.PT), will be presented as part of another Listening Club event on June 6 at the MUZEU venue in Braga. These include Oceanos (1978–1979), Autómatos da Areia (1978–1984) and Lendas de Neptuno (1987), which were originally released by Portu­galSom and reissued on vinyl by Grama in 2016. Curated by Matéria-Prima, the Listening Club ‘proposes a programme dedicated to the expanded concept of freedom, explored through sound practices that challenge formal, contextual and ideological boundaries, conceiving music as a space for experimentation and resistance.’ In this context, this album marked a shift in the way classical music is listened to in Portugal, opening doors to new aesthetics and creating a conceptual and sonic space unprecedented in the field of contemporary Portuguese music. The works of Cândido Lima seek new forms of musical experience, drawing on sensory and meditative practices, and exploring the sound flow, res­onance, silence and the spatialisation of sound.

The release of the album entitled Outras Flores de Música, by Cláudio de Pina, an organist and a composer, will be held on June 5 at O’culto da Ajuda in Lisbon. This new album brings together 21st-century Por­tuguese contemporary music for an 18th-century Portuguese historical organ, by the four composers published by MIC.PT: Bruno Gabirro, Cláudio de Pina, Diogo Alvim and Vítor Rua. Each of the works represents a topological study utilising: score, graphic score, verbal score, soundscape, electronics and electroacoustics. With performance, production, record­ing, editing, mastering and artistic direction by Cláudio de Pina, the album Outras Flores de Música is released by Miso Records. As part of the release, two works created by Cláudio de Pina in 2024 and 2023, Tento de Falsas and Quasi-Lontano, will be presented, with the sound diffusion provided by the Miso Music Portugal Loudspeaker Orchestra. At the same time, illustrations by António Cadete from the Ma­nual Ilustrado de Espécies da Flora Portuguesa (1991) and other paintings will be projected.

On June 28, at the National Music Museum in Mafra, pianist Lawrence Axelrod will perform the series of five Pequenas Peças for piano, composed in 2007 by composer Diogo Alvim (published by MIC.PT). ‘These pieces are little exercises’ says Diogo Alvim in the pro­gramme notes. He explains: ‘They stem from ideas that are, so to speak, merely presented and not developed. They play with rhythmic patterns and the resonances of the piano, which is an element as important as the attacks. They require a different way of listening, drawing on Bartók’s Mikrokosmos and Kurtág’s Játékok.’ At this recital, entitled Queer Piano, Lawrence Axelrod seeks to highlight works rarely performed in standard concert programmes, offering a journey through the repertoire of composers from the LGBTQIA+ community — from the sensitivity of Jennifer Higdon’s Notes of Gratitude, to the energy of Bamboleio by Alexandre Delgado, and the rhythmic force of Aaron Copland’s El Salón México.

The work for guitar duo Modos de ver, by Fernando C. Lapa (a composer pub­lished by MIC.PT), will be performed by the Euterpe Guitar Duo on June 12 at the Casa da Música Jorge Peixinho in Montijo. At this con­cert, the duo, com­prising guitarists Pedro Lopes Baptista and Titus Isfan, will also perform works by Ana Seara, Gonçalo d’Alcântara Lou­renço, João Pimentel, José Mesquita Lopes (also published by MIC.PT), José Peixoto and Luís Lopo. Another work by Fernando C. Lapa, ao longe as vozes – homenageando Carlos Paredes, is part of the performance Canções & Palavras, which marks the centenary of Carlos Paredes’ birth. The performance, which blends arrangements and compositions by artists influenced by or who influenced Paredes, will feature the Trio Despertar — Ângelo Santos, clarinet; Eduardo Baltar Soares, Portuguese guitar; and Augustin Lassalle, classical guitar; and will take place at the closing of the exhibition Tradisom – trinta anos de edições, on the 10th, at Ponto C, in Penafiel.

In June, Hugo Vasco Reis (composer published by MIC.PT) will be taking part in a number of activities in Portugal. His new work, Demora, for percussion quartet, electronics and video, will be performed at the Na­tional Music Museum (Mafra, the 14th) and Fábrica da Criati­vidade (Castelo Branco, the 16th). This project is a creation by Hugo Vasco Reis, in collaboration with Drumming GP and visual artist Pedro Vaz. Additionally, Hugo Vasco Reis is finalising his new album Ténue, part of the Sonic Figures Project, featuring performances by Trevor McTait (viola), Miquel Bernat (percussion) and the composer himself (elec­tronics). The album is due for release on June 30 and will be available on streaming platforms. Finally, his new work Re-Memory I, for viola and electronics, commissioned by Pro­jecto DME, forms part of Trevor McTait’s new solo album FIFTY – fifty. As part of the Re-Memory cycle, Hugo Vasco Reis has also composed Re-Memory II, for prepared piano, a commission by Inês Filipe, with performances scheduled for late 2026.

