The Second International Congress of Musicology in Greece will be held at The Athens Concert Hall. The congress is organized by the journal Musicology (Musicología), Review of Theory and Praxis of Music (Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Oly Psychopedis-Frangou), in collaboration with the Music Library of Greece “Lilian Voudouri” (Head: Dr. Christoph Stroux) and with the Athens Concert Hall, supported by the Goethe-Institut Athen, the British Council in Greece and the Institut Français d’Athènes.

Aim of the congress is to present and promote the discussion on the basic tendencies in Music Analysis and Interpretation, in methodology and the application of these disciplines, to present and promote the discussion on the issues concerning their value in music understanding. Music analysis constitutes the main methodological instrument for musicologists, composers and musicians that – either explicitly or implicitly – have reflected their concern about its relation with music theory, music history and the interpretation of music. Nowadays, the methodological question about the relation between analysis and the meaning of the musical work and its historical nature is set in a context dominated by the use of new research and reproduction technology.

Besides, the congress is dedicated to the centenary since Theodor Wiesengrund Adorno’s birth. He emphasized on the importance of the analysis in “deciphering” the aesthetic and sociological aspects of the works.

Contributors from abroad:
Nicholas Cook (Southampton), Hermann Danuser (Berlin), Constantin Floros (Hamburg), Hans-Joachim Hinrichsen (Zürich), Olivier Revault d’Allonnes (Paris), Makis Solomos (Montpellier), Nicholas Zumbro (Arizona).

Contributors from Greece:
Pyrros Bamichas, George Fitsioris, Ioannis Fulias, Anastasia Georgaki, Alexandra Goulaki-Voutyra, Anastasios Hapsulas, Nikolas Lagoumitzis, Irmgard Lerch-Kalavrytinos, George Ploumbides, Oly Psychopedis-Frangou, Katy Romanou, Christoph Stroux, Markos Tsetsos, Nikos Tsouchlos, Panos Vlagopoulos, George Zervos, Ion Zottos.

 

The congress will conclude with a concert on Thursday, November 6, at 20:30, by the Camerata – the Orchestra of the Friends of Music Association. Conducted by Markos Tsetsos, the Camerata will perform works by Marios Varvoglis, Dmitri Shostakovich, and Joseph Haydn.

You may find more information in the detailed congress program as well as in the proceedings volume.

 

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