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Rita Torres is currently a Research Affiliate at one of Portugal's leading musicology research centres. She holds a European PhD from the Portuguese Catholic University (2016) and degrees in Chemical Engineering, Guitar, Musicology/Music Informatics and Composition. Her outputs include one book chapter and seven articles in international peer-reviewed journals.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Rita Torres

Citation names

  • Torres, Rita
  • Torres, Rita L.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
3219-FBF4-3F8C
ORCID iD
0000-0001-6369-6250
Google Scholar ID
ritatorres.eu
Researcher Id
M-9493-2017

Email addresses

  • rtorres@fcsh.unl.pt (Professional)

Addresses

  • Centro de Estudos de Sociologia e Estética Musical (CESEM; Centre for the Study of the Sociology and Aesthetics of Music). Av. de Berna, 26 C, 1069-061, Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Humanities - Arts
  • Engineering and Technology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1)
German Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1) Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1) Upper intermediate (B2)
French Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
Italian Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2)
Education
Degree Classification
2009/10/02 - 2016/09/16
Concluded
 PhD in Science and Technology of the Arts [European PhD] (Doutoramento)
Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Portugal
 Summa cum laude / 19 (max=20)
2003/10/06 - 2009/10/28
Concluded
 Composition (Master)
Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe, Germany
 1 (=max)
2009 - 2009
Concluded
 Diplôme d'Études en Langue Française, DELF B1 (Outros)
Gouvernement francais Ministere de l'education nationale, France
2005/10/04 - 2008/09/24
Concluded
 Musicology/Music Informatics (Bachelor)
Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe, Germany
 1 (=max)
1989/10/01 - 2002/09/11
Concluded
 Guitar Advanced Course ["Curso Complementar de Guitarra"] (Ensino secundário)
Academia de Amadores de Música, Portugal
 17 (max=20)
1995/10/09 - 2002/06/18
Concluded
 Chemical Engineering (Licenciatura)
Major in Applied Chemistry
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
 14 (max=20)
2002 - 2002
Concluded
 Zertifikat Deutsch als Fremdsprache [ZDF] (Outros)
Goethe Institut Portugal, Portugal
1991 - 1991
Concluded
 Preliminary English Test [PET] (Outros)
University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate, United Kingdom
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2018/01/01 - Current Researcher (Research) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Estudos de Sociologia e Estética Musical, Portugal
2017/10/01 - 2017/12/31 Researcher (Research) Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2010/01/01 - 2017/09/30 Researcher (Research) Universidade Católica Portuguesa Centro de Investigação em Ciência e Tecnologia das Artes, Portugal
2010/01/01 - 2012/12/31 Visiting Researcher (Research) Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe – Institut für Musikwissenschaft und Musikinformatik, Germany

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2008/10/01 - 2010/09/30 Invited Assistant (Polytechnic Teacher) Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe – Institut für Musikwissenschaft und Musikinformatik, Germany

