Bulletin: International Council Traditional Music

BULLETIN
of the
ICTM
INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL
for
TRADITIONAL MUSIC
No. 143, April 2020 

ISSN (Online): 2304-4039
C O N T E N T S
Secretariat and Executive Board (SoMoS): Symposium; Study-Group-in-the- Calendar of Events

Making on Music, Religion, and Spiritual-
Message from the Secretary General; Mes- Page 26
ity: Symposium.
sage from the President; Search for the next
Secretary General. Pages 11–12 Featured Publications by ICTM
Pages 2–4 Members
Announcements – Related
Performing the Arts of Indonesia: Malay
In Memoriam organizations
Identity and Politics in the Music, Dance
Bruno Nettl (1930–2020); Rudolf Pietsch The 10th Anniversary International Sym- and Theatre of the Riau Islands
(1951–2020). posium on Traditional Polyphony.
Page 27
Pages 5–7 Page 13
General Information
46th ICTM World Conference Reports
ICTM World Network; Study Groups; Ex-
Third Notice and Call for Proposals Reports from ICTM National and Regional ecutive Board, Secretariat, Membership
Representatives: Australia and New Zeal- Information; Publications by ICTM.
Pages 8–10 and; Cyprus; Hungary; Ireland; Japan; Sri
Pages 28–35
Lanka; United Arab Emirates.
Announcements – ICTM
Pages 14–22
ICTM activities postponed or cancelled due
to Covid-19 pandemic; Study Group on Reports from ICTM Study Groups: Multi-
Musical Instruments: Symposium; Study part Music; Music and Dance in Latin
Group on Performing Arts of Southeast America and the Caribbean.
Asia (PASEA): Update; Study Group on Pages 23–25
Sound, Movement, and the Sciences
Bulletin of the ICTM Vol. 143 — April 2020 — Page 1

S E C R E T A R I A T A N D E X E C U T I V E B O A R D
Message from the Secretary General for Ireland (Helen Lawlor, who succeeds Éamonn Costello),
and the new Chair of the National Committee for Hungary
by Ursula Hemetek (Dániel Lipták, who succeeds János Sipos). Included in this
Bulletin there are fascinating reports by National Represent-
All of us are at the moment confronted
atives from very diverse parts of the world, showing what an
with an absolutely challenging situation,
organization like ICTM is able to do: unite scholars the world
both physically, psychologically, and con-
over even in times of trouble.
cerning our working conditions. I want to
encourage you to keep your spirits up and I want to raise another positive issue. In my office I found
take care of yourselves. This crisis will not the printed programmes and abstract books from several
last forever, and when we will look back on it we will, at the World Conferences (1989–1999) as well as some additional
very least, have gained new insights and probably will have materials. These were scanned, and now are freely available
learned many things about life in general, and the import- on the Past Conferences section of our website. I encourage
ance of communication. In her message, our President raises other members of the older generation to search if they might
the topic from the ICTM’s perspective. have anything similar that might be added to the website.
Photographs are welcome too. Most of us are locked in our
I wanted to add that the ICTM Secretariat is working well,
homes now, so we have time to tidy up! In my experience,
as working from home is nothing new for Carlos—even
during such a process you can find amazing things.
though it is for me. We had to suspend our face-to-face meet-
ings in Vienna, of course, but we maintain our weekly tele- You might be aware that we sent our regular membership
phone conversations as we have always done. renewal notices a couple of weeks ago. I want to apologize
if these messages came at the wrong moment, as at least one
It goes without saying that we are very much affected by the
member had the impression that the renewal notice’s lan-
pandemic as we are part of the ICTM community. It is such
guage was similar to an ultimatum. The truth is that ICTM
a shame to see the cancellations and postponements of so
is governed by the General Data Protection Regulation
many Study Group symposia. For those involved in the
(GDPR). This is a European law that protects the privacy of
preparation of these, it is definitely a disaster, as so much
individuals and came into force on 25 May 2018. GDPR dic-
work and dedication was put into them. In 2020 there should
tates that organizations like ICTM cannot keep personally-
have been 21 Study Group symposia, but many have been
identifiable information of former members in their databases
postponed already. The last symposium that was actually
without explicit consent. So, those members who do not re-
held was the symposium of the Study Group on Music and
new by 15 April (i.e., after a generous grace period of more
Dance in Latin America and the Caribbean in Mexico (see
than 100 days since the year in question has begun) must be
pages 24–25 for a report). Hopefully, it will still be possible
deleted from ICTM’s database, or we would be in infraction
to hold those symposia scheduled for the latter part of the
of GDPR. That is why the urgency had to be communicated
year, as originally planned.
in some way. Thanks for your understanding.
In spite of COVID-19, however, there is some good Study
In this Bulletin you will also find a notice on the upcoming
Group news. A new Study-Group-in-the-Making on Music,
2021 World Conference. Please do submit your proposals, as
Religion, and Spirituality was recently recognized by the Ex-
the World Conference should not be affected by the pandem-
ecutive Board, and they will do their best to hold their in-
ic, and I imagine we will enjoy meeting each other in person
augural meeting in Ljubljana, Slovenia, in August. Congratu-
more than ever before.
lations!
There are two obituaries in this Bulletin. Bruno Nettl, one
Seeing our World Network functioning is truly a source for
of the most prominent figures in ethnomusicology, passed
comfort in these difficult times. It is wonderful to be able to
away in January. This saddened all of us worldwide, both
connect with colleagues from all over the world who are fa-
those who knew him in person, and the many generations of
cing similar problems, and to read their supportive comments
ethnomusicologists who read his works.
in this time of crisis. I want to greet the new Chair of the
Regional Committee for Australia and New Zealand (Brigitta
Scarfe, who succeeds Catherine Grant), the new Chair of the
National Committee for Finland (Elina Seye, who succeeds
Antti-Ville Kärjä), the new Chair of the National Committee

