Ângela da Ponte is the grand winner of the 1st Alvaro García de Zúñiga International Lied Composition Competition, with her piece “Da keine Worte nur töne”, for soprano, flute, and electronics.
In 2023, the Sond’Ar-te Electric Ensemble joined forces with the Casa de Mateus Foundation and the blablaLab Cultural Association to launch the 1st edition of the Alvaro García de Zúñiga International Lied Composition Competition, aiming to encourage the creation, performance, and dissemination of new musical works.
In this first edition, the competition received 20 new works from 9 different countries. After careful consideration, the jury, composed of composers Iris ter Schiphorst, Philippe Leroux, and Miguel Azguime, selected the finalist works “Da keine Worte nur töne” (soprano, flute, and electronics) by Ângela da Ponte (Portugal) and “(S)onora (h)ola” (soprano and clarinet) by Alejandro Mata (Mexico).
The pieces were performed at the Fundação da Casa de Mateus on November 16th, featuring soprano Camila Mandillo and soloists from the Sond’Ar-te Electric Ensemble, after which the jury announced the winner of the prize. (Sond’Ar-te Electric Ensemble, 2024)
Concert “Identities” – Lívia Nestrovski & Fred Ferreira + Oniros Ensemble
“This beutiful song creation project was made up of encounters: between music and words; between musical universes; between friends (old and future ones); between Portugal and Brazil. At Oniros we dream, we project the future… And the dream led to this mix of musicians, composers and music who meet (or not) with poetry. Distinct in their musical practices, but united in their devotion to music, sensitivity, professionalism, and, now, by a tender expectation of the results of this identities crossing.”
Texts: Natália Correia, A. M. Pires Cabral, Clarice Lispector, José Saramago, Leda Cartum, Renato Frazão and Luís E. Campagnoli
Voice: Lívia Nestrovski Guitar: Fred Ferreira; Oniros Ensemble
Angela da Ponte 