CROMA will host a three-day Master Class, starting on October 8, to be held at the Nossa Senhora do Cabo Music School.

O CROMA pretende promover e divulgar a música contemporânea portuguesa. Contando com Master Classes, Seminários, Ensaios Abertos e Concertos de algumas das principais formações dedicadas à vanguarda musical, este Ciclo tenciona largar os horizontes e as fronteiras da relação entre os compositores de hoje e o público de hoje.

The 5th International Composition Competition GMCL / Jorge Peixinho is organized by the Grupo de Música Contemporânea de Lisboa (Contemporary Music Group of Lisbon) and its main purposes are the encouragement ofmusical creation and his divulgation, thus contributing to the increase of the repertoire of chamber music.

The fourth Seminar of the IpC Project’s second cycle guided by the cellist Filipe Quaresma has been postponed until the beginning of 2021, as early as possible.

This segment will be about the Composer Clotilde Rosa with the elements of GMCL - Grupo de Música Contemporânea de Lisboa as guests.

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The third session of fifth cycle , to take place on the 30th of June, at 9:00 pm, at the Cine-teatro de Vila do Conde, in Porto, will be attended by the Composer Eduardo Patriarca, who will be talking to Percussionist Nuno Aroso, around the work “Mayahana” - “Kōdō”, for a suspended cymbal, incense and Live Electronics.

In the next session of the MUSIVUS project, which will take place on March 3, we will have the second session of the new segment entitled MUSIVUS in memoriam. This in memoriam segment will be about Composer Jorge Peixinho, with the guests of this session being Composer Isabel Soveral, Composer Evgueni Zoudilkine, Cellist Jorge Machado and Flautist João Pereira Coutinho and will take place at the Auditorium Maestro Frederico de Freitas, at the Portuguese Society of Authors , Av. Duque de Loulé, 31, in Lisbon, 9pm.

APC established a protocol with the contemporary music group OpuSpiritum Ensemble, instrument for the development of creative, performative and pedagogical projects that are being prepared...

The Lisbon Ensemble 20/21 (LE 20/21) starts on the 4th of February, at 7 pm, at the Museu de Arte Antiga, the Cycle of Portuguese Composers, whose program includes the works awarded in the Call For Scores of APC made in partnership with LE 20/21:
- Transparent (e) * | Hugo Vasco Reis
- A glimpse of the holy darkness | Virgílio Melo

Link Portuguese Composers Cycle (4Fev2020): https://www.facebook.com/events/474093390160221/

The second Seminar of the second cycle of the IpC Project will take place on the 30th of November, with the guidance of violist Jorge Alves.

In the third session of the MUSIVUS project, which will take place on the 12th of November, we start a new segment entitled MUSIVUS in memoriam. The MUSIVUS Project maintains its format where, in an informal context, the work of a composer will be presented in a conversation open to the public. However, this segment focuses on a late 20th / 21st century composer, with a conversation between a guest composer and a performer who have directly contacted the composer in focus. The first segment in memoriam will be about Composer Constança Capdeville, with the guests of this session being Composer António de Sousa Dias, Double Bassist Pedro Wallenstein and Singer Luís Madureira. The session will take place in the Maestro Frederico de Freitas Auditorium, at the Sociedade Portuguesa de Autores, at Av. Duque de Loulé, 31, in Lisbon, at 9pm.

The IpC Project, Seminars on Sec. XX and XXI is back next Saturday, October 26th, with the clarinetist Luís Gomes, which takes place at the premises of the Nossa Senhora do Cabo Music School (EMNSC), starting at 10 am.

Cycle of six seminars for young composers, interpreters and conductors, interested in contemporary music composition/interpretation techniques.

The second session of the third cycle of this project will be held next 4th June with the presence of Composer Ângela da Ponte, who will be talking with the Percussionist Nuno Aroso, around the work EKIS IV, for mwww.adaponte.wordpress.comarimba and electronics.

The fourth Seminar of the IpC Project will take place on May 18th, under the guidance of Percussionist Marco Fernandes.

The first session of Cycle III, to take place on the 14th of May, at 9 pm, will be attended by Composer António Chagas Rosa, who will be chatting with the Bassoon Roberto Erculiani, around the work "A boca" for Bassoon solo.

The second Seminar of the IpC Project will take place on March 30, with the guidance of Violinist José Pereira.

The third session of the second cycle of this project will be held next 25th February (Monday) with the presence of Composer Christopher Bochmann, who will be talking with piano player Ana Telles, around the work “Essay VIII” (1991), for piano.

Project MUSIVUS organizes, in an informal context, a conversation between a composer and a performer, open to the public.

Cycle of five Seminars for young composers, interpreters and conductors, interested in contemporary music composition/interpretation techniques.

Project MUSIVUS organizes, in an informal context, a conversation between a composer and a performer, open to the public..

Project MUSIVUS organizes, in an informal context, a conversation between a composer and a performer, open to the public..

APC has invited the contemporary music group Lisbon Ensemble 20/21 to be the resident formation...

