Elisa LESSA is a Researcher at the Center for Humanistic Studies and Associate Professor at the University of Minho. She published Património Musical do Bom Jesus do Monte (2018); De Créditos firmados: as bandas de música em Braga nos séculos XIX e XX (2019). She co-edited Património e Devoção (2018); Ouvir e Escrever Paisagens Sonoras (2020). She is part of the project “The Contribution of Confraternities and Guilds to the Urban Soundscape in the Iberian Peninsula, c.1400-c.1700”, coordinated by Professor Tess Knighton. Her works, published in national and international scientific journals, initiated, among other themes, the thematic path of the studies of Portuguese female monacal music. She has an ongoing project on the Musical Heritage of the Municipality of Braga.
