Conference Notice
Since the first "Contrasts and Convergence in Chinese Music: International Conference on Contemporary Studies of Chinese Music in a Global Perspective" was held in 2019, the conference has become an important platform for spreading Chinese musical culture, displaying latest research results of Chinese and Western contemporary music, encouraging international music academic exchanges, and promoting scholars to pay attention to and study Chinese music culture.
Based on the successful holding of the previous two sessions, “Contrasts and Convergence in Chinese Music: 3rd International Conference on Contemporary Studies of Chinese Music in a Global Perspective” will be held in Beijing, China on October 20-23, 2023.
This conference is presented by the Central Conservatory of Music, and undertaken by the Institute of Musicology of the Central Conservatory of Music, China Literature and Art Review (Central Conservatory of Music) Base. The conference is co-organized by the European Foundation for Chinese Music Research and its affiliated journal CHIME, the Center for World Music of the University of Hildesheim / the University of Music, Drama and Media Hannover. The relevant matters are hereby notified as follows:
Topics of the conference
1.Research on the Contemporary Merit of Chinese Traditional Music
2.Research on the Present and Future of Chinese Professional Music Creation
3.Music in Global Cultural Flows
4.Special Topic: The "Chineseness" of Music Composition
Submission of the registration files
1.Speech summary in Chinese and English (within 300 words)
2.Biography in Chinese and English (within 200 words), including personal information, current institution, research fields, and representative achievements
3.Please send all relevant materials to [email protected] by June 15, 2023.
4.The shortlist will be announced before July 15, 2023.
Conference arrangements
After the announcement of the shortlist, the organizing committee will send an invitation letter to the participants. According to the international conference practice, the travel and accommodation expenses of the participants shall be borne by themselves. The conference organizing committee will cover meal expenses for the formal participants, while the informal participants are not included.
Any uncovered matters will be announced separately.
“Contrasts and Convergence in Chinese Music: The 3rd International Conference on Contemporary Studies of Chinese Music in a Global Perspective” will keep focusing on traditional Chinese music, contemporary Chinese music, music exchanges between China and western countries, music in global cultural flows and the latest research results of Chinese and foreign scholars. And continue to adhere to the concept of interdisciplinary, multi-perspective, and openness, and contribute to the development of Chinese music culture.
Presented by: Central Conservatory of Music
Undertaken by: Key Research Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences in Universities, Institute of Musicology of the Central Conservatory of Music, Music Theory Research Center of the Central Conservatory of Music, China Literature and Art Review (Central Conservatory of Music) Base
February 20, 2023