Positions / Appointments

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2017/10/01 - Current Member of the Scientific Council of CESEM Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Estudos de Sociologia e Estética Musical, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2017/01/01 - 2017/05/31 Translator & Narrator (Portuguese) Education Support Centre, Germany
2010/08/01 - 2011/01/31 Technical assistant Experimentalstudio des SWR, Germany
2006/01/01 - 2009/10/31 Guitar Teacher Musikschule Kandel, Germany
2005/03/01 - 2005/04/30 Portuguese language teacher Aprendo Sprachschule, Germany
1994/10/01 - 2003/05/31 Guitarist & Manager Per Suonare Ensemble, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2018/01/01 - 2023/01/14 Strategic project "Centro de Estudos de Sociologia e Estética Musical"
UIDB/00693/2020
UID/EAT/00693/2019
UID/EAT/00693/2013
Research Fellow
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Estudos de Sociologia e Estética Musical, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2017/10/01 - 2017/12/31 Strategic project “Centro de Estudos de Sociologia e Estética Musical”
UID/EAT/00693/2013
Research Fellow
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2010/01/01 - 2013/12/31 PhD Research Project on Guitar Multiphonics
SFRH/ BD/ 65479/ 2009
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade Católica Portuguesa Centro de Investigação em Ciência e Tecnologia das Artes, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Torres, Rita; Ferreira-Lopes, Paulo. "The sound world of guitar multiphonics". In Music and sonic art: Theories and practices, edited by Dogantan-Dack, Mine; Dack, John, 78-94. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. http://ritatorres.eu/05-MuSA-Chapter5-Torres-Lopes.pdf, 2018.
    Published
Conference abstract
  1. Torres, Rita. "Creative processes in composing for guitar: An auto-investigation in retrospect". Paper presented in The 21st Century Guitar Conference, Online, 2021.
    Published
  2. Torres, Rita. "Echos from Granada: Setting to music Lorca guitar-related poetry by revisiting Falla’s Homenaje". Paper presented in Tracking the Creative Process in Music, Lisboa, 2019.
    Published
  3. Torres, Rita. "Forms of usage of guitar multiphonics: State of the art". Paper presented in The 21st Century Guitar, Ottawa, 2019.
    Published
  4. Torres, Rita. "Guitar multiphonics: Overview of an ongoing research". Paper presented in Hong Kong International Guitar Forum, Hong Kong, 2018.
    Published
  5. Torres, Rita. "The technique of guitar multiphonics". Paper presented in 6th Lake Constance Guitar Research Meeting, Hemmenhofen, 2017.
    Published
  6. Torres, Rita. "The technique of guitar multiphonics". Paper presented in 5th International Scientific Meeting for Sound and Musical Instrument Studies, Tomar region, 2016.
    Published
  7. Torres, Rita. "The sound world of guitar multiphonics". Paper presented in International Guitar Research Conference, Guildford, 2016.
    Published
  8. Torres, Rita; Ferreira-Lopes, Paulo. "Guitar multiphonics: Establishing locations". Paper presented in Symposium of the Launch of the International Guitar Research Centre, Guildford, 2014.
    Published
  9. Torres, Rita; Ferreira-Lopes, Paulo; Troge, Thomas A.. "Multiphonics as a compositional element in writing for amplified guitar". Paper presented in Third International Symposium on Music and Sonic Art (MuSA)): Theories and Practices, Karlsruhe, 2012.
    Published
Conference paper
  1. Torres, Rita; Ferreira-Lopes, Paulo. "Guitar multiphonics: Influence of amplification". Paper presented in 9th Conference on Interdisciplinary Musicology – CIM14. http://www.ritatorres.eu/CIM14.pdf, Berlin, 2014.
    Published
  2. Torres, Rita; Ferreira-Lopes, Paulo. "Guitar multiphonics: Notations for a formalized approach". Paper presented in VII Simpósio Académico de Violão. http://www.embap.pr.gov.br/arquivos/File/simposio/violao2014/Anais_do_VII_Simposio_EMBAP.pdf [2 citations], Curitiba, 2013.
    Published
  3. Torres, Rita; Ferreira-Lopes, Paulo. "Multiphonics as a Compositional Element in Writing for Amplified Guitar (1)". Paper presented in Korean Electro-Acoustic Music Society's 2012 Annual Conference, Seoul, 2012.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. Torres, Rita; Ferreira-Lopes, Paulo. "Guitar multiphonics: Influence of amplification". Paper presented in 9th International Conference on Interdisciplinary Musicology – CIM14, 2014.
Edited book
  1. Torres, R., Brandon, A., & Noble, J. (Eds.). Proceedings of The 21st Century Guitar Conference 2019 & 2021. http://digitalcommons.du.edu/twenty-first-century-guitar-home. 2023.
    Published • Editor
Journal article
  1. Torres, Rita. "Processos criativos em composição musical: fontes de inspiração sob autoescrutínio". Revista Vórtex 11 1 (2023): 1-14. https://periodicos.unespar.edu.br/index.php/vortex/article/view/7444.
    Open access • Published • 10.33871/23179937.2023.11.1.7444
  2. Torres, Rita. "Si amanece, nos vamos: From a Goya print to a new way of using guitar multiphonics". NOVA Contemporary Music Journal [Proceedings of NOVA Contemporary Music Meeting 2018] 2 (2022): 116-130. http://fabricadesites.fcsh.unl.pt/ncmm/composing-music-today.
    Open access • Published • 10.34619/yjju-iovo
  3. Torres, Rita. "Si amanece, nos vamos for solo guitar: Using multiphonics in a new way". Revista Vórtex 8 3 (2020): 1-14. https://periodicos.unespar.edu.br/index.php/vortex/article/view/3965.
    Open access • Published • 10.33871/23179937.2020.8.3.1.7
  4. Torres, Rita. "The presence of a mysterious black silhouette: From a print to a new form of usage of guitar multiphonics [1 citation]". Leonardo Music Journal 30 (2020): 73-78. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/133340.
    Open access • Published • 10.1162/lmj_a_01083
  5. Torres, Rita; Ferreira-Lopes, Paulo. "Towards overcoming the guitar's color research gap [2 citations]". Revista Vórtex 2 1 (2014): 16-36. http://periodicos.unespar.edu.br/index.php/vortex/article/view/445.
    Open access • Published • 10.33871/23179937.2014.2.1.445
  6. Torres, Rita; Ferreira-Lopes, Paulo. "Multiphonics as a Compositional Element in Writing for Amplified Guitar (2) [7 citations; Corrigenda available from www.ritatorres.eu]". Journal of Science and Technology of the Arts 4 1 (2012): 61-69. https://revistas.ucp.pt/index.php/jsta/article/view/7185.
    Open access • Published • 10.7559/citarj.v4i1.67
  7. Torres, Rita; Ferreira-Lopes, Paulo. "Multiphonics as a Compositional Element in Writing for Amplified Guitar (1) [Rev.]". Emille 10 - (2012): 55-65. http://keams.org/emille/emille/emille_10/1-6_torres&ferreira-lopes.pdf.
    Open access • Published
Online resource
  1. Torres, Rita. Fontes de inspiração em composição musical: 16 relatos retrospectivos [Data set]. 2023. https://zenodo.org/record/7754383#.ZFGEJy_MKZw.
    10.5281/zenodo.7754383
Report
  1. Torres, Rita. 2008. Dokumentation zu den elektroakustischen Stücken "Shaking Mendeleev in the Presence of a Guitar" und "Mostrengo-Interlude" [Technical memorandum].
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Torres, Rita Luzes. "A new chemistry of sound : The technique of multiphonics as a compositional element for guitar and amplified guitar [3 citations]". PhD, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/21230.
  2. Torres, Rita. "Von der punktuellen zur statistischen Zeitwahrnehmung: Stockhausens "...wie die Zeit vergeht..." und seine Rezeption. (B.A. dissertation)". Degree, Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe, 2008.

