The conference ‘Mozart and His Time’ is organised by the Department of History, Art and Humanities of the Universidade Autonoma of Lisbon, in partnership with the Ajuda National Palace (Portuguese Republic - Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport, Museums and Monuments of Portugal) and Parques de Sintra - Monte da Lua.
It is supported by CIDEHUS – University of Évora (CIDEHUS.UAL Centre).
The year 2026 commences with the commemoration of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's 270th anniversary (1756–1791) on January 27th. Universally esteemed as a prodigious genius and one of history's most exceptional composers, Mozart lived during an era of significant upheaval. He was arguably the first composer to endeavor to be self-employed (Norbert Elias), a concept that was ahead of its time.
Mozart and His Time Conference seeks to illuminate the genius of its namesake, while also fostering a greater comprehension of the era in which he lived: a period of profound political and social transformation that bridged the Modern and Contemporary eras.
Our national keynote speakers will be Rui Vieira Nery and Rosana Marreco BresciaThe international keynote speaker will be Mozart expert Simon Keefe, from the University of Sheffield.
We invite submissions that explore, but are not limited to, the following themes:
- The oeuvre and biography of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- The influence of Mozart on his contemporaries
- Political, social, and cultural shifts in the latter half of the 18th century
- The reverberations of colonial revolutions in continental Europe
- Artistic movements in Central Europe during Mozart's era (literature, painting, sculpture, architecture)
- The evolving role of women in opera and performance
- Libretti and musical performances reflecting the social transitions of the period
- The striving of artists to establish social standing
- Pivotal junctures that catalyzed social, political, philosophical, cultural and artistic transformations (e.g., the 1755 Lisbon Earthquake, the French Revolution)
The official languages of the Congress will be Portuguese and English.
Proposals should be sent as a Word or PDF document containing a title, a short abstract (maximum 250 words), and the author’s name and affiliation to the organisers at abeuvink@autonoma.pt by the 15th of November 2025.
15 November 2025 – Deadline for submitting proposals
30 November 2025 – Notification of accepted proposals
15 December – Final programme
5 de Dezembro a 20 de Janeiro de 2026 – Inscrições no Congresso
22, 23 and 24 January 2026 – Congress at the Ajuda National Palace
January 2027 – Publication of the Proceedings
Estudantes sem comunicação: 10€
Estudantes com comunicação ou participantes sem comunicação: 20€
Investigadores/Professores doutorados sem comunicação: 40€
Investigadores/Professores doutorados com comunicação: 50€
Registration includes all participant materials (programme, abstracts, bag with conference memorabilia do congresso), coffee-breaks, acesso a todo o evento científico e aos momentos musicais.
A inscrição não inclui o jantar-buffet no palácio da Ajuda, terá inscrições à parte – contactar abeuvink@autonoma.pt
Clique aqui para proceder à inscrição
Miguel Figueira de Faria
Rui Vieira Nery
Frédéric Vidal
Aline Gallasch-Hall de Beuvink
Roberta Stumpf
Helena Gonçalves Pinto
Rosana Marreco Brescia
Miguel Jalôto
Aline Gallasch-Hall de Beuvink
Helena Gonçalves Pinto
Aline Gallasch-Hall de Beuvink
Ana Faia
Bruna Machado
Nicolas Miasnikov
Afonso Neves
Manhã/Morning
09h30 – Acreditação/Registration
10h00 – Abertura/Welcome
10h15 – Rui Vieira Nery – Keynote speaker
11h00 – Painel/Session 1: Educação de Mozart e Influências além Tempo/Mozart Education and Influences beyond Time
11h00 – Giacomo Fornari (Musikhochshule Claudio Monteverdi), Mozart and the Latin Language
11h30 – João Alexandre Dias (INET-NOVA FCSH), Partimenti e Solfeggi em Portugal nos séculos XVIII e XIX: mapeamento e cruzamento de fontes manuscritas destinadas ao ensino da música
12h00 – Debate
12h30 – Apresentação da Escola de Arte Equestre na Calçada da Ajuda/Presentation of the Portuguese School of Equestrian Art
13h00 – Pausa para almoço/Free lunch break
Tarde/Afternoon
14h15 – Painel/Session 2: Mozart e o Exótico/Mozart and the Exotic
14h15 – Ralf Martin Jäger (University of Münster), Mozart, Vienna and the Turks
14h45 – Aline Gallasch-Hall de Beuvink (Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa/CIDEHUS-UAL/CICH), A Flauta Mágica e as suas raízes egípcias