The Austrian folk music researcher and musician Rudolf will lead to positive transformations towards a sustainable
Pietsch also passed away some weeks after Bruno Nettl. He future for the earth that we all share.
worked next door to me for 30 years. The obituary gives a
This year, the Council has lost two of its prominent mem-
fine insight into his merits, but I wanted to add my personal
bers: Rudolf Pietsch and Bruno Nettl. Their personal and
perception: his abilities as a University teacher were espe-
professional trajectories and contributions are beautifully
cially remarkable. In addition to his scholarly instruction, he
outlined in the obituaries published in this Bulletin.
was able to inspire generations of students of folk music as a
“musician.” Many ensembles, which today are central figures Allow me to share a few personal memories. I will always
in the Austrian music scene, have learned from him and have remember Rudolf Pietsch’s curiosity, enthusiasm, and joy of
been encouraged by him. It was he who initiated the practic- life in music. It was truly contagious. Bruno Nettl’s Theory
al courses of my department. His model of teaching, his and Method (1964) was my introduction to ethnomusicology
teaching style, and the involvement of masters of various when I was studying for my Master’s in piano at the Man-
styles of traditional music were truly trendsetting. We will hattan School of Music in New York in the early 1970s. It
miss you, Rudi! was a mind-opener that triggered my interest in pursuing
graduate studies in ethnomusicology. I first met Bruno Nettl
Message from the President during my first conference of the Society for Ethnomusico-
logy, as a first-year graduate student at Columbia University,
by Salwa El-Shawan Castelo-Branco held in 1973 at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Cham-
paign, his home institution.
I begin this message by expressing my
deep concern and heartfelt wishes for the As many of us who had the privilege of knowing Bruno Nettl
health and safety of all ICTM members, personally, I was inspired by his brilliance, his modesty, his
their families, and the communities in sense of humour, and his decisive contribution to eth-
which they live and work. The unpreced- nomusicology. I had the good fortune of both listening and
ented COVID-19 world health emergency talking to Bruno Nettl at many ICTM and SEM conferences,
is a stark reminder of the globally interconnected planet on and of hosting him at the Institute for Ethnomusicology—
which we are living. The full economic, political, and social Center for Studies in Music and Dance at the Nova Uni-
consequences of the pandemic are yet to be fully assessed. versity of Lisbon.
As we all know, the predictions are quite dire. The global Rudolf Pietsch and Bruno Nettl will be greatly missed and
crisis that we all share emphasizes the urgency of deepening fondly remembered. My heartfelt condolences to their famil-
our reflection on basic human values, and our shared respons- ies, colleagues, and friends.
ibility and solidarity as world citizens. I urge ICTM members
to unite to address the impact of the pandemic in your com-
Search for the next Secretary General
munities and beyond. More than ever, we need to join forces
and intensify our work collaboratively with our partners in by Svanibor Pettan, Chair of EB
the field towards peace, social justice, equity, and ecological, Committee for the Search for a new
social, and cultural sustainability. Let us turn this adversity Secretariat
into an opportunity for working together toward a paradigm
Our Secretary General, Ursula Hemetek,
shift anchored on basic principles of human rights and global
informed the Executive Board that she
solidarity, a theme of ongoing debate in our fields, and an
would like to step down in 2021, following
aim towards which the ICTM is committed.
the World Conference in Lisbon, when she
Music and dance are powerful means that have been mobil- will have been in office for four years. The
ized at this time of crisis by musicians, dancers ,and com- Executive Board has appointed a Search Committee consist-
munities in many part of the world while maintaining social ing of myself, Svanibor Pettan (Chair), Salwa El-Shawan
confinement, in a true spirit of solidarity, to express emo- Castelo-Branco, Anthony Seeger, and Ursula Hemetek (ex
tions, reinforce a sense of community, overcome isolation, and officio) to solicit and evaluate proposals for the next Secret-
transmit hope for the future. As an optimist, I am hopeful ary General and headquarters of the ICTM Secretariat.
that, despite its immediate negative consequences, this crisis