Artistic / Performance

Musical composition
  1. Torres, Rita. MSTRG-TRLD [for seven percussionists; commissioned by Arte no Tempo]. Authorial edition [1 Performance], 2020.
  2. Torres, Rita. Estudo em jeito de homenagem [for harp and live electronics; commissioned by Arte no Tempo]. In Nova Música para Novos Músicos, vol. 3. Aveiro: Arte no Tempo (in press) [Premiere postponed due to covid-19], 2019.
  3. Torres, Rita. Luminescências [for amplified guitar and live electronics; commissioned by Arte no Tempo]. In Nova Música para Novos Músicos, vol. 2. Aveiro: Arte no Tempo (in press) [Authorial edition: 1 citation; 1 Performance], 2018.
  4. Torres, Rita. The fireflies, twinkling among leaves, make the stars wonder [for amplified guitar and live electronics; 2018 revision commissioned by Arte no Tempo]. Authorial edition [2 citations; 3 Performances], 2015.
  5. Torres, Rita. Si amanece nos vamos [for guitar; requested by Jürgen Ruck]. Authorial edition [1 citation; 5 Performances], 2015.
  6. Torres, Rita. Le tombeau de Falla [for voice and guitar; requested by Anna Alàs i Jové]. Authorial edition [1 citation; 6 Performances], 2012.
  7. Torres, Rita. Aquelarre step-by-step [for small ensemble; requested by chaotic.moebius]. Authorial edition [2 Performances], 2012.
  8. Torres, Rita. MSTRG [for one percussionist]. Authorial edition [1 Performance], 2009.
  9. Torres, Rita. Cyrano-Szenen III [for two violins]. Authorial edition, 2009.
  10. Torres, Rita. Mostrengo-Interlude [for 5.1 diffusion system; requested by Pedro Bittencourt]. [12 Performances], 2008.
  11. Torres, Rita. SMPG [for six percussionists]. Authorial edition [4 Performances], 2008.
  12. Torres, Rita. um Lieder herum... [for small ensemble]. Authorial edition [1 Performance], 2007.
  13. Torres, Rita. Quando eu morrer - Vertonungsversuche um den Tod [for mezzo-Soprano, alto saxophone and piano]. Authorial edition [2 Performances], 2007.
  14. Torres, Rita. Cyrano-Szenen II [for small ensemble]. Authorial edition [1 Performance], 2006.
  15. Torres, Rita. Shaking Mendeleev in the Presence of a Guitar [for 5.1 diffusion system]. [14 Performances], 2005.
  16. Torres, Rita. Cyrano-Szenen [for guitar]. Authorial edition [2 citations; 12 Performances], 2004.
Musical performance
  1. Guitarist in performance of own work "Si amanece, nos vamos". In "The soundworld of guitar multiphonics" (Lecture-recital), International Guitar Research Conference, University of Surrey, Guildford (GB). 2016.
    Instrumentalist
  2. Guitarist in performance of own work "Si amanece, nos vamos". In "O mundo sonoro da técnica de multifónicos na guitarra" (Lecture-recital), Aveiro University (PT). 2016.
    Instrumentalist
  3. Live-electronics assistant in recording of Luigi Nono's "Con Luigi Dallapiccola" with Les Percussions de Strasbourg and the Experimentalstudio des SWR. Rosbaud Studio, SWR, Baden-Baden (DE). 2010.
    Other
  4. Live-electronics assistant in performance of Vinko Globokar's "Radiographie d'un Roman" with soloists, the SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart, the SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg and the Experimentalstudio des SWR. In Concert 02, Donaueschinger Musiktage (DE). 2010.
    Other
  5. Guitarist in performance of own work "Cyrano-Szenen". In Klangfarben – Farbklänge, Rosbaud-Studio, Baden-Baden (DE). 2007.
    Instrumentalist
  6. Guitarist in performance of own work "Cyrano-Szenen". In Kompositionsabend, Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe (DE). 2006.
    Instrumentalist
  7. Live-electronics assistant in performance of Luigi Nono's "Con Luigi Dallapiccola" with I. Nakamura’s percussion class and the ComputerStudio of the Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe. In Die Hochschule für Musik zu Gast im ZKM – Institut für Neue Musik und Medien: Schlagzeug und Elektronik, ZKM, Karlsruhe (DE). 2006.
    Other
  8. Guitarist in performance of the Per Suonare Ensemble in the TV show "A Outra Face da Lua" [ep. 18; recorded; RTP2; retransmitted in RTP Memória, 4.3.2018; https://www.rtp.pt/play/p4525/e337366/a-outra-face-da-lua/646292 (30:50 & 39:30)]. 2000.
    Instrumentalist
  9. Guitarist in 28 concerts or concert participations of the Per Suonare Ensemble up to 2003 (PT). 1994.
    Instrumentalist
  10. Soprano in 17 concerts or concert participations of the Chamber Choir of the Academia de Amadores de Música up to 1996 (PT). 1994.
    Soprano
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/09/02 MSTRG-TRLD [Performance (Premiere)] Festival Itinerante de Percussão, Especial 2023
Casa da Música (Porto, Portugal)
2020/12/13 Research on (classical) guitar multiphonics [Short lecture + Q&A; invited] Zoom Happy Hour for Guitar Scholars
Guitar Foundation of America, University of Denver, International Guitar Research Centre, Brunel University London
2019/12/09 Mostrengo-Interlude [Diffusion] Festival DME: Educational activity (https://www.facebook.com/festivalDME/posts/2645184702234138)
Escola E.B. 2,3 Dr. Fortunato de Almeida (Nelas, Portugal)
2019/05/03 The fireflies, twinkling among leaves, make the stars wonder [Performance] Arte no Tempo – Estrada Fora
Vigo Conservatoire (Vigo, Spain)
2019/04/30 The fireflies, twinkling among leaves, make the stars wonder [Performance] Arte no Tempo – Estrada Fora
Guildhall School of Music (London, United Kingdom)
2019/03/23 The fireflies, twinkling among leaves, make the stars wonder [Performance (Premiere)] Reencontros de Música Contemporânea
Arte no Tempo (Aveiro, Portugal)
2019/03/15 Luminescências [Performance (Premiere)] Reencontros de Música Contemporânea
Arte no Tempo (Aveiro, Portugal)
2018/10/13 Cyrano-Szenen: parts II, III, VI [Performance] 63. Wettbewerb Jugend Musiziert
Tonkünstlerverband Baden-Württemberg (Stuttgart, Germany)
2018/10/11 Cyrano-Szenen: parts II, III, VI [Performance] Musikschulkonzert
Musikschule Mannheim (Mannheim, Germany)
