International musicological symposium
In the frame of the
İnternational Music Festival in Baku-2009

At all times the musical art of Azerbaijan has been famous and popular in geographic area of the Caucasus, Middle Asia, Iran and Turkey. Many centuries of common spiritual and cultural history or, at least, active cultural mutual relations connect it with musical cultures of this region along with those of Indian subcontinent and Arabic East.  All these musical cultures formed musical space where the Azerbaijanis have historically lived and where the culture of mugamat/ makamat has been the centre of attraction, the cultural element uniting them. Starting from the last quarter of the ХХ century, considerably due to UNESCO activity, makamat and traditional modal music of these nations have come into the orbit of scholars` and the public` interests. During this period much has been done to study and spread this music. The purpose of this symposium is to attract attention to contemporary problems of this artistic phenomenon, and terms of its social life, its today’s performing practice and transmission, its perception and influence on the public including non-traditional listeners’ audience and also to discuss problems of its management at the current stage.

1.Title

“Space of Mugam” International Musicological Symposium in Baku -2009

2. Supporters

• Friends of Azerbaijanian Culture Foundation
• National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan

3. Dates
18 – 20 March, 2009

4.  Venue
National Museum of History of Azerbaijan

5. Theme:
“Mugamat/makamat and traditional modal music in contemporary World”.

Topics:

• Mugam/makam as an artistic phenomenon;
• philosophy and aesthetics of makamat and traditional modal music;
• traditional performing art: classical traditions and innovations;
• teaching and transmission of makamat and traditional modal music in contemporary societies;
• contemporary social forms of  makamat and traditional modal music (media broadcasts, contests, etc);
• problems of perception and listening to makamat and traditional modal music in contemporary world (including non-traditional milieus)  .
• problems of popularization of makamat and traditional modal music, and contemporary public demands;
• problems of management (including financing, advertising) of concerts and festivals of makamat and traditional modal music;
• legal aspects of management of the world music;
• problems of preservation of classical musical heritage and tourism industry;
• Azerbaijanian studies.

6. Structure of the symposium:

- Opening ceremony – 18 March, 2009
- Plenary session       - 18 March, 2009
- Sections: “Azerbaijanian studies”/ “Mugam/makam and traditional modal music”/ 
“Preservation, dissemination, transmission, and management of mugam/makam, and oral music heritage”  - 19-20  March, 2009
- round-table discussion  - 20 March 2009

 
7. Schedule: 

The languages for the conference are Azerbaijani, English, French, and Russian.
Length of each presentation is no more than 20 minutes (10-minute for paper presentation including demonstration of audio-, video, and visual materials, and 10 minutes for discussion)
Please, send papers to sanubar_az@yahoo.com by Friday, 6 March, 2009.
All speakers must submit short curriculum vitae.

                                            
The Ministry of culture & tourism takes all travels expenses of the participants (tickets, accommodation, and per diem) upon itself.

Sanubar Baghirova, symposium coordinator
Phone:(+99455) -784-8186

11.00
Press-conference of the "SPACE OF MUGAM" International Festival
Members of organizing committee

14.00 – 17.00
National Azerbaijan History Museum
Opening of the International Scientific Symposium and plenary sessions

10.00 – 16.00
National Azerbaijan History Museum
Sectored sessions of the International Symposium

10.00 – 13.00
14.00 – 16.00
National Azerbaijan History Museum
Sessions of the International Symposium
Closing meeting – round table


11.00
Icheri Sheher (the Old City)
Festivities of Novruz Bayramy

20.00
Official reception in honor of the Festival’s participants

15.00
Union of Composers of Azerbaijan
(27, Khagani Str.)

Meeting with the Friends of Azerbaijan Mugam
at the Union of Composers of Azerbaijan

Performers:
Jan Düring, Geoffrey Verbok, Emanuel Düring, Jamaleddin Veyce,
Jamil Amirov, Eldar Mansurov

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Organizing Committee of the International Scientific Symposium

Contact phone: (+994 12) 492 3529
E-mail: president@science.az

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• Prof. Steven Blum, City University of New York, USA
• Prof. Dieter Christensen, Columbia Univ. USA
• Dr. Sheherazade Hassan. Royal Netherland Academy for Arts and Science.
• Dr. Giovanni de Zorzi. Italy., State Music Conservatory “Arrigo Pedrollo”, Vicenza, Italy
• Dr. Janos Sipos,  Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Institute for Musicology,   Folklore Department
• Dr. Lucy Duran, Univ.of London, SOAS and James Parkin, Senior Producer, BBC Radio 3, UK
• Dr. Robert Simms, Canada, University of York
• Prof. Jean During, National Center for scientific researches.
• Fikret Karakaya, Turkey.
• Prof. Violetta Yunusova, Russia, Moscow conservatoire,
• Dr. Zili Imamutdinova. Russia, Insitute for art studies.
• Michael Dreyer, Germany,
• Hannibal Saad, Syria – participation in the round-table discussion
• Dr. Wim van Zanten, Netherlands, Univ. of Leiden, Vice-President of the ICTM
• Viram Jasani, Asian Music Circuit, UK,
• Prof. Raimund Vogels,   Univ. of Hanover, Germany.
• Diz Heller, manager of the ARC Music, UK – participation in the round –table discussion
• Bernard Kleikamp, Paradox, Netherlands - participation in the round –table discussion
• Prof Hiromi Lorraine Sakata, UCLA
• Prof. Sultonali Khudoyberdiev, Tajikistan, State University of Khudjant.
• Mijit Yunus, China, The Art Insitute of Xinjiang
• Osman Abdulkerim, China, The Art Institute of Xinjiang
• Muqaddas Mijit. Paris. Univ. of Sorbonne
• Prof. Ravshan Yunusov. Tashkent State Conservatoire.
• Prof Juergen Elsner. Humboldt University. Berlin, Germany
• Jean Lambert. Director of the French Centre for archeology and social sciences. Sanaa. Yemen.

AZERBAIJAN

• Franghiz Alizadeh. The  Head of the Union of Azerbaijani composers.
• Prof. Dr Zemfira Safarova. Azerbaijan National Academy of sciences. Institute for Architecture & Art
• Prof. Dr Ramiz Zohrabov. Baku Musical Academy.
• Prof. Dr Gulnaz Abdullazade.Baku Musical Academy.
• Prof. Dr Rena Mamedova. Azerbaijan National Academy of sciences.  Institute for Architecture & Art
• Dr Sanubar Baghirova. Azerbaijan National Academy of sciences. Institute for Architecture & Art
• Dr Lala Kazimova. Azerbaijan National Academy of sciences. Institute for Architecture & Art
• Acad. Bekir Nabiyev. Azerbaijan National Academy of sciences.  Institute for Literature.

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