The Secretariat is the body responsible for the day-to-day

operations of ICTM, and is the main channel of communica-
tion between the Council’s governing body—the Executive
Board (EB)—and its members, subscribers, partners, and
affiliates. The Secretariat comprises the Secretary General
and the Executive Assistant, who are both appointed by the
EB for an initial period of four years.
Requirements: The applicant should be a scholar of inter-

national standing, an active member of ICTM, and an exper-
ienced administrator. The candidate should have been an
elected EB member for at least one term, and have had ex-
perience in organizing ICTM scholarly meetings. The pro-
spective Secretary General and his/her staff should be fluent
in spoken and written English, and both the Secretary Gen-
eral and the Executive Assistant are required to travel inter-
nationally on ICTM business at least once a year.
The position of Secretary General is honorary, although a

salaried assistant may be employed. Also, a travel allowance
for the Secretary General may be included in the yearly
budget. The applicant should secure the appropriate institu-
tional support and space for his/her office and the storage of
ICTM materials. A contribution by the host institution to-
ward the cost of operating the Secretariat is highly desirable.
Candidates should be prepared to hold the office for a four-
year term that may be extended by mutual consent of the
Secretary General and the Executive Board.

I N M E M O R I A M
Bruno Nettl (1930–2020)

by Svanibor Pettan
News about the passing of Bruno Nettl became almost in-

stantly known in the world of music studies; I learned about
it from multiple sources on the very same day. The recent
gathering in November 2019 at the Annual Meeting of the
Society for Ethnomusicology (SEM) at Indiana University in
Bloomington turned to be Bruno’s final one. He promised a
couple of years ago that he would attend this scholarly event
at his Alma Mater, located relatively close to his home in
Champaign, and he kept his word. Although physically tired,
his mind at the age of 89 was as vivid as always; he particip-
ated in a panel featuring past SEM Presidents, while a spe-
cial session dedicated to him allowed the large gathering of
students, colleagues, and friends to celebrate his life and
Bruno Nettl (right) alongside Svanibor Pettan. Bloomington,
achievements in his presence. I contributed a story about his
USA, November 2019. Photo provided by Svanibor Pettan.
ten-day invited-lecture visit to Slovenia and Croatia in 2007,
which attracted professors and students from several of versity schools of music in Heartland Excursions (1995), his-
Yugoslavia’s successor states and at which he kindly donated tory of the discipline in Encounters in Ethnomusicology
his rich collection of abstracts to our departmental library at (2002) and Nettl’s Elephant (2010), and more. It was he who
the University of Ljubljana. wrote the key-entry on “music” in the New Grove Dictionary
Born in Prague, the capital of Czechoslovakia at that time, of Music and Musicians, and contributed to broadly-defined
Bruno Nettl was raised by parents professionally involved in volumes such as Comparative Musicology and Anthropology of
Western art music, his father the historical musicologist Paul Music (1991) and Excursions in World Music (1992). Over a
Nettl and his mother the pianist Gertrud Hutter Nettl. The hundred of his articles were published in journals and edited
Nettls fled to America in 1939 due to the German occupation volumes relevant for ethnomusicology, musicology, anthropo-
of Czechoslovakia; some members of the family fell victim to logy, music education, and other fields.
the Holocaust in the Terezîn concentration camp. Bruno As a pedagogue, Bruno Nettl guided a remarkable number of
completed his doctoral studies, mostly under the mentorship doctoral students from the USA and abroad, who at the Uni-
of George Herzog, in 1953, and established a remarkable aca- versity of Illinois enjoyed one of the finest programmes in
demic career which, together with his permanent position at ethnomusicology worldwide. To avoid listing the names, since
the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign after 1964, there is no space for all of them, I would rather quote two of
included many visiting professorships and lectureships, four them. In Marcello Sorce Keller’s words, “I am quite conscious
honorary doctorates, two edited volumes in his honour (Eth- of one thing: no one, except my parents, ever influenced my
nomusicology and Modern Music History (1991) and This life as much and as positively as Bruno Nettl did.” Philip V.
Thing Called Music (2015), the Koizumi Fumio Prize and Bohlman convincingly formulated the result of Bruno’s teach-
numerous other awards, and election as a fellow to the Amer- ing: “It has been the greatest measure of his intellectual
ican Academy of Arts and Sciences. breadth and diversity that his former students have not
His scholarship is cross-disciplinarily informed and provides a formed a single school, but have established new directions
broad and multilayered picture of both selected musics and of both for ethnomusicology and for modern musical scholarship
ethnomusicology as a discipline. In geographical terms, his generally.”
studies encompass three continents: North America (Indigen- Of course, his personality had much to do with it. He was
ous, folk, and urban musics), Asia (art musics of Iran and curious, approachable, and friendly, a person who cherished
South India), and Europe (traditional and art music), and in family, friendships, and collegiality. Dedications of his books
terms of topics Theory and Method in Ethnomusicology to Wanda (“the lady of my life”) and other family members
(1964), issues and concepts in The Study of Ethnomusicology and former students speak for themselves. He liked to write
(1983/2005/2015), Blackfoot Musical Thought (1989), uni-

