Cristina Fernandes is a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at INET-MD (FCSH-Universidade Nova de Lisboa), where she developed the project The Royal and Patriarchal Chapel of Lisbon (1716-1834): international comparisons in the field of court ceremonial and musical practices, with a research grant from FCT-Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, and currently coordinates the thematic strand “Historical Approaches to Musical Performance”. After the graduation in Musical Sciences from Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 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 the research project “Studies of Instrumental Music in Portugal (1755-1834)” (University of Évora) and collaborates with the research group “Music in Spain: Composition, Reception and Interpretation” (Universidad de La Rioja, Spain). She taught at some music schools of different levels and is the author of several books and articles on XVIII century music and culture. She is a member of the Directive Board of SPIM-Sociedade Portuguesa de Investigação em Música and music critic for the newspaper Público.

Publications

“Lazaro Leitão Aranha e la circolazione di modelli culturali e musicali tra Roma e Lisbona nel primo Settecento”, Revisiting Baroque (selection of the papers presented to the ENBaCH final Conference), (2015). DOI: 10.14615/enbach24

“Patronage monarchico e pratica musicale monastica: rapporti tra la Cappella Reale e Patriarcale, gli strumentisti della Reale Camera e la rete di conventi e monasteri di Lisbona durante il Settecento”, Celesti Sirene II. Musica e monachesimo dal Medioevo all’Ottocento”, a cura di A. Bonsante e R. Pasquandrea, Barletta: Cafagna Ed. (2015), pp. 341-371.

[con Vanda de Sá] Música instrumental no período final do Antigo Regime: contextos, circulação e reportórios, Lisboa: Colibri/UnIMeM-UÉ (2014).

Boa voz de tiple, sciencia de música e prendas de acompanhamento”. O Real Seminário da Patriarcal (1713-1834), Lisboa: BNP/INET-MD (2013).

“«Il dotto e rispettabile Don Giovanni Giorgi», illustre maestro e compositore nel panorama musicale portoghese del Settecento”, Rivista Italiana di Musicologia nº47 (2012), pp. 157-203.