Tiago Hora

Biography

Producer and musicologist, he is a researcher at the Institute of Ethnomusicology – Centre for Studies in Music and Dance (group of “Historical and Cultural Studies in Music”) at NOVA FCSH, where he has dedicated himself to historical research into Portuguese music and record production.

He holds a PhD in Musicology (2020) by the School of Social Sciences and Humanities of NOVA University Lisbon (UNL), under the guidance of Rui Vieira Nery. He is Master graduated in Historical Musicology (2010) by UNL where he studied under the guidance of David Cranmer.

Between 2021 and 2023 he was a contract researcher on the project “PROFMUS – Being a musician in Portugal: the socio-professional condition of musicians in Lisbon (1750-1985)” (INET-md/NOVA FCSH), funded by the Foundation for Science and Technology (PTDC/ART-PER/32624/2017).

Between 2023 e 2024 he integrated the research team of the project “AveMus: Música em estilo concertante no antigo Real Mosteiro de São bento da Avé Maria do Porto”, funded by FCT (2022.01889.PTDC – DOI 10.54499/2022.01889.PTDC).

Between 2012 and 2014 he collaborated with CITAR-UCP for the projects “Orpheon Portuense: Tradição e Inovação”, and “Espólio Manuel Ivo Cruz”.

His book publications includes “Espólio Manuel Ivo Cruz: música manuscrita portuguesa e brasileira” (UCE-Porto, 2013), “Joaquim Simões da Hora: intérprete, pedagogo e divulgador” (Colibri, 2015) and “Fernando Lopes-Graça e Eugénio de Andrade: o diálogo entre a música e a poesia” (Chiado Books, 2018). He is also author of several articles and chapters in scientific and artistic publications.

He regularly participates in national and international conferences on music and musicology, and regularly writes for various publications in music periodicals, concert program notes and is author of several texts and arguments for radio (RTP-Antena 2) and musical shows.

As part of his specialisation as a musicologist, he has been invited as a consultant for various artistic and scientific projects and is Editor of Reviews for the Portuguese Journal of Musicology (SPIM/CESEM/INET-md).

Tiago Hora teaches Musical Sciences on the Music and Drama course at the School of Education of the Polytechnic Institute of Porto (Portugal).

In 2011 he founded ARTWAY, where he was responsible until 2023 for the artistic direction and production of various concerts and shows, with some of the most prominent Portuguese musicians of today, in the main concert halls and music festivals in Portugal, with also a special focus on the field of record production.

His work in the world of discography has been reflected both as a musicologist and record producer, having produced and directed recordings for labels such as NEOS Records, Artway Records, Arkhé Music, Portugaler, Grand Piano, Naxos, MPMP, Inventa and Toccata Classics.

Between 2013 and 2017, Tiago represented Portugal as an associate member of the Association Européenne des Agents Artistiques, based at the European Union House of Culture (Brussels).