I N M E M O R I A M
humorous verses for family and friends and to include them the family and sincerest thanks to Bruno himself—we miss
in his holiday letters each December; a selection of such you!
verses can be found in his witty book Perverse at Eighty
Readers are kindly invited to take a look at a selection of
(2010). While referring to Nettl’s 2014 Blacking lecture for
photos featuring Bruno Nettl at the ICTM Online Photo
the European Seminar in Ethnomusicology in his native
Gallery, and to contribute their own pictures from their
Prague, Zuzana Jurková wrote: “The discipline of eth-
archives.
nomusicology was thus presented as an assemblage of bridges.
Now, when reading the text again, I become aware of the
fact, that in my professional life, Bruno—thanks to his social, Rudolf Pietsch (1951–2020)
friendly, and open nature—was a builder of not only intellec-
by Urlich Morgenstern
tual, but also personal bridges. And I am sure, this is not
only my case.” The Austrian musician, teacher, and folk-music researcher
Rudolf (Rudi) Pietsch passed away on Wednesday, 5 Febru-
Bruno Nettl and ICTM ary 2020 in Krems an der Donau. Many of his colleagues in
In contrast to the two founding fathers of SEM who refused ICTM remember Rudi as a passionate performer, an inspir-
association with what used to be the International Folk Mu- ing and exceptionally well-informed conference speaker, and a
sic Council (IFCM) at the time (Alan P. Merriam and David sensitive and thoughtful interlocutor. Leading representatives
McAllester), Nettl was actively involved in IFMC, just like of the Council in many European countries and beyond were
the other two SEM founding fathers (Willard Rhodes, who his close friends, and many of them maintained long-lasting
served as the 4th IFMC President and Charles Seeger, who cooperation with him in the ICTM Study Groups on Musical
was an Executive Board member). Instruments and on Multipart Music, as well as in many oth-
er fields.
Indeed, Bruno was the only scholar who served as General
Editor of both the SEM (Ethnomusicology) and IFMC/ICTM Rudi Pietsch was born in Vienna in 1951 into a musical fam-
journals (Yearbook for Traditional Music, 1974–76). He was ily. He took violin lessons from his early childhood. Later he
also Executive Board member (1976–77), presenter of the studied Music Education and Instrumental Music Education
plenary lecture at the 30th ICTM World Conference in Schl- at the School of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna (today
adming (1989), keynote speaker at the 34th ICTM World the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, also
Conference in Nitra (1997), and keynote speaker at the 5th known as MDW). In 1978 he was awarded a teaching certi-
Symposium of the ICTM Study Group on Music and Minor- ficate in violin and recorder, and in 1991 a doctorate from
ities in Prague (2008). His articles published in the Yearbook the University of Vienna in Musicology, under the supervi-
include “The IFMC/ICTM and the Development of Eth-
nomusicology in the United States” (1988) and “Mozart and
the Ethnomusicological Study of Western Culture” (1989).
Bruno’s wisdom and rich experiences were expected to bene-

fit the Advisory Board of the newly-founded Music and
Minorities Research Centre in Vienna, indirectly related to
ICTM.
It is likely that his final or at least one of the last essays was
the one on ideology in the history of IFMC/ICTM, for the
upcoming edited volume on the first seven decades of ICTM,
which is expected in mid-2021.
With Bruno Nettl’s passing, the world of ethnomusicology

lost one of its major figures, a scholar who significantly con-
tributed to its affirmation as an academic field worldwide,
and who inspired and kept supporting generations of eth-
nomusicologists on their way to new heights. Condolences to
Rudolf Pietsch in 2014. Photo provided by Urlich
Morgenstern