2018/10/06 Luminescências [Lecture to the general public] Conversas 4.0
Centro de Estudos de Arte Contemporânea (Vila Nova da Barquinha, Portugal)
2018/05/19 A técnica de multifónicos na guitarra [Lecture-demonstration]; The fireflies, twinkling among leaves, make the stars wonder [Open reading]; Cyrano-Szenen [Performance]; Si amanece, nos vamos [Performance] Festival DME 61 – Simpósio: A guitarra contemporânea
Universidade Nova de Lisboa – Centro de Estudos de Sociologia e Estética Musical (CESEM), Associação de Fomento do Ensino Artístico (AFEA) (Lisboa, Portugal)
2018/04/29 Shaking Mendeleev in the Presence of a Guitar [Diffusion] Festival Mixtur – Concert 20
Festival Mixtur (Barcelona, Spain)
2018/04/05 A técnica de multifónicos na guitarra [Lecture-demonstration; invited] 12º Curso de Férias de Guitarra
Collegium Musicum, Festival DME (Seia, Portugal)
2018/03/17 Cyrano-Szenen: parts II, III, VI [Performance] Jugend musiziert: Landeswettbewerb Baden-Württemberg
Deutscher Musikrat (Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany)
2018/03/10 Cyrano-Szenen: parts II, III, VI [Performance] Schülervorspiel
Regionalverband Rhein-Neckar im Tonkünstlerverband Baden-Württemberg (Mannheim, Germany)
2018/02/09 A técnica de multifónicos na guitarra [Lecture-demonstration; invited] VI Festival de Guitarra de Castelo Branco
Conservatório Regional de Castelo Branco (Castelo Branco, Portugal)
2018/01/27 Cyrano-Szenen: parts II, III, VI [Performance] Jugend musiziert: Regionalwettbewerb Mannheim
Deutscher Musikrat (Mannheim, Germany)
2018/01/22 Cyrano-Szenen: parts II, III, VI [Performance] Jugend musiziert: Teilnehmer stellen sich vor
Musikschule Mannheim (Mannheim, Germany)
2018/01/13 Cyrano-Szenen: parts II, III, VI [Performance] Vorbereitungsvorspiel zu “Jugend musiziert”
Tonkünstlerverband Baden-Württemberg (Heidelberg, Germany)
2017/12/13 A técnica de multifónicos na guitarra [Lecture-demonstration] -
Escola Superior de Música e Artes do Espectáculo (ESMAE) (Porto, Portugal)
2017/11/29 A técnica de multifónicos na guitarra [Lecture-demonstration] Conferências em Música e Musicologia
Centro de Estudos de Sociologia e Estética Musical – Pólo da Universidade de Évora (Évora, Portugal)
2017/11/09 A técnica de multifónicos na guitarra [Lecture-demonstration] Palestras Guitarrísticas
Instituto de Letras e Ciências Humanas – Universidade do Minho (Braga, Portugal)
2017/11/05 Shaking Mendeleev in the Presence of a Guitar [Diffusion] eviMus 2017: 4. Saarbrücker Tage für elektro-akustische und visuelle Musik —Konzert VII
eviMus Festival, KuBa – Kulturzentrum am EuroBahnhof (Saarbrücken, Germany)
2017/10/23 The technique of guitar multiphonics [Lecture-workshop] -
Royal Conservatoire of Antwerp (Antwerp, Belgium)
2017/03/12 The technique of guitar multiphonics [Lecture-demonstration] 6th Lake Constance Guitar Research Meeting
Dr. Gerhard Penn and Andreas Stevens (Hemmenhofen, Germany)
2016/10/29 The technique of guitar multiphonics [Lecture-demonstration] 5th International Scientific Meeting for Sound and Musical Instrument Studies: Times and challenges
ANIMUSIC (Região de Tomar, Portugal)
2016/09/02 Mostrengo-Interlude // Shaking Mendeleev in the Presence of a Guitar [Diffusion] Bendigo International Festival of Exploratory Music – Sound Gallery
Bendigo International Festival of Exploratory Music (Bendigo, Australia)
2016/03/23 Si amanece, nos vamos [Performance] International Guitar Research Conference – The sound world of guitar multiphonics [Lecture-recital]
University of Surrey – International Guitar Research Centre (IGRC) (Guildford, United Kingdom)
2016/03/15 O mundo sonoro da técnica de multifónicos na guitarra [Lecture-recital] -
Universidade de Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
2016/03/15 Si amanece, nos vamos [Performance] O mundo sonoro da técnica de multifónicos na guitarra [Lecture-recital]
Universidade de Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
2015/09/29 Si amanece, nos vamos [Performance] matrix15 – Neue Werke für Gitarre
Experimentalstudio des SWR (Freiburg, Germany)
2015/07/04 Shaking Mendeleev in the Presence of a Guitar [Diffusion] III Festival Guitarras Mágicas – Portugal XX - XXI: Trajectos da nova música portuguesa
Miguel Lopes, João Moita, Associação Cultural e Social de Couto de Esteves (ACSCE), Centro das Artes do Espetáculo (CAE), Câmara Municipal de Sever do Vouga (Couto de Esteves, Portugal)
2015/05/09 Si amanece, nos vamos [Performance (Premiere)] Festival Terras sem sombra – O Tempo e o Modo: Diálogos entre Guitarras
Pedra Angular (Santiago do Cacém, Portugal)
2015/05/08 Cyrano-Szenen [Radio broadcast] Império dos Sentidos
Antena 2 (Portugal)
2014/02/13 Le tombeau de Falla [Radio broadcast] Auditoris
Catalunya Música (Spain)
2013/11/16 Le tombeau de Falla [Performance] Tonades de la península
Hotel Monegal (Sant Llorenç de Morunys (Catalonia), Spain)
2013/11/15 Le tombeau de Falla [Performance] Residents 2013-2014 – Anna Alàs i Jové: Tonades de la península
Ateneu Barcelonès (Barcelona, Spain)
2013/05/31 Le tombeau de Falla [Radio broadcast] Auditoris
Catalunya Música (Spain)
2013/05/17 Le tombeau de Falla [Performance] Openhouse Project – Music night #3: Tonades de la península
Openhouse team (Barcelona, Spain)
2013/03/11 Le tombeau de Falla [Radio broadcast] MPClàssics
Catalunya Música (Spain)
2013/01/20 Le tombeau de Falla [Performance (Premiere)] Residencies Musicals – Anna Alàs I Jové: Concert solista: Tonades de la península
Fundación Catalunya La Pedrera (Barcelona, Spain)
2012/11/20 Aquelarre step-by-step [Performance] Aquelarre [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZeWqsfy_vU]
chaotic.moebius (Basel, Switzerland)
2012/11/19 Aquelarre step-by-step [Performance (Premiere)] Aquelarre
chaotic.moebius (Winterthur, Switzerland)
2012/11/16 Cyrano-Szenen [Radio broadcast] High Noon
Radio Stadtfilter (Switzerland)
2011/11/17 Das Mikrofon als kompositionelles Element [Lecture to the general public] IMA Lab No. 7
