Miso Music Portugal

The World New Music Days 2025 in Portugal celebrates the extraordinary diversity of contemporary music from across the globe. Over nine days, from May 30 to June 7, Portuguese orchestras, ensembles and musicians will perform 135 works from composers of 44 different countries, across 27 concerts, hosted at 11 prestigious venues in Lisbon and Porto.

Crafting this program involved piecing together several key elements:

 Selection of works submitted by ISCM Members and Individual composers: A total of 68 pieces were carefully chosen by an International Jury of composers and conductors, including: Adrian Moore (United Kingdom), Ângela da Ponte (Portugal), Doina Rotaru (Romania), Flo Menezes(Brazil), Franz Martin Olbrisch (Germany), Gilles Gobeil(Canada), Guillaume Bourgogne (France), John McLachlan(Ireland),  Lorraine Vaillancourt (Canada), Masataka Matsuo(Japan), Michal Rataj (Czech Republic), Miguel Azguime(Portugal), Peter Swinnen (Belgium), Petter Sundkvist(Sweden), Ramón Souto (Spain), Rozalie Hirs (the Netherlands), Rui Penha (Portugal) and Valerio Sannicandro(Italy).

Curated Selections by Host Organization: Additional works were curated by Miso Music Portugal, including works by Portuguese composers, works by internationally acclaimed contemporary music creators, and other additional works to ensure broad representation of the ISCM’s global community.

Curated Selections by Festival Partners: Portuguese orchestras, ensembles, and musicians contributed to the program with carefully chosen works, highlighting their local expertise and artistry. This collaborative process highlights the festival’s commitment to showcasing a vibrant and inclusive spectrum of contemporary music creation.

Selected works for performance at the World New Music Days 2025 from ISCM sections & Full associated members submissions, list arranged alphabetically by the name of the submitter.

Selected works For Performance at the World New Music Days 2025 from Individual submissions, list arranged alphabetically by the first name of composer

The ISCM WNMD 2025 Call for Works jury members:

The ISCM WNMD 2025 partner ensembles (conductors, artistic directors, musicians) and soloists also participate in the works’ evaluation process.

The ISCM WNMD 2025 Call for Works was open between February 15 and April 25 for 6.048.000 seconds, 100.800 minutes, 1680 hours, 70 days, 10 weeks, 19% of 2024.

SOME ISCM WNMD 2025 CALL FOR WORKS STATISTICS

Total number of submitted works: 441

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CALL FOR WORKS

(CLOSED ON APRIL 25TH, 2024)

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The jury selection of the works occurred in July/August 2024.

The announcement of the works selected will occur by the end of September 2024.

For additional information, please contact the festival organiser by e-mail: wnmdays2025-portugal@misomusic.com

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Miso Music Portugal has constructed the Call for Works for the ISCM World New Music Days 2025, considering a selection of the established and most renowned and talented Portuguese musicians, groups, ensembles, and orchestras. Each Call Category includes their names. In this manner, we guarantee the highest performance quality of all the works selected by an international jury of contemporary music experts.

In the selection process, the jury will give preference to pieces that are up to 10 minutes long, apart from the Youth Choir Category (no. 11), where the duration is no more than five minutes, and apart from the Small-Size Audio/ Visual Installations Category (no. 14) with no duration limit. Preference will also be given to works created after 2015, and works created after 2020 will receive the highest priority. Moreover, the jury will particularly favour compositions that resonate with or contribute to the ISCM WNMD 2025 theme, “Thirst for Change”. Please follow the link for more information about the festival’s theme: LINK.

The submissions can include already premiered, performed, and yet-to-be-premiered works; the submitted pieces can be published or unpublished.

The international jury of the ISCM WNMD 2025 Call for Works includes the following composers, conductors, and performers: Adrian Moore (United Kingdom), Ângela da Ponte (Portugal), Doina Rotaru (Romania), Flo Menezes (Brazil), Franz Martin Olbrisch (Germany), Gilles Gobeil (Canada), Guillaume Bourgogne (France), John McLachlan (Ireland),  Lorraine Vaillancourt (Canada), Masataka Matsuo (Japan), Michal Rataj (Czech Republic), Miguel Azguime (Portugal), Peter Swinnen (Belgium), Petter Sundkvist (Sweden), Ramón Souto (Spain), Rozalie Hirs (the Netherlands), Rui Penha (Portugal) and Valerio Sannicandro (Italy).

By submitting works in response to the ISCM WNMD 2025 Call for Works, composers agree that if their work is selected for performance/ presentation, then they grant automatic permission for recording, broadcasting, and streaming the ISCM performance/ presentation of their work without additional financial liability to the ISCM or the ISCM WNMD 2025 organisers.

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NOTE: The jury will give preference to pieces that are up to 10 minutes long, apart from the Youth Choir Category (no. 11), where the duration is no more than five minutes.

1. ORCHESTRA (with or without electronics **)

   a) Concert 1 · Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra (max: 2.2.2.2 – 2.2.0.0 – 2 perc – 7.6.5.4.2) *

   b) Concert 2 · Porto Symphony Orchestra Casa da Música (max: 4.4.4.3 – 4.4.3.1 – timp + 3 perc – hp – 14.12.10.8.6) *

   c) Concert 3 · Gulbenkian Orchestra (max: 3.3.3.3 – 4.3.3.1 – timp + 2 perc – hp – 10.8.6.5.4) *

   * Flute – can double Piccolo and Alto Flute · Clarinet – can double Bb Bass Clarinet · Oboe – can double English Horn.

   ** The works submitted in this category can include live or “tape” electronics for an up-to-four-channel loudspeaker system. For more details, please see the note below.