I N M E M O R I A M
sion of Franz Födermayr, with a dissertation on the music of that Rudi Pietsch’s first experience of instrumental music, in
Burgenlanders who had emigrated to the USA. his family, and his last teaching position, at the Haydn De-
partment, was devoted to the classical repertoire.
In 1981 Rudi Pietsch joined the Institute of Folk Music Re-
search (today the Department of Folk Music Research and Rudi Pietsch contributed to the contemporary Austrian folk
Ethnomusicology at MDW) as an assistant. At that time, music scene and to the public representation and social signi-
under the direction of Walter Deutsch, the institute’s ficance of traditional music in this country as no other musi-
founder, the institution had already become an important cian, teacher and researcher has done. And he was a tireless
meeting point for international folk music research, starting bridge builder, uniting people, countries, and styles in the
with the second meeting of the ICTM (then IFMC) Study world of music. In his extremely fruitful but too short life,
Group on the Analysis and Systematization of Folk Music, Rudi Pietsch rarely took care of himself. May he now rest in
and including the Seminar für Europäische Musikethnologie peace!
(1971, 1973)—not to be confused with the European Seminar
in Ethnomusicology (nowadays the department employs five
ICTM Study Group executives and the Secretary General,
Ursula Hemetek). Later on, Rudi Pietsch became Assistant
Professor and Vice Chair of the Department. He retired from
MDW in 2016 and continued to lecture in the department
until 2017 and at the Joseph Haydn Department of Chamber
Music, Early Music, and Contemporary Music of MDW until
2019.
The primary focus of his research was on traditional Austrian

instrumental and vocal music, in particular dance music,
with a strong emphasis on musical style and performer-
centred research. With his research partners—to mention just
one, the fiddler and Schwegel (transverse flute) player Alois
Blamberger (1912–1989) from Bad Ischl, Upper Austria—
Rudi shared long and intensive friendships. As a musician
and a researcher, he was deeply involved in the late-twenti-
eth-century pan-European movement of fieldwork-based folk
music revival and revitalisation. Rudi loved many aspects of
traditional expressive culture, and he had an exceptional tal-
ent for communicating theoretically and practically to his
students and to broader audiences the value of that which
has been created with love and artistic skill.
Rudi was a great idealist and a great sceptic at the same

time. His commitment to the weak and underestimated kept
him from any idealisation of the traditional way of life with
all its hardship. And he was able to convince countless young
and open-minded musicians that involvement with traditional
music is not necessarily a matter of traditionalism or any
other kind of political statement. Unlike many “burning
souls” (Owe Ronström) of European folk music revival, Rudi
and his fellow Austrian musicians never promoted folk music
as a counter model to “bourgeois” art music. All the more so
as German-speaking folk music theory (Walter Wiora, Felix
Hoerburger) has always conceptualised folk music as being
interrelated with art music, both in terms of social history
and musical style. In this sense it has great symbolic meaning

W O R L D C O N F E R E N C E S
46th ICTM World Conference

22–28 July 2021 
New University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
Colégio Almada Negreiros, Faculty of the Social Sciences and Humanities of the Nova University of Lisbon, one of the venues
that will host the 46th ICTM World Conference
Third Notice and Call for Proposals Programme Committee

Susana Sardo (Co-Chair) — Portugal
by Susana Sardo and Kati Szego,
Kati Szego (Co-Chair) — Canada
Programme Committee Co-Chairs
José S. Buenconsejo — Philippines
You are cordially invited to attend the Catherine Grant — Australia
46th ICTM World Conference which will
Susana Moreno Fernandez — Spain
be held between 22 and 28 July 2021 by
José Alberto Salgado — Brazil
the Institute of Ethnomusicology - Center
Urmimala Sarkar Munsi — India
for Studies in Music and Dance and the
NOVA School of Social Sciences and Hu- Margaret Sarkissian — USA
manities, New University of Lisbon Nicholas Ssempijja — Uganda