Institut für Musik und Akustik – Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe (ZKM) (Karlsruhe, Germany)
2011/10/08 The microphone as a compositional element [Lecture] Jornadas de Doutoramento: Ciência e Tecnologia das Artes
Escola das Artes – Universidade Católica Portuguesa (Porto, Portugal)
2011/04/01 [Presentation of own artistic work and its creative process to a highschool class] Komponistin Rita Torres zu Gast im Neigungsfach Musik
St. Dominikus Mädchengymnasium (Karlsruhe, Germany)
2010/09/25 SMPG [Performance] Isao Nakamura & Friends
Phoenix Hall (Osaka, Japan)
2010/09/22 SMPG [Performance] Okayama International Music Festival – Isao Nakamura & Friends
Okayama International Music Festival (Okayama, Japan)
2010/07/17 Shaking Mendeleev in the Presence of a Guitar [Diffusion] Sonic Vigil V – Sound Stations
Sonic Vigil (Cork, Ireland)
2010/06/01 Shaking Mendeleev in the Presence of a Guitar [Diffusion] International Computer Music Conference – Evening Concert I
Stony Brook University, New York University, Electronic Music Foundation (New York, United States)
2010/05 [Presentation of own artistic work and its creative process to a highschool class] Komponistin Rita Torres zu Gast im Neigungsfach Musik
St. Dominikus Mädchengymnasium (Karlsruhe, Germany)
2010/04/24 Mostrengo-Interlude [Diffusion] Black & White: 7th Audiovisual Festival – Audio competition
Universidade Católica Portuguesa (Porto, Portugal)
2010/01/16 Shaking Mendeleev in the Presence of a Guitar [Diffusion] NoiseFloor 2010 – Concert 2
Staffordshire University (Stafford, United Kingdom)
2009/10/28 Diploma concert [Performances of MSTRG (Premiere), Cyrano-Szenen, Quando eu morrer, SMPG] Abschlusskonzert Komposition: Rita Torres
Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe (Karlsruhe, Germany)
2009/10/01 Shaking Mendeleev in the Presence of a Guitar [Diffusion] Channel Noise: Electronic Music
Georgia Southern University (Statesboro, United States)
2009/07/24 Mostrengo-Interlude [Diffusion; with video by Sebastian Schmitt] ton:art: digitale Klangkunst
Galerie Margit Haupt (Karlsruhe, Germany)
2009/07/23 Mostrengo-Interlude [Diffusion] 6th Sound and Music Computing Conference – Concert #1 [Curator: Pauline Oliveros]
INESC, CITAR, ESMAE, Casa da Música, DEEC – FEUP (Porto, Portugal)
2009/07/02 Mostrengo-Interlude [Diffusion; with video by Sebastian Schmitt] Music2thousand
Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe (Karlsruhe, Germany)
2009/06/02 SMPG [Performance (Premiere)] Schlagzeugabend
Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe (Karlsruhe, Germany)
2009/05/09 Mostrengo-Interlude [Diffusion] Ondas segundo Poetas
Miso Music (Lisboa, Portugal)
2009/03/21 Shaking Mendeleev in the Presence of a Guitar [Diffusion] 8th International Women’s Electroacoustic Listening Room Project – Set #6
California State University (Fullerton, United States)
2009/02/10 Cyrano-Szenen [Performance] Gitarrenmusik aus Portugal und Brasilien
Hochschule für Musik Würzburg (Würzburg, Germany)
2009/01/30 Mostrengo-Interlude [Diffusion; with video by Sebastian Schmitt] Isto não é um concerto [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grlasE4fXrA (overview; 2:11)]
Centro Cultural de Belém (CCB) (Lisboa, Portugal)
2009/01/22 Mostrengo-Interlude [Diffusion; with video by Sebastian Schmitt] ComputerStudio der Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe: Studiokonzert
Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie (ZKM) (Karlsruhe, Germany)
2008/09/20 Shaking Mendeleev in the Presence of a Guitar [Diffusion] 14º Festival Música Viva – Soundwalk
Miso Music (Lisboa, Portugal)
2008/06/06 Mostrengo-Interlude [Diffusion; with video by Katja Wahl] Ondes d'après Poètes
Université Paris 8 (Paris, France)
2008/05/29 Mostrengo-Interlude [Diffusion] Ondes d'après Poètes
CIUP: Maison du Brésil (Paris, France)
2008/04/25 Mostrengo-Interlude [Diffusion (Premiere); with video by Katja Wahl] Wellen durch Dichter
Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie (ZKM) (Karlsruhe, Germany)
2008/03/26 Shaking Mendeleev in the Presence of a Guitar [Diffusion] Festival DME 4
Associação de Fomento do Ensino Artístico (Seia, Portugal)
2007/12/15 Shaking Mendeleev in the Presence of a Guitar [Diffusion] Jornadas Nova Música: 10 anos
Arte no Tempo (Porto, Portugal)
2007/06/29 um Lieder herum... [Performance (Premiere)] Nachtklänge III
Badisches Staatstheater (Karlsruhe, Germany)
2007/05/31 Quando eu morrer – Vertonungsversuche um den Tod [Performance (Premiere)] Klassenkonzert Komposition
Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe (Karlsruhe, Germany)
2007/03/13 Cyrano-Sezenen [Performance] Klangfarben–Farbklänge
Rotary Club Baden-Baden-Merkur (Baden-Baden, Germany)
2006/07/14 Cyrano-Szenen II [Performance (Premiere)] Nachtklänge III
Badisches Staatstheater (Karlsruhe, Portugal)
2006/06/22 Cyrano-Szenen [Performance (Premiere)] Kompositionsabend
Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe (Karlsruhe, Portugal)
2005/06/09 Shaking Mendeleev in the Presence of a Guitar [Diffusion] Next Generation Festival – Menschine
Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie (ZKM) (Karlsruhe, Germany)
2005/01/15 Shaking Mendeleev in the Presence of a Guitar [Diffusion (Premiere)] Studiokonzert II
Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie (ZKM) (Karlsruhe, Germany)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2021/03 - 2022/11/30 Simpósio Permanente de Investigação do CESEM [CESEM's Regular Research Symposium; shorturl.at/ckBI3] (2021/05)
Symposium (Co-organisor)
 Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Estudos de Sociologia e Estética Musical, Portugal
2019/10/01 - 2021/03/21 The 21st Century Guitar Conference [shorturl.at/eiwQV] (2021/03/22 - 2021/03/26)
Conference (Co-organisor)
 Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Estudos de Sociologia e Estética Musical, Portugal