This month, two works by com­poser João Pedro Oliveira (published by MIC.PT) will be performed in concert. The first, Bass on Fire (2020), for double bass, electronics and video, will be performed by Sara Barbosa as part of the música contemporânea u.minho @ gnration con­cert on the 9th in Braga. At this concert, under the guidance of Pedro Junqueira Maia, gnration will host several musicians from the Contem­porary Music module, as part of the Bachelor’s degree in Music at the University of Minho. Another João Pedro Oli­veira’s work to be presented this month is Revolution Pop, from 2024, for ensemble with soprano, commissioned by Síntese – Contemporary Music Group. ‘When composing a work about events that took place 50 years ago, I re­flected on memories I have of that time’, the composer remarks, adding that the work refer­ences the rock bands Yes and Area, the music of Juan Manuel Serrat and, naturally, José Afonso. The concert fea­turing Revolution Pop, with Síntese conducted by Diogo Costa, will take place on June 12 in Guarda.

From the beginning of June, Luís Neto da Costa’s new album, entitled Last Chamber Works, will be available on various digital platforms. The album, re­leased during the ESML’s Composition Week 2026, includes recordings of six works by this composer, published by MIC.PT: Città filigrana (2024) performed by Ensemble Suono Giallo; Painting on a wooden canvas of resonances (2024) by the Sond’Ar-te Duo with Vítor Vieira (violin) and Filipe Quaresma (cello); Los herejes de la diócesis de Aureliano (2024) performed by the Aleph Guitar Quartet; Illustrate Internal Clouds (2021) by the ensemble ars ad hoc; Un­leashing Internal Clouds (2024) by Ensemble Recherche; and Punge (2025) performed by Vertixe Sonora. The pieces on this album explore a variety of styles, tech­niques and materials re­cently worked on by Luís Neto da Costa, notably the influence of ambient music, soft noises, subtle microtonal melodies, the alternation be­tween chords with harmonics and distortion/sat­uration, as well as the influence of punk.

The children’s and young people’s opera Coro dos Pe­quenos Cidadãos (2021), by composer Mariana Vieira (published by MIC. PT), will be per­formed on June 5 at the Casa Municipal da Cultura in Seia, as part of the Community Electroacoustic Performance pro­ject, an initiative of Projecto DME that seeks to bridge the gap between art and therapy, promoting interpersonal empathy and encouraging artistic participation in an accessible and inclusive way, through the creation of a collective work. The concert is the result of several months of work led by teach­ers Adriana Neves and Ana Catarina Costa, from the Col­legium Musicum – Seia Music Conservatory, with residents of the Casa de Santa Isabel and students from the Seia Music Conservatory. Also this month, more precisely on the 14th, at the Ser­ralves Auditorium in Porto, the ensemble ars ad hoc will premiere Mariana Vieira new work, residual objects #1 – 1.ª parte, for flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano. This concert is an initiative of the Arte no Tempo association.

Written in 2008 by the com­poser Miguel Azguime (pub­lished by MIC.PT), the work Le Feu Qui Dort will be performed by the Miso String Quartet as part of two concerts within the Music Through Time series, occurring in June in the munic­ipality of Odemira. The first concert, on the 26th, will take place at the Church of Mi­sericórdia in Odemira, and the second on the 27th at the Es­tação das Artes (Santa Clara/Sa­bóia). The Miso String Quartet, com­prising Pedro Lopes (violin), César Nogueira (violin), Joana Cipriano (viola) and Luís André Ferreira (cello), is a recent group founded by Miso Music Portugal, born of the convic­tion that the string quartet remains a living lab for creation, thought and listening. In addition, Miguel Azguime’s viola-and-electron­ics piece, Dedans-Dehors (2018), appears on Trevor McTait’s new CD, FIFTY – fifty, released in the month of May. The same work is also included in the programme of the recital that violist Jorge Alves will give as part of the American Viola Society Festival, which will take place on June 4 at the Forbes Center for the Performing Arts in Harrisonburg (USA).