(NOVA-FCSH), Lisbon, Portugal. Velika Stojkova Serafimovska — North Macedonia
João Soeiro de Carvalho (ex officio) — Portugal
The ICTM World Conference is the lead-
Ursula Hemetek (ex officio) — Austria
ing international venue for the presenta-
tion of new research on music and dance. Many new initiat- Local Arrangements Committee
ives emerge at World Conferences and, perhaps even more
João Soeiro de Carvalho (Chair)
crucially, discussion at these meetings helps us shape our on-
Maria de São José Côrte-Real
going work. A successful World Conference is a truly stimu-
Jorge Castro Ribeiro
lating place to be, and a wonderful place to meet and share
ideas with colleagues from all over the world. Ana Flávia Miguel

Gonçalo Antunes de Oliveira derstanding music and dance as processes/products through

Maria do Rosário Pestana which to promote ideals of freedom, justice, peace, and hu-
Iñigo Sánchez man dignity.
Susana Sardo 3) Approaches to archival practices

Daniel Tércio
For ethnomusicologists and ethnochoreologists, archival work
Conference Themes is not as much a decision about using resources as it is a
condition of our research: in the act of collecting, selecting,
1) Ecomusicologies and Ecochoreologies:
incorporating, and classifying repertoires, we build our own
Sound, Movement, Environment
archives. Hence, the archive is no longer simply a place to
Expressive culture often reflects and shapes public sentiment
store physical objects, but a process which defines a vast field
toward environmental problems; it can also open up non-vi-
of knowledge creation and mediation.
olent, relational, humane pathways to achieving a healthy,
sustainable planet. This theme invites critical reflection on This theme invites papers on critical approaches to archival
topics related to the intersection of sound/music and move- practices. In the age of digital humanities and open science,
ment/dance with ecological concerns broadly defined. These what is the place of institutional archives, of community or
concerns include relationships between cultural and environ- family archiving? In the domains of music and dance, what
mental sustainability, between cultural and biological di- constitutes “data”? Who has the right to produce archives?
versity, and between each of these with planetary health. What are the limits of authorship, privacy, and ownership in
the context of open data policies? Contributions to this
Contributions to this theme might also explore music and
theme might also explore: archives as embodied individual
dance in relation to: non-human life forms; built and natural
and social memory; institutional ideologies and epistemolo-
environments; and activist approaches to ecological degrada-
gies; processes of assemblage; and methods for developing
tion and climate emergency. How can our understanding of
collaborative sound/music and dance/movement archives.
the connections between expressive culture and the environ-
Transdisciplinary approaches are very welcome.
ment contribute to cultural and environmental policy, man-
agement, and education? What are the environmental costs 4) Connected Communities: Ocean Trajectories
and benefits of our research practices—for us, for the people and Land Routes
we work with, and for the planet? Music and dance are not only eminently portable forms of
knowledge, but also permanently etched into the bodies and
2) Dance, Music, and Human Rights:
memories of their carriers. They are thus crucial to under-
Coexistence and Inequalities in the
Contemporary World standing communities connected through migratory, diaspor-
ic, colonial, post-colonial, and even touristic routes. Recent
Violations of human rights often manifest in the control or
developments in oceanic studies focus on seas as sites for
suppression of artistic activity, including music and dance;
knowledge construction and, thus, as spaces for transdiscip-
assertions of human rights, on the other hand, often take the
linary inquiry. In addition to viewing oceans as places of pas-
form of artistic expression. Taking as its centre-point the
sage/separation between continents, we can explore them as
fundamental human right to express one’s culture, this topic
creative spaces that foreground processes of coexistence and
invites papers on the intersection of human rights with dance
alliance, conflict and conciliation. Are there differences
and music across ethnicities, religions, sexualities, and other
between land and sea routes in building music and dance
forms of human identification. It invites research on the his-
knowledge between communities? What challenges do music
tories, philosophies, and politics of migration, citizenship,
and dance scholars face today when oceans are again places
and post/colonialism. It also invites research on stigmatiza-
of death, despair, political dispute, and an appeal for the
tion based on geography, economic and health status, age,
right to life?
and gender.
Contributors to this theme are encouraged to address histor-
Contributions to this theme might offer dance- and music-
ical and contemporary processes of interaction and interlocu-
based strategies that effect change where human rights are
tion through music and dance between communities connec-
violated, including war zones and situations where artistic
ted by land and sea. Epistemological and methodological ap-
freedom is restricted. We encourage scholarly and intimate
proaches are particularly welcome in grounding study cases.
voices, as well as theoretical papers discussing tools for un-