International Guitar Research Centre, United Kingdom

Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada
2018/02/10 - 2018/05/21 "A guitarra contemporânea" [The contemporary guitar; symposium; shorturl.at/lJMO4] (2018/05/19 - 2018/05/20)
Symposium (Co-organisor)
 Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Estudos de Sociologia e Estética Musical, Portugal

Associação de Fomento do Ensino Artístico, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2022/07/26 - 2022/07/28 Attendance of short seminar-course
Other
 Research Data Management
Universidade Nova de Lisboa – NOVA Escola Doutoral, Portugal
2021/06/15 - 2021/06/15 Attendance of webinar
Seminar
 Research design with Idea Puzzle
Universidade Nova de Lisboa – NOVA Escola Doutoral, Portugal
2021/05/28 - 2021/05/28 Attendance of webinar
Seminar
 Escrita Técnica e Científica [Technical and Scientific Writing]
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2021/03/22 - 2021/03/25 Chairing of 2 Paper sessions and 2 Keynotes
Conference
 The 21st Century Guitar Conference
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Estudos de Sociologia e Estética Musical, Portugal
2021/03/22 - 2021/03/23 Panel member of the roundtables "Composing for guitar" & "Extended techniques & Microtonality"
Conference
 The 21st Century Guitar Conference
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Estudos de Sociologia e Estética Musical, Portugal
2020/10/15 - 2020/10/15 Attendance of webinar
Seminar
 How to be a peer reviewer
SAGE Publishing, United Kingdom
2020/01/06 - 2020/03/31 Attendance of online course
Seminar
 Mid-career learning program
Taylor & Francis Group, United Kingdom
2019/10/21 - 2020/01/06 Attendance of online course
Seminar
 Early Career Learning Program
Taylor & Francis Group, United Kingdom
2019/12/03 - 2019/12/04 Attendance of short seminar-course
Seminar
 Developing Supervisory Skills
Universidade Nova de Lisboa – NOVA Escola Doutoral, Portugal
2018/12/03 - 2018/12/03 Attendance of short course
Other
 Direito de Autor e Domínio Público [Author's Rights and Public Domain]
Acesso Cultura, Portugal
2018/06/08 - 2018/06/22 Artistic residency
Other
 CEAC Residências Artísticas 2018
Centro de Estudos de Arte Contemporânea (CEAC), Portugal
2018/06/03 - 2018/06/04 Attendance of short seminar course
Seminar
 Project Management
Universidade Nova de Lisboa – NOVA Escola Doutoral, Portugal
2018/05/14 - 2018/05/16 Attendance of short seminar course
Seminar
 Redes Sociais para Cientistas [Social Media for Scientists]
Universidade Nova de Lisboa – NOVA Escola Doutoral, Portugal
2018/04/17 - 2018/04/17 Attendance of workshop with Catherine Pickering
Workshop
 Writing Research Papers
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro Interdisciplinar de Ciências Sociais, Portugal
2018/03/26 - 2018/03/29 Attendance of shortworkshop course with Åke Parmerud
Workshop
 Max/MSP Workshop
Associação de Fomento do Ensino Artístico (AFEA), Portugal
2017/05/08 - 2017/05/09 Attendance of workshop with Sergi Fernandez (i2Cat)
Workshop
 Project Proposal and Management
Universidade Católica Portuguesa Centro de Investigação em Ciência e Tecnologia das Artes, Portugal
2017/04/28 - 2017/04/28 Attendance of workshop with Malcom Love
Workshop
 Speaking for Science
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal
2015/09/26 - 2015/10/03 Attendance of new music academy
Other
 matrix15 Experimentalstudio-Akademie
Experimentalstudio des SWR, Germany
2015/03/28 - 2015/07/10 Artistic residency
Other
 Residency-Programme
Institut für Musik und Akustik, Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe (ZKM) , Germany
2012/08/01 - 2012/09/30 Artistic residency
Other
 Artists-In-Residency
Villa Sträuli, Switzerland
2011/10/24 - 2011/10/28 Attendance of short seminar course with Michael Jarrell
Seminar
 Karlsruher Meisterklassen – Komposition
Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe, Germany
2011/04/01 - 2011/07/31 Scientific residency
Other
 Residency-Programme
Institut für Musik und Akustik, Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe (ZKM) , Germany
2011/02/05 - 2011/02/16 Attendance of new music academy
Other
 impuls akademie: 7. internationale Ensemble- und Komponistenakademie für zeitgenössische Musik
impuls: Verein zur Vermittlung zeitgenössischer Musik, Austria
2009/10/14 - 2010/10/20 Attendance of seminar course with Brice Pauset
Seminar
 Komposition
Hochschule für Musik Freiburg, Germany
2010/06/21 - 2010/06/26 Attendance of new music academy
Other
 matrix 10: Perspektiven der Live-Elektronik
Experimentalstudio des SWR, Germany
2010/05/03 - 2010/05/07 Attendance of short seminar course with Enno Poppe
Seminar
 Karlsruher Meisterklassen – Komposition
Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe, Germany
2010/03/11 - 2010/03/15 Attendance of short seminar course with Emmanuel Nunes
Seminar
 Seminário de Composição (Composition seminar)
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal
2009/06/15 - 2009/06/21 Attendance of new music academy
Other
 matrix09: Perspektiven der Live-Elektronik
Experimentalstudio des SWR, Germany
2009/01/26 - 2009/02/03 Attendance of short seminar course with Olga Neuwirth
Seminar
 Karlsruher Meisterklassen – Komposition
Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe, Germany
2008/06/30 - 2008/07/10 Attendance of short seminar course with Tom Johnson
Seminar
 Karlsruher Meisterklassen – Komposition
Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe, Germany
2007/10 - 2008/06 Attendance of seminar course with Ivan Fedele
Seminar
 Composition
Conservatoire de Strasbourg, France
2007/10 - 2008/06 Attendance of seminar course with Mark Andre
Seminar
 Orchestration
Conservatoire de Strasbourg, France
2007/07/06 - 2007/07/19 Attendance of Max/MSP workshop course with Mikhail Malt, Jean Lochard and Emmanuel Jourdan
Workshop
 Centre Acanthes – Atelier d'informatique musicale IRCAM (niveau débutants)
Association pour la Création et la Diffusion Artistique (ACDA), France
2006/10/18 - 2006/10/23 Attendance of new music academy
Other
 Next Generation
SWR Donaueschinger Musiktage, Germany
2004/08/07 - 2004/08/22 Attendance of new music academy
Other
 Darmstädter Ferienkurse [Darmstadt Summer Course]
Internationales Musikinstitut Darmstadt, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2020/10/26 Incremento da habilidade em conciliar movimentos bimanuais rápidos e precisos na performance do violão [Increasing the ability to conciliate fast and precise bimanual movements on the guitar performance]
(Thesis) Arguer
 Inácio Rabaioli (PhD)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Ad Hoc journal article review

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2023/02/16 - 2023/03/13 Revista Vórtex (2317-9937) Universidade Estadual do Paraná [issue: v11_n2]
2018/07/01 - 2018/07/07 Revista Vórtex (2317-9937) Universidade Estadual do Paraná [issue: v6_n2]
2017/06/01 - 2017/06/07 Revista Vórtex (2317-9937) Universidade Estadual do Paraná [issue: v5_n1]

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2007/01/01 - Current Gesellschaft für musikalische Aufführungs- und mechanische Vervielfältigungsrechte (GEMA) Associated member

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2020/03/07 - 2020/04/23 The 21st Century Guitar CESEM, IGRC, Memorial University

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2010/04 - 2010/07 Formenkunde und Analyse II [Musical Analysis] Musikwissenschaft/Musikinformatik (Bachelor) Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe, Germany
2009/10 - 2010/02 Formenkunde und Analyse [Musical analysis] Musikwissenschaft/Musikinformatk (Bachelor) Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe, Germany
2009/04 - 2010/02 Max/MSP Einführende Projekte [Introduction to Max/MSP projects] Musikwissenschaft/Musikinformatik (Bachelor) Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe, Germany
2006/01 - 2009/10 Gitarre [Guitar] (Outros) Musikschule Kandel, Germany
2009/04 - 2009/07 Übungen zur Vorlesung Musikinformatik II [Music informatics II – Practical exercises] Musikwissenschaft/Musikinformatik (Bachelor) Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe, Germany
2008/10 - 2009/02 Übungen zur Vorlesung Musikinformatik I [Music informatics I – Practical exercises] Musikwissenschaft/Musikinformatik (Bachelor) Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe, Germany
2005/03 - 2005/04 Portugiesisch [Portuguese language] (Outros) Aprendo Sprachschule, Germany

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

Activity description Newspaper / Forum
2021/11 "Rita Torres: A investigadora que escreve música" [on research and composition] https://artenotempo.pt/rita-torres-a-investigadora-que-escreve-musica

Interview (tv / radio show)