15h15 – Debate
15h30 – Pausa para Café/Coffee Break
15h45 – Painel/Session 3: Música de Mozart e Arquétipos/Mozart’s Music and Archetypes
15h45 – Eira (University of Essex), Mozart’s Harmonies in the Aftershocks of Reform: The Great Mass in C minor and Joseph II’s Vienna
16h15 – Arthur Schoonderwoerd (University of Sorbonne), Mozart’s Keyboard Concertos – a Revolutionary Model for the Romantic Era
16h45 – Joan Grimalt (Vienna University/Barcelona University), From Ancien Régime to Carnival: The Dramaturgical Archetype of Changeover in Mozart’s Music
17h15 – Debate
17h30 – Pausa para café/Coffee break
17h45 – Kurt Markstrom, (University of Manitoba, Canada), ‘Da Vienna al Canadà’: Mozart & Joseph Quesnel and their Opera Premières 1790
18h15 – Simon P. Keefe – Keynote speaker
19h00 – Encerramento dos trabalhos do 1º dia/End of the 1st day
19h30 – Jantar-buffet do Congresso no palácio (facultativo)/Congress Dinner (buffet at the palace by inscription)
09h45 – Abertura/Openning
10h00 – Rosana Marreco Brescia – keynote speaker
10h45 – Pausa para café/Coffee Break
11h00 – Painel/Session 4: Arquitectura e Arte no tempo de Mozart/Architecture and Art in Mozart’s Time
11h00 – José Manuel Fernandes (Faculdade de Arquitectura da UL), Arquitectura no Tempo de Mozart (1756-1791): uma perspectiva comparada, entre a Europa Central e Portugal
11h30 – Javier Gándara Feijóo (iHUS – Universidade de Santiago de Compostela), Teatro, salão e rua: a “tonadilla” como agente transformador de realidade setecentistas
12h00 – Debate
12h15 – Pausa para almoço/Free lunch break
14h00 – Painel/Session 5: Da Grão-Bretanha ao Leste Europeu: compositores e a influência de Mozart/From Great Britain to Eastern Europe: composers and Mozart’s influence
14h00 – Clare Beesley (Utrecht University), Performing piety: examining the childhood performances of the British Eighteenth Century prodigy Marianne Davies (c1743-1814) through her repertoire and the music and poetry her performances inspired
14h30 – Oleksandra Stepanska (CUESC), W.A. Mozart na encruzilhada ucraniana: de Maxim Bortnianski até Franz Xavier Mozart
15h00 – Andrzej Gladysz (Catholic University of Lublin), The reception of European music culture in Poland in the second half of the 18th century in the light of the music collection of the Cistercian Abbey in Krakow-Moglia
15h30 – Karol Rzepecki (Catholic University of Lublin), The work of Selected Polish Composers during the Time of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – A Review of Sources
16h00 – Debate
16h15 – Pausa para café/Coffee break
16h30 – Painel/Session 6: Mozart e a Contemporaneidade/ Mozart and the Contemporary Time
16h30 – Edson Muller Jiménez Cornejo e/and Antoin Herrera López (Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris), When the Other Sings: Rereading Mozart’s Opera in the Twenty-First Century
17h00 – Edgar Ndazi (Newcastle University), Mozart and Contemporary Rap Music: The influences and Contemporary Comparisons
17h30 – Joaquim Monteiro (Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa), O “Efeito Mozart”: mito contemporâneo e herança iluminista da inteligência musical
18h00 – Debate
18h15 – Encerramento do 2º dia/End of the works of the 2nd day
18h30 – Concerto Ludovice Ensemble com o apoio da Parques de Sintra – Monte da Lua/Concert of Ludovice Ensemble at Queluz Palace by the support of Parques de Sintra/Monte da Lua
Manhã/Morning
10h00 – Painel/Session 7: Portugal e Mozart/Portugal and Mozart
10h00 – Carlos Boavida (Instituto de Arqueologia e Paleociências da Universidade Nova de Lisboa/Associação dos Arqueólogos Portugueses/Grupo de Amigos de Lisboa), Lisboa feita em cacos. Algumas considerações históricas e arqueológicas sobre o terramoto de 1755 e a reconstrução de Lisboa após a tripla catástrofe
10h30 – Maria João Albuquerque e/and Cristina Fernandes (INET-md, Nova FCSH), O autógrafo da “scena” e ária “Popoli di Tessaglia! Io non chiedo, eterni Dei” (K. 316/300b) em custódia no Palácio Nacional da Ajuda: circulação e memória de um manuscrito pouco conhecido
11h00 – Rodrigo Teodoro de Paula (CEHUM – Universidade do Minho/CESEM/IN2PAST – Universidade de Évora), A versão eborense da Missa de “Requiem” de W. A. Mozart: estudo e edição
11h30 – Debate
11h45 – pausa para café/Coffee break
12h00 – Encerramento do Congresso e apresentação do próximo/Closing of the International Congress Mozart and His Time and Presentation of the Next Congress