5) Music and Dance Cosmopolitanisms 7) New Research on Other Topics
Cosmopolitanism advances the idea of a common engagement We invite submissions that fall within the broad area of “new
among all human beings. Ethnomusicologists and ethno- research.”
choreologists can take advantage of globalization’s heterodox
opportunities to improve the conditions of conversability, to Timeline
benefit from diversity and from its resultant cross-fertiliza- ✴ First notice: October 2019
tions. For a long time, the constructs of nationalism and the
✴ First call for proposals: January 2020
nation were upheld by approaches to music and dance re-
search; we must now critically assess the impact of exploring ✴ Second call for proposals: April 2020
boundaries between nations/territories/cultures in academic
✴ Deadline for submission of proposals: 30 September 2020
discourse. From the early twentieth century, music industries
designed strategies for acknowledging and creating otherness ✴ Notification of acceptances: December 2020
in national and geographic terms—that is, until the emer-
gence of World Music and Dance. Recent digital media have
further blurred the characterization of musical and dance
Submit your proposal to the  
systems based on bounded cultures.
2021 ICTM World Conference now using
Contributors to this theme are invited to address the relev-
the following link: 
ance of boundaries in the narratives of ethnomusicology and
ethnochoreology—their conceptual importance, their meth- https://ictmusic.org/ictm2021/submit
odological role, and their impact on knowledge production.
They are also invited to explore the ways that cosmopolitan-
ist approaches can enlighten the ethnography of dance- and
music-making.
6) Music and Dance Industries
Music, including music related to dance, is one of the most

prolific cultural industries worldwide. Yet traditional music
and dance industries have rather low profiles in ethnomusico-
logical and ethnochoreological studies. Traditional music and
dance are often conceptualized outside of or in opposition to
industrial concepts such as supply and demand, goods and
services, economic development, the division of labour, mass
production; additionally, industrial models may be seen as
threats to the sustainability of music and dance cultures.
Contributors to this theme are invited to address: current

and historical processes of producing and distributing tradi-
tional music and/or dance styles; genres and traditions that
fall under the aegis of the recording industry and its related
publishing and media sectors; the organization of perform-
ance settings; professional associations and unions. What are
the structural and performative features of recorded music
and dance, their contexts of production, and consumption
patterns? How do musicians and dancers manage competing
industrial and non-industrial pressures on their work? How
do artists position themselves in local and national markets,
especially in transitional societies? How do music and dance
industries reflect and/or create (new) social and political
realities?

A N N O U N C E M E N T S
Announcements — ICTM
ICTM activities postponed due to services. The online version of this notice is updated with
the latest news.
COVID-19 pandemic
As we all know, the outbreak and pandemic status of the Study Group on Musical Instruments:
new disease COVID-19 (caused by the virus SARS-CoV-2)
Symposium
continues to affect the global population.
24–27 March 2021 
Due to newly-imposed travel restrictions, limits to the hold-
Colombo, Sri Lanka 
ing of public meetings, and other measures enacted to con-
Deadline for submissions: 1 May 2020
tain the spread of the virus, the following ICTM events
have been postponed: The Study Group on Musical Instruments will hold its 23rd
symposium in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on 24–27 March 2021,
• 7th Symposium of the ICTM Study Group on Music and
hosted by the University of Visual and Performing Arts.
Dance in Southeastern Europe (Trabzon, Turkey, 13–17
The themes of the symposium are (1) Re-Invention and
April 2020): postponed
Sustainability of Musical Instruments; and (2) Instrumental
• 23rd Symposium of the ICTM Study Group on Historical Music and Food.
Sources (Almaty, Kazakhstan, 26–31 May 2020): post-
Further information, including the Call for Proposals, can
poned
be found on the Study Group's website.
• 11th Symposium of the ICTM Study Group on Maqām
(Saint Petersburg, Russia, 20–22 May 2020): postponed Study Group on Performing Arts of
• 2nd Symposium of the ICTM Study Group on Music, Southeast Asia (PASEA): Update
Education and Social Inclusion (Puerto Rico, USA, 21–23
May 2020): postponed The Program Committee has received an overwhelming re-
sponse and proposals for the 6th ICTM-PASEA Symposium
• 10th Symposium of the ICTM Study Group on Music in Bagan, Myanmar, scheduled for 28 July–5 August 2020.
and Dance of Oceania (Honolulu, USA, 13–14 June The Programme Committee received more than 150 ab-
2020): postponed stract proposals with many quality research papers submit-
ted. Letters of acceptance and notice of rejections were sent
• 13th Symposium of the ICTM Study Group on Mediter-
out in January 2020. The Local Arrangements Committee
ranean Music Studies (Tangier, Morocco, 15–20 June
(LAC) sent out local announcements on 15 February includ-
2020): postponed
ing information on registration and accommodation. A more
• 11th Symposium of the ICTM Study Group on Music detailed programme, schedule of events, list of accommoda-
and Minorities (Uppsala, Sweden, 22–28 June 2020): tion, and other local arrangements information were sched-
postponed to January 2021 uled to be sent by 1 March.
• 1st Symposium of the ICTM Study Group on Global His- However, following the developments of the COVID-19 pan-
tory of Music (Chengdu, China, 16–18 November 2020): demic, the PASEA Executive Committee has received an
postponed to 2021 updated report from the LAC expressing its concern as the
disease continues to spread in China and beyond. As the
For more information please contact Study Group authorit-
LAC continues to monitor the spread of the virus and
ies. Their information can be found on each Study Group’s
listening closely to directives from the World Health Organ-
webpage, linked above.
ization and local authorities, the LAC recommends:
We urge all members of the ICTM community to follow the
recommendations of their respective local or national health • The symposium will proceed as planned, pending direct-
ives mandated by the national government;