Program Topic
2021/03/14 - 2021/03/14 Contemporary Guitar Blog [shorturl.at/myDFO] The 21 Century Guitar Conference
2015/05/08 - 2015/05/08 Império dos Sentidos [Antena 2, PT; included broadcast of Cyrano-Szenen] Promotion of the concert of Si amanece, nos vamos's premiere (live)
2012/11/16 - 2012/11/16 High Noon [Radio Stadtfilter, CH; included broadcast of Cyrano-Szenen] Promotion of the concert of Aquelarre step-by-step's premiere (live)
2001/01/18 - 2001/01/18 O Despertar dos Músicos [Antena 2, PT] Promotion of a concert of the Per Suonare Ensemble (live)

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2023/08 - Current Per Musi (ISSN: 1517-7599) Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

Other jury / evaluation

Activity description Institution / Organization
2016/06/01 - 2016/06/15 Selection of participants for Simpósio Música Nova's (SiMN) composition activities Escola de Música e Belas Artes do Paraná, Brazil
Distinctions

Award

2010 Audience choice: Audio [for "Mostrengo Interlude"]
Black & White: 7th Audiovisual Festival, Portugal

Other distinction

2023 Citation in Criton, P., & Delume, C. (2023). Microtunings, complexity, variability: A new sound map for the guitar. In Proceedings of The 21st Century Guitar Conference 2019 & 2021 (pp. 1-17), p.12
2023 Citation in Pantoja, A. (2023). A survey of extended techniques in the Chilean guitar repertoire from 1980 to the present (Publication No. 30635761) [Doctoral thesis, University of Arizona]. Pro Quest, p. 28.
2020 Citation in Ciszak, T., & Josel, S. F. (2020). Of neon light: Multiphonic aggregates on the electric guitar. Tempo 74(291), 25-49. DOI: 10.1017/S0040298219000962. p. 26
2020 Citation in Fallowfield, E. (2020). Cello multiphonics: Technical and other musical parameters. Tempo 74(291), 51-69. DOI: 10.1017/S0040298219000974. p. 58
2020 Citation (Compositions) in Marques, B. G. S. (2020). Repertório para violão e electrónica: Narrativas históricas, representação, permanência e performance. (Doctoral thesis). Universidade de Aveiro, pp. 111, 114
2020 Martins, J. D. L., & Simões, R. C. (2020). A Produção de Conhecimento sobre Violão em Dois Eventos Nacionais (2007-2018). Revista Vórtex, 8(3), 1-34. DOI: 10.33871/23179937.2020.8.3.1.29. p. 13
2018 Citation (Compositions) in Brito, R. J. A. F. (2018). Repertório de Guitarra Clássica em Portugal de 1900 a 2017. (Report). Escola Superior de Artes Aplicadas de Castelo Branco, p. 273
2016 Citation in Pazieczny, M. (2016). The duality of the composer-performer. (Doctoral thesis). University of Surrey. Available from Surrey Research Insight, p. 4
2016 Citation in Scarduelli, F., & Ribeiro, F. (2016). Criação musical colaborativa: O processo de escrita e performance de Melancoli[r]a para violão solo. In Proceedings of XXVI Congresso da Associação Nacional de Pesquisa e Pós-Graduação em Música, p. 4
2016 Citation in Vesikkala, J. T. (2016). Multiphonics of the Grand Piano: Timbral Composition and Performance with Flageolets. (Master's dissertation). Sibelius Academy. Available from Sibelius Academy Theses Database, pp. 15, 21
2016 Citation in Haukka, A. (2016). Fernando Sorin (1778¿1839) kitarafantasiat yhdelle soittajalle: Semioottisia analyysejä. (Master's dissertation). University of Helsinki. Available from HELDA ¿ Digital Repository of the University of Helsinki, p. 81
2015 Selection of the pieces "Cyrano-Szenen" and "Si amanece, nos vamos" for the matrix15 call for guitar music
matrix15 Experimentalstudio-Akademie, Germany
2015 Citation in Schneider, J. (2015). The Contemporary Guitar (Rev. and enlarged ed.). Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, p. 113
2015 Citation in Kubilay, I. A., Vesilkkala, J. T., Pàmies-Vilà, M., Kuusi, T., & Välimäki, V. (2015). High-speed line-scan camera measurements of piano string multiphonics. Proceedings of the 22nd International Congress on Sound and Vibration, p. 2
2015 Citation in Vishnick, M. L. (2015). Sculpting sound on the classical six-string guitar, Vol. 2. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, p. 239
2015 Citation (Composition) in Lopes, J. M. M. (2015). A Música Contemporânea Portuguesa para Guitarra de 1983 a 2008. (Doctoral thesis). Universidade de Aveiro, pp. 64, 75, 122, 127, 132, 138-140, 189, 291, 343, 346, 347, 349, 350, 363, 364, 366, 388, 394
2014 Citation in Josel, S. F., & Tsao, M. (2014). The techniques of guitar playing. Kassel: Bärenreiter, p. 118
2014 Citation in Vishnick, M. L. (2014). A Survey of extended techniques on the classical six-string guitar with appended studies in new morphological notation, Vol. 2. (Doctoral thesis). City University of London. Available from City Research Online
2011 Music Grant
Gesellschaft zu Förderung der Kunst und Medientechnologie, Germany
2011 Selection of the piece "Quando eu morrer" for the impuls 2011 call Voice/Voice+
impuls akademie: 7. internationale Ensemble- und Komponistenakademie für zeitgenössische Musik, Austria
2010 Music Grant
Experimentalstudio des SWR, Germany
2009 Honor (Chamber Music category) [for "Quando eu morrer"]
4º Concurso Internacional de Composição da Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal
2008 Mathilde-Planck Contract Lectureship
Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts Baden-Württemberg, Germany
2005 Graduate Scholarship
Land Baden-Württemberg, Portugal