2. LARGE ENSEMBLE – 10-15 musicians (with or without electronics **)

   a) Remix Ensemble Casa da Música (max: 1.1.1.1 – 1.1.1.0 – 2 perc – pf – 2.1.1.1) *

   b) Ensemble MPMP (max: 1.1.1.1 – 1.1.1.0 – 2 perc – pf – 2.1.1.1) *

   * Flute – can double Piccolo and Alto Flute · Clarinet – can double Bb Bass Clarinet · Oboe – can double English Horn.

   ** The works submitted in this category can include live or “tape” electronics for an up-to-four-channel loudspeaker system. For more details, please see the note below.

3. MEDIUM ENSEMBLE – 8-13 musicians (with or without electronics **)

   · Concrète [Lab] Ensemble (fl, ob, cl, sax, hn, tbn, perc, pf, egtr, vn, va, vc, db) *

   * Flute – can double Piccolo and Alto Flute · Clarinet – can double Bb Bass Clarinet · Oboe – can double English Horn · Saxophone – can double Soprano, Alto, Tenor, and Baritone Saxophones.

   ** The works submitted in this category can include live or “tape” electronics for an up-to-four-channel loudspeaker system. For more details, please see the note below.

4. SMALL ENSEMBLE – 4-8 musicians (with or without electronics **)

   · Sond’Ar-te Electric Ensemble (sop, fl, cl, perc, pf, vn, va, vc) *

   * Flute – can double Piccolo and Alto Flute · Clarinet – can double Bb Bass Clarinet.

   ** The works submitted in this category can include live or “tape” electronics for an up-to-four-channel loudspeaker system. For more details, please see the note below.

5. STRING ENSEMBLE – 10-13 musicians (with or without electronics *)

   · Camerata Alma Mater (max: 4.3.3.2.1)

   * The works submitted in this category can include live or “tape” electronics for an up-to-four-channel loudspeaker system. For more details, please see the note below.

6. STRING QUARTET (with or without electronics *)

   · Matosinhos String Quartet (2 vn, va, vc)

   * The works submitted in this category can include live or “tape” electronics for an up-to-four-channel loudspeaker system. For more details, please see the note below.

7. TRIO (with or without electronics *)

   · Sond’Ar-te Trio (pf, vn, vc)

   * The works submitted in this category can include live or “tape” electronics for an up-to-four-channel loudspeaker system. For more details, please see the note below.

8. DUOS (with or without electronics **)

   a) Komorebi Duo – Camila Mandillo and João Casimiro Almeida (sop, pf)

   b) Nuno Pinto and Elsa Silva (cl *, pf)

   * Clarinet – can double Bb Bass Clarinet.

   ** The works submitted in this category can include live or “tape” electronics for an up-to-four-channel loudspeaker system. For more details, please see the note below.

9. PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE – 4-6 keyboard percussion instruments * (with or without electronics **)

   · Percussion Ensemble of the OCP (soloists of the Portuguese Chamber Orchestra)

   * Available instrumental set: 3 five-octave marimbas (C2 to C7) · 1 five-and-half octave marimba (C2 to F7) · 3 three-octave vibraphones (F3 to F6) · 1 four-octave vibraphone (C3 to C6) · 1 four-octave xylophone (C4 – C8).

   ** The works submitted in this category can include live or “tape” electronics for an up-to-four-channel loudspeaker system. For more details, please see the note below.

10. SOLO WORKS (with or without electronics **)

    a) Camila Mandillo (sop)

    b) Nuno Pinto (cl *)

    c) Henrique Portovedo (sax *)

    d) Elsa Silva (pf)

    e) Filipe Quaresma (vc)

    * Clarinet – can double Bb Bass Clarinet · Saxophone – can double Soprano, Alto, Tenor, and Baritone Saxophones.

    ** The works submitted in this category can include live or “tape” electronics for an up-to-four-channel loudspeaker system. For more details, please see the note below.

11. YOUTH CHOIR *

    · Youth Choir of the Lisbon University

    - Four voices (SATB) with a divisi option for each voice (approximately 40 singers).

    - ­A cappella or with piano accompaniment.

    - Possible small percussion instruments and/ or body used as percussion.

    - Duration: no more than 5 minutes.

    * This category does not provide the possibility of electronics.

12. SOLO PORTUGUESE GUITAR (with or without electronics *)

    · Miguel Amaral (Portuguese Guitar)

    This category aims to encourage the creation of new works for this unique and virtuoso Portuguese instrument. Miguel Amaral provides a Brief Portuguese Guitar Writing Manual, and interested composers are welcome to contact the soloist at wnmdays2025-portugal@misomusic.com.

    * The works submitted in this category can include live or “tape” electronics for an up-to-four-channel loudspeaker system. For more details, please see the note below.

13. ELECTROACOUSTIC MUSIC (with or without video)

    · Miso Music Portugal’s Loudspeaker Orchestra (40-loudspeaker system)

    Electroacoustic Works (up to 16 channels)

14. SMALL-SIZE AUDIO/ VISUAL INSTALLATIONS *

    In collaboration with the MAAT – Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology in Lisbon.

    This Category has no duration limit.

    * Image file formats: png, jpg · Video file formats: mp4 (normal quality), mov (Apple ProRes 422; high quality) · Sound file formats: m4a, mp3, mp4, flac, wav, aiff. Please provide a stereo version for multi-channel works (up to 6 channels).

NOTE for works with electronics.
The electronics of the submitted compositions for instruments and “tape”/ live electronics can use an up-to-four-channel loudspeaker system.
The following DAWs are recommended: Digital Performer, Reaper, Ableton Live, and Max/ MSP or Supercollider for interactive applications.
All above-mentioned software and any additional software or plug-ins must run on Mac OS (plug-ins should be freeware and/ or be supplied by the composer).

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