• That participants wait until 1 May to purchase plane tick- Study-Group-in-the-Making on Music,
ets, if at all possible;
Religion, and Spirituality: Symposium
• In the event that participants’ presentations have been
accepted but they are not able to travel to Bagan because 27–29 August 2020 
of COVID19, the LAC will facilitate an interface to deliver Ljubljana, Slovenia 
presentations remotely (information forthcoming). Deadline for submissions: 15 May 2020
Following the LAC’s advice, the PASEA Executive Commit- Religious and spiritual doctrines and their interpretations
tee has agreed to wait until 1 May before an informed de- have significant impact on understandings of boundaries
cision and announcement is made. The Executive Committee between musical and non-musical phenomena, and between
apologizes for any inconvenience, which has caused uncer- acceptable and unacceptable music and dance practices in
tainties regarding travel plans during these times of uncer- various spatial and temporal contexts. Religion and spiritual-
tainty. Following the announcement after 1 May, the Execut- ity affect and reflect traditional, art, and, popular music and
ive Committee will be sending Google Forms for presenters dance domains. They are expressed under precolonial, coloni-
and participants to state their preferences and voice their al, and postcolonial circumstances, and in the environments
concerns should the symposium be postponed or run as hostile to any or to at least different (minority) religious
scheduled. worldviews. Their role on a war–peace continuum sometimes
results in migrations, refugee and immigrant experiences.
They are key components of ritualistic practices essential for
Study Group on Sound, Movement, and identity maintenance, but also for new ecumenic syncretisms.
the Sciences (SoMoS): Symposium
A group of scholars from different parts of the world pro-
28–30 September 2020  posed to the ICTM Executive Board a request for recognition
Stockholm, Sweden of a new Study-Group-in-the-Making on Music, Religion, and
Spirituality, and was granted permission in March 2020 to
The 1st official symposium of the recently-affiliated ICTM
continue the process in concordance with the respective
Study Group on Sound, Movement, and the Sciences
Guidelines. This is an important focus, not explicitly present
(SoMoS) will be held at the KTH Royal Institute of Techno-
in the activities of any existing Study Group, and it will be
logy, Stockholm, Sweden, on 28–30 September 2020. It will
approached in an open, inclusive, and non-biased manner.
gather research projects on topics that align with the aims
and themes of the SoMoS Study Group. Special emphasis We wish to invite you to be a part of this new exciting be-
will be given to work that combines ethnographic and sci- ginning. The symposium will be hosted by the Department of
ence-based approaches, explore the issues involved in such Musicology at the Faculty of Arts of the University of
endeavours, or present reflective discussions on relevant the- Ljubljana, along with a number of respected co-organizers:
ories and methodologies. the Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences
and Arts, the Cultural and Ethnomusicological Society Folk
Further information, including keynote speaker, programme,
Slovenia, the Slovenian Musicological Society, and the Imago
registration details, and suggestions for travel and accom-
Sloveniae Foundation. The scholarly event will be part of the
modation, can be found on the symposium’s webpage. To
thematic street festival Nights in the Old Ljubljana Town,
register, please fill in the symposium’s registration form. We
and will feature individual paper presentations, organized
welcome any participants interested in the aforementioned
panels, roundtables, and films. Please make sure to send your
topics at the symposium; you don't have to be a SoMoS
150-word-long proposals by 31 May 2020 to Lasanthi  
member yet to register.
Manaranjanie Kalinga Dona via email. There will be a regis-
tration fee of EUR 50. The Local Arrangement Committee
and the Programme Committee will maximally adjust to the
circumstances caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Announcements — Related
organizations
10th International Symposium on The official languages of the symposium are English and
Georgian. All the papