Events
GIEHCM Seminar | From Archive to Stage: A contemporary ethnography of early music in Portugal
PERMANENT SEMINAR IN HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL STUDIES IN MUSIC
The Permanent Seminar of the research group Historical and Cultural Studies in Music of INET-md intends to be a forum where all its members (integrated and collaborators), as well as other invited researchers from the academic, cultural and artistic circles, may present their work and discuss ongoing projects and research.
26-06-2025 | 4 PM | NOVA FCSH, Av. de Berna, Lisboa | Tower B - Room B 211 & Online
Free access, in person and online:
Zoom Room
Meeting ID: 919 0407 0974
Pass: 793161
From Archive to Stage: A contemporary ethnography of early music in Portugal
Altea Guevara | Universitat Politècnica de València
This seminar offers a reflection on the state of development of the historically informed musical performance sector in Portugal and the socio-professional realities of those who comprise it, with special attention to contemporary practices related to Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque music. By connecting artistic heritage with emerging practices, it presents a critical view of the current ways of preserving, transforming, and projecting this field into the future. During the presentation, partial results related to European contexts will be shared, allowing the Portuguese case to be situated within a broader comparative framework and highlighting common trends in facing the professional, institutional, and cultural challenges of the sector. The research aims to understand how musicians and cultural agents position themselves and address key issues such as the sustainability of their projects and career paths, labor market integration, heritage transmission, and relationships with institutions in a constantly changing environment. To this end, fieldwork is being conducted based on the observation of active artistic projects and interviews with relevant figures in the early music scene in Portugal. It also aims to document the professional network currently operating in the country, identifying synergies, structural weaknesses, and development opportunities. All of this is part of the doctoral thesis currently underway by the speaker, who in this presentation will share the current state of the work as well as plans for future actions aligned with the objectives of innovation and cooperation in the field of musical heritage and its sustainable contemporary projection.
Altea Guevara Alonso | Researcher at the Universitat Politècnica de València (Spain), where she is pursuing a PhD in Communication and Cultural Industries. An interdisciplinary artist with primary training in design and visual arts, cultural management, and singing specialized in Baroque and Renaissance repertoire, she is currently also exploring the universe of the vihuela and Iberian folk percussion. She has professional experience in cultural communication and musical event production. At UPV, she collaborates as a lecturer in cultural communication, creative project ideation, and courses focused on creation, sustainability, and interdisciplinarity, within the Department of Art History, Documentation, and Audiovisual Communication. She is a singer in the Renaissance polyphony ensemble Victoria Musicae and collaborates with various musical projects in Spain. Her academic research focuses on the study of the historically informed musical performance sector from the perspective of cultural and creative industries, combining ethnomusicology and cultural management approaches.
