Biography

Cristina Fernandes is an integrated researcher at INET-MD (NOVA FCSH), where she develops the research project “Music, power and diplomacy in the 18th century: Portugal in the international stage” (since February 2019). Between 2011 and 2017 she carried out a post-doctoral project on the musical practices and the ceremonial of the Royal and Patriarchal Chapel of Lisbon (1716-1834), with a research grant from FCT, and between 2015 and 2017 she coordinated the thematic strand of INET-md “Historical Approaches to Musical Performance”. Born in Guarda (Portugal), she studied piano at the Conservatório de Música da Covilhã before graduating in Musical Sciences at NOVA FCSH. She completed a Master Degree in Musicology at the same institution and received her PhD from the University de Évora (Portugal) in 2010. She took part of several research projects in Portugal and abroad, including the collaboration with the group “Music in Spain: Composition, Reception and Interpretation” (Universidad de La Rioja, Spain). Currently, she integrates the research team for the projects "PERFORMART-Promoting, Patronising and Practising the Arts in Roman Aristocratic Families (1644-1740). The Contribution of Roman Families’ Archives to the History of Performing Arts" (IP: Anne-Madeleine Goulet, ERC Consolidator Grant 2015; host institutions: CNRS, École Française de Rome) and “PROFMUS-To be a musician in Portugal: the social and professional condition of musicians in Lisbon” (INET-md, funded by FCT). She participated in conferences and research seminars in Portugal, Spain, Italy, United Kingdom, France, Belgium, The Netherlands, Austria and Brazil and is the author of several books and articles on XVIII century music and culture, among other subjects. She taught at music schools of different levels, including the Fundação Musical dos Amigos das Crianças, the Academia Nacional Superior de Orquestra (Metropolitana), the Escola das Artes – Univ. Católica Portuguesa (Porto) and the department of Musical Sciences of NOVA FCSH. She is a member of the Directive Board of SPIM-Portuguese Society for Music Research and music critic for the newspaper Público.