IMS – RASMB 2025
9th International Conference of the
IMS
Regional Association for the Study of Music of the Balkans
Brasov, 2–6 September, 2025
Rethinking Histories, Reflecting Theories and Ideologies
Faculty of Music from Transilvania University of Brasov, has the honor of hosting the IMS-RASMB International Musicological Conference on the subject SOUNDSCAPES IN THE BALKANS: Rethinking Histories, Reflecting Theories and Ideologies.
The purpose of the 9th International Conference of the IMS-RASMB is to strengthen the importance of musical and cultural interactions among the countries of the South-East European Region. Based on the topic Soundscapes in the Balkans: Rethinking Histories, Reflecting Theories and Ideologies, the conference aims to develop further the already successfully established scientific and cultural dialogues among musicologists primarily from the Balkans, but also from other geographical areas.
The 9th International Conference of the IMS-RASMB 2025 aims to bring a major contribution to the mapping of musical cultures and soundscapes in the Balkans, both on diachronic and synchronic levels. Further, it could foster the formulation of innovative approaches and promote the interaction, research and intercultural dialogue among musicologists with an interest in the diverse thematic axes of the conference, emphasising concepts and parameters such as cultures and soundscapes in the Balkans, rethinking Histories, reflecting Theories, and Ideologies, traditions and diversities, Byzantine and post-Byzantine chant, music and other media, technology of music, interdisciplinary musicological approaches to music, multidimensional aspects of music performance, innovative streams of contemporary music education, analytical innovations of the different musical cultures and musical avant-garde in the Mediterranean, Balkans and broader South-East European Region.
Faculty of Music from Transilvania University of Brasov, has the honor of hosting the IMS-RASMB International Musicological Conference on the subject SOUNDSCAPES IN THE BALKANS: Rethinking Histories, Reflecting Theories and Ideologies.
The purpose of the 9th International Conference of the IMS-RASMB is to strengthen the importance of musical and cultural interactions among the countries of the South-East European Region. Based on the topic Soundscapes in the Balkans: Rethinking Histories, Reflecting Theories and Ideologies, the conference aims to develop further the already successfully established scientific and cultural dialogues among musicologists primarily from the Balkans, but also from other geographical areas.
The 9th International Conference of the IMS-RASMB 2025 aims to bring a major contribution to the mapping of musical cultures and soundscapes in the Balkans, both on diachronic and synchronic levels. Further, it could foster the formulation of innovative approaches and promote the interaction, research and intercultural dialogue among musicologists with an interest in the diverse thematic axes of the conference, emphasising concepts and parameters such as cultures and soundscapes in the Balkans, rethinking Histories, reflecting Theories, and Ideologies, traditions and diversities, Byzantine and post-Byzantine chant, music and other media, technology of music, interdisciplinary musicological approaches to music, multidimensional aspects of music performance, innovative streams of contemporary music education, analytical innovations of the different musical cultures and musical avant-garde in the Mediterranean, Balkans and broader South-East European Region.
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- Abstract Submission Deadline: 15th of January 2025
- Notification of Acceptance/Rejection: 1st of April 2025
- Registration deadline for authors (standard fee payment): 15th of June 2025
- Late fee payment: 15th of June 2025
- Conference Dates: 2-6 September, 2025
- Abstract Submission Deadline: 15th of January 2025
- Notification of Acceptance/Rejection: 1st of April 2025
- Registration deadline for authors (standard fee payment): 15th of June 2025
- Late fee payment: 15th of June 2025
- Conference Dates: 2-6 September, 2025
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The conference will focus on
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Mapping musical cultures and soundscapes in the Balkans both diachronically and synchronically.
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Formulating innovative approaches and promoting research and intercultural dialogue among musicologists.
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Exploring themes such as Balkan soundscapes, historical reflections, cultural theories, Byzantine and post-Byzantine chant, and the intersection of music with technology and other media.
Organizers and Partners
IMS Regional Association for the Study of Music of the Balkans
National University of Music Bucharest
Union of Composers and Musicologists of Romania