On June 19, the Calouste Gulbenkian Conservatory of Music in Braga will hold the release event of the new Artway Records’ al­bum, Pequenas Histórias para Grandes Instrumentos, featuring children’s music by the composer Paulo Bastos (published by MIC.PT). Written be­tween 2012 and 2016, Pequenas Histórias para Grandes Instrumentos comprises nine works for flute, clarinet, bas­soon, saxophone, guitar, harp, piano, violin and cello, which aim to address the scarcity of original music for young mu­sicians. The release event will include a round-table session, as well as the presentation of the CD and the nine printed scores of Pequenas Histórias. The following day, June 20, at the Palatele Branco­venesti Cultural Centre in Mogosoaia, Romania, the Kla-Vier Duo will premiere a new work by Paulo Bastos for piano four hands, entitled (...) suave como pássaro, voando (2026). At this concert, From the Atlantic to the Carpathians, pianists Patrícia Ventura and Sónia Amaral will also perform works by António Victorino d’Almeida, Constantin Silvestri, György Kurtág and Hanna Kulenty.

Miso Music Portugal and the Portuguese Music Research and Information Centre (MIC.PT), in partnership with the Centre for Music Studies (CESEM), will publicly present the ISCM World New Music Magazine #31, 2025, an issue dedicated to Portugal, on June 19, at 6h00 p.m., in Auditorium 3 of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foun­dation in Lisbon, which is hosting this release event.
       Magnus Bunnskog is editor-in-chief of the World New Music Magazine, whose 31st issue features contributions from Ana Telles, Andreia Nogueira, António Ferreira, Cláudio de Pina, Filipa Magalhães, Frank J. Oteri, Glenda Keam, Jakub Szczypa, Manuel Pedro Ferreira, Miguel Azguime, Pedro Boléo and Pedro Prista. Financial support from the ISCM, the Gulbenkian Foundation and DGARTES  (Portuguese Arts Council) made the bilingual publication possible.
       The World New Music Magazine #31 follows the first-ever holding of the ISCM World New Music Days in Portugal in 2025. Promoted by the International Society for Contemporary Music, this is one of the most important international encounters dedicated to contemporary musical creation, organised in Portugal by Miso Music Portugal/MIC.PT. By bringing together articles, testimonials, essays and reflections by composers, researchers, performers, programmers and cultural agents, this edition of the World New Music Magazine constitutes not only a multi­faceted portrait of contemporary Portuguese musical creation, but also an opportunity to reflect on its place in the international context.
       The release will feature a round table discussion moderated by Pedro Boléo, bringing together the participants and authors who contributed to the publication. Under the theme What is new in Portuguese music?, the debate seeks to foster a shared reflection on the transfor­mations, challenges, continuities and driving forces currently shaping musical creation in Portugal. This gathering proposes a collective conversation on the present and future of Portuguese music, seeking to explore what is emerging as new within it: in languages, practices, contexts of produc­tion and circulation, and the relationships between creation, research, performance, technology, territory and listening.
       With this publication and its release, Miso Music Portugal/MIC.PT, in partnership with CESEM, reaffirms its commitment to the documentation, promo­tion, research and internationalisation of Portuguese musical creation, contributing to a greater visibility of its key figures and to the deepening of critical thinking about the music of our time.

Last May, the New Music Review Lounge published two new articles by the journalist and musicologist Pedro Boléo — Insurgent Música Viva kicked off at São Luiz and Música Viva: The premiere of a new quartet... . These two reviews address and analyse the various concerts that took place in the framework of the 2026 Música Viva Festival – Insurgency, an initiative by Miso Music Portugal which took place between April 28 and May 3 at the São Luiz Municipal Theatre in Lisbon.

The first half of June features a range of events in Lisbon and Braga, showcasing emerging performers and composers.
       The ESML Composition Week 2026 is taking place at the Lisbon School of Music (ESML) until June 6. This annual initiative, organised by students and teachers from the ESML’s Composition course, features workshops, lectures and musical performances. The Composition Week focuses on music by ESML students and teachers, but also includes contemporary, 20th- and 21st-century repertoire.
       Three days later, on June 9, gnration in Braga will host a concert in its Black Box — música contemporânea u.minho @ gnration — featuring young performers from the University of Minho’s Music degree programme. Under the guidance of professor Pedro Junqueira Maia, this end-of-semester perfor­mance showcases the progress and skills acquired in the Contemporary Music module. The concert explores the world of music as thought, invention and research, celebrating creativity through the exploration of new forms of artistic expression.
       On the first two June weekends, the 3rd edition of the Young Chamber Music Season will take place at O’culto da Ajuda in Lisbon. It is an initiative organised by Miso Music Portugal and the Portuguese Association of Friends of Music. By promoting and encouraging chamber works by Portuguese composers, as well as young musicians in Portugal, the Season aims to be an agent of change in the landscape young musicians face when planning their future in the country. Following the evaluation process carried out by the jury, four ensembles were selected for the 2026 Season: Trio Nahia, with a concert on the 6th; Duo Kontrast, with a concert on the 7th; Quinteto Allegro, with a concert on the 13th; and Focus Sax Quartet, with a concert on June 14.