Space integrated in the cycle with presentations and discussion panels directed to all composers from all areas of musical composition regarding the problems of the sector.

riZoma - Plataforma de Intervenção e Investigação para a Criação Musical, é uma rede formada por um conjunto alargado de entidades portuguesas activas ligadas à criação, à educação, à interpretação e à investigação, com larga experiência no contexto da música erudita contemporânea.

The third session of the Musivus VI cycle, promoted in association with Sociedade Portuguesa de Autores, will be held next 11th December, 21h00, Live Streaming, at Lisboa Incomum.

The fifth Seminar of the Project IpC second cycle with the guidance of Filipe Coelho (trumpet) has been postponed until the beginning of 2021, as early as possible. Once the schedule has been determined, APC will inform of the new date of this seminar.

The first session of the Musivus VI cycle, promoted in association with Sociedade Portuguesa de Autores, will be held next 6th November, 21h00, Live Streaming, at Lisboa Incomum.

The fourth session of fifth cycle , to take place on the 17th of July, at 9:00 pm, at the Universidade de Évora, Live Streaming, will be attended by the Composer Carlos Marecos, who will be talking to Pianist Ana Telles Aroso, around the work “A Casa do Cravo" for piano and electronics.

The third Seminar of the IpC Project (cycle II) will take place on the 25th of January, with the guidance of Saxophonist Henrique Portovedo.

On the 3rd of March, at 7 pm, at the Museu de Arte Antiga, the Lisbon Ensemble 20/12 (LE 20/21) presents the 2nd concert, within the scope of the Portuguese Composers Cycle, whose program includes the works awarded at Call For Scores from APC made in partnership with the Lisbon Ensemble 20/21:
João Pedro Oliveira - Stress-strain *
Nuno Figueiredo - Sofiando
Ricardo Ribeiro - In Limine

* world premiere

Link Portuguese Composers Cycle (3Mar2020): https://www.facebook.com/events/195899111651109/

The first session of Cycle V, to take place on the 11th of February, at 9:00 pm, at the Maestro Frederico de Freitas Auditorium, at the Portuguese Authors Society, Av. Duque de Loulé, nº 31, in Lisbon, will be attended by the Composer Cândido Lima, who will be talking to Clarinetist Nuno Pinto, around the work "ÑCÁÃNCÔA (and Canto Antigo - the hidden voice of time in the sound and time of the mother work)" for clarinet and spatialization.

The fifth and last session of Cycle IV, to take place on December 10th, at 9 pm, at the Maestro Frederico de Freitas Auditorium, at the Portuguese Society of Authors, Av. Duque de Loulé, nº 31, in Lisbon, will be attended by Composer Miguel Azguime who will be chatting with Flautist Sílvia Cancela, taking the work "Et s'il à l'issue (or la flute bien détempérée)", for flute and electronics, as a starting point for the conversation.

The fourth session of Cycle IV, to take place on the 26th of November, at 9:00 pm, at the Maestro Frederico de Freitas Auditorium, at the Portuguese Society of Authors, Av. Duque de Loulé, nº 31, will be attended by Composer Nuno Costa who will be to the conversation with Cantor Miguel Maduro-Dias, taking the work "Instrepere II" as a starting point for the conversation.

The second session of Cycle IV, to take place on the 29th of October, at 9 pm, at the Maestro Frederico de Freitas Auditorium, at the Portuguese Authors Society, at Av. Duque de Loulé, 31, in Lisbon, with the presence of Composer Patricia Sucena de Almeida who will be chatting with Pianist Ian Pace, around the work "Desperatio" for piano and audiovisual media.

The first session of Cycle IV, to take place on October 15th, at 9 pm, will be attended by Composer Paulo Ferreira Lopes, who will be chatting with saxophonist Henrique Portovedo, taking "Três Peças do Livro da Escuridão" as a point. starting point for the conversation.

The Portuguese Association of Composers (APC) was invited to become the first national entity to be a part of the European Composers and Songwriters Alliance (ECSA).

The third session of Cycle III, to take place on the 18th of June, at 9 pm, will be attended by Composer Bruno Gabirro, who will be chatting with Percussionist Rui Silva, taking the piece "Follow the white rabbbit" for adufe and electronics , as a starting point for the conversation.

The fifth Seminar of the IpC Project will take place on July 11th, with the guidance of Pianist Paulo Pacheco.

The third Seminar of the IpC Project will take place on the 13th of April, with the guidance of Maestro Pedro Pinto Figueiredo.

This fourth and last session of the second cycle receives the Composer Dimitris Andrikopoulos, who will be talking with portuguese guitar player Miguel Amaral, around the work “Clamor”, for portuguese guitar and Fixed Media.

The first Seminar of the IpC Project will take place on the 23rd of February, with the guidance of Flautista Marina Camponês.

Project MUSIVUS returns for a new cycle, already on the end of January continuing to present, on an informal ...

Project MUSIVUS organizes, in an informal context, a conversation between a composer and a performer, open to the public..

Project MUSIVUS organizes, in an informal context, a conversation between a composer and a performer, open to the public..

The Lisbon Ensemble 20/21 announce the results of the first Call for Scores happening nationally ...

Public Presentation of the Portuguese Association of Composers to composers, musicians, institutional entities, artistic community...