Music Biennale Zagreb: International Musicology Conference 2025 – Call for Papers

Founded in 1961, the Music Biennale Zagreb was the most significant cultural event in former Yugoslavia, and continues to play very important role in Croatian cultural diplomacy even today. 

 

The 33rd edition of the Music Biennale Zagreb, which will run from April 5th to April 12th, 2025 is reviving its tradition of accompanying musical discourse with the three-day international interdisciplinary conference, which will take place at the University of Zagreb Academy of Music, April 7–9, 2025, and share the same theme as the festival––Broken Relationships. 

 

We invite proposals for 20-minute individual presentations, 10-minute lightning talks, poster sessions, themed panels, or roundtable discussions. 

 

Deadlines for the submission of work, along with all other relevant information and accompanying documentation, can be found at the end of this text.

 

The relevant topics of interest for the conference include, but are not limited to:

 

Cold War Era

Compositional Process

Technological Obsolescence

Performance Practice

New Art Practices

Archival Documentation

Music and Improvisation

Spectralisms

New Lutherie and Extended Instruments

Music Festivals 

Electronic and Computer Music

Music Biennale Zagreb

 

Keynote Speakers 

Andrea F. Bohlman (The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA)

Dalibor Davidović (University of Zagreb Academy of Music, Croatia)

Peter J. Schmelz (Johns Hopkins University, USA) 

 

Programming chair

Laura Emmery (Emory University, USA)

 

Contact

laura.emmery[at]emory.edu 

 

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Theme Broken Relationships

Date April 7 – 9, 2025

Location Music Academy Zagreb, Croatia

Submission Deadline October 15, 2024

Notifications Due November 15, 2024

Categories Musicology, Contemporary Music, Broken Relationships