To promote and encourage the creation of contemporary music and to disseminate the work of young composers, the Portuguese Authors Society and RTP/Antena 2 are holding another SPA/Antena 2 Composition Prize. The competition is open to composers of Portuguese nationality, or to foreigners who have been resident in Portugal for more than four years, who were born on or after January 1, 1991. Submitted works must be unpublished, purely orchestral pieces, with no use of soloists or electronic media. The premiere of the winning piece, performed by the Gulbenkian Orchestra, will take place at the 16th Young Musicians Festival at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon on September 17, 2026. Appli­cations must be sent by registered post by July 3, 2026 (date of receipt).

Applications are open for the 2026 Accordion Composition Award (9th Edition · Folefest Association). This award is open to composers of Portuguese nationality or non-Portu­guese residents in Portugal, of any age. The work to be submitted must be unpublished. The promoter of the Award reserves the right to the organisation of the world premieres of the winning works. The works submitted for the competition must be written for a chamber music ensemble (two to six instruments), with the mandatory inclusion of a single accordion. The jury will be composed of: Daniel Moreira (composer), Ana Seara (composer), Paulo Jorge Ferreira (accordionist/composer/jury president) and Nélson Ruivo (secretary — Folefest Association). Applications must be sent by registered post by July 17, 2026 (date of dispatch).

With the aim to encourage the creation and diffusion of new acousmatic/electroacoustic works, Miso Music Portugal promotes and organises the 27th edition of the International Electroacoustic Composition Competition – Música Viva 2026. The competition is open to composers of any nation­ality and age, each of whom may submit only one work, which has not been commercially published or awarded at any other national or international competition. The jury of the 27th International Electroacoustic Composition Competition – Música Viva 2026, whose members will be announced shortly, will award one work with a prize of 1000 €. The winning work will be performed in concert by the Miso Music Loudspeakers Orchestra, in 2026, in Lisbon. The deadline for the works’ submission is July 31, 2026 (11h59 p.m., Lisbon time).

The Portuguese Symphonic Band promotes the International Composition Competition with the aim of stimulating the cre­ation of original repertoire for bands. Open to composers of all nationalities aged up to 40 , the competition sees musical composition as a space for artistic dialogue often inspired by other areas. In the 2026 edition, the BSP proposes as its theme Portugal’s acces­sion to the European Union. Participants are challenged to create an original work that estab­lishes an artistic and conceptual relationship with the proposed theme. The jury’s final decision on the results of the competition will be made after the public premiere of the finalists’ works, which will take place at a concert by the Portuguese Symphonic Band in November, in Porto. Entries for the competition must be submitted by September 20, 2026.

The Call for Papers is now open for the 4th MMTR, an initiative of MIC.PT curated by composer Isabel Soveral, which will occur on December 11 at O’culto da Ajuda in Lisbon. This event creates a space for critical reflection and the sharing of research in the fields of contemporary music creation, performance, music theory and technology, inviting researchers, composers, per­formers, sound artists and students to present papers that explore the multiple relationships be­tween music, technology and critical thinking. The 4th MMTR will focus on practices of spatialisation, electroacoustics and sound diffusion via loudspeaker systems, and will be held in conjunction with the Listening Spaces series, dedicated to electroacoustic music and the work of the Miso Music Portugal Loud­speaker Orchestra. The Call is open until September 11, 2026.

In March, the MIC.PT published on its YouTube Channel one new In the 1st Person Interview (in Portuguese) with the composer Eduardo Luís Patriarca. The musicologist and journalist Pedro Boléo conducted this interview recorded in 2022, in Porto, at the Higher School of Music and Performing Arts.
Presently the MIC.PT YouTube Channel contains 37 new interviews to composers residing in Portugal, realised since 2019; as well as eight interviews from the MIC.PT Archive, realised between 2003 and 2005.
The new interviews, conducted by Pedro Boléo, were filmed at the O’culto da Ajuda in Lisbon and realised in the context of the In the 1st Person cycle of the Music Today and Music of Invention and Research radio broadcasts, produced by the MIC.PT and Miso Music Portugal for the RTP Antena 2. They constitute a (re)visit to the creative universe of various composers published by the MIC.PT, following the Historical Interviews recorded by the MIC.PT 20 years ago. Today they are unique registers of the artistic evolution of each interviewed composer.
In order to access the interviews (in Portuguese) follow the links below or visit the MIC.PT YouTube Channel.