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News | INET-md doctoral students at International Conferences on Ethnomusicology and New Technologies in Artistic Performance
The month of June was marked by several INET-md doctoral students at international conferences related to Ethnomusicology, Popular Music Studies, and Creation, Performance, and Artistic Research. During the week of June 23-28, 2024, the Stellenbosch University Conservatorium in South Africa hosted the annual conference of the International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres (IAML). Among the presentations, the contributions of two INET-md doctoral candidates in ethnomusicology research stood out.
Doctoral student Timóteo Cuche presented the paper "Migrant Harmonies: A Discographic Analysis of the Mozambican Musical Diaspora in South Africa (1930-1975)." This research aims to systematically map the discography of Mozambican musicians who migrated to South Africa between the 1930s and 1975. Cuche focused on analyzing the first generation of Mozambican musicians established in South Africa during the colonial period and the Apartheid regime. The research is based on South African sound archives and is part of a broader study entitled "Musical Practices, Society, and Creative Interactions in Maputo." Lucas de Campos Ramos, a doctoral candidate, presented "Angolan Chordophones in Portugal." This paper is part of the mapping of Angolan chordophones in Portugal and is a component of his doctoral research at the University of Aveiro. The primary objective is to provide an overview of these traditional instruments through the analysis of museum collections in Portugal.
On June 27, 2024, during the International Meeting of Research in Music, Arts, and Design (EIMAD’24) held at ESART, Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco, doctoral student Jorge Sousa, along with researcher Henrique Portovedo, presented "Performative Challenges of Multimedia Composition for Saxophone: Case Studies in Works by Mark Oliveiro and Ted Moore." The research explores how the omnipresence of technology in everyday life profoundly conditions artistic creation and performance, pushing performers toward an integrated development of technical, technological, and aesthetic skills. In Black(midi)matter by Ted Moore, the saxophonist faces performative challenges that involve, in addition to technical execution, interactive visual and electronic elements, evolving beyond traditional learning and incorporating post-digital culture into their artistic practice.
Philippe Trovão, also a doctoral student at INET-md, presented the paper "Recasting Works for Saxophone and Live Electronics Based on Performative Decisions: Case Studies in Recasting Sax-blue by Jorge Peixinho (1982) and Metaksaks by Anatol Vieru (1984)" at the same conference. The paper discusses the work done on Sax-blue by Jorge Peixinho and Metaksaks by Anatol Vieru, two examples of mixed music works with real-time electronics that have been lost due to the high perishability of the electroacoustic devices used. The research aims to address gaps related to the recovery processes of this genre of works by integrating the performer's perspective and performative decisions. The result is more flexible electronics that enhance the performance rather than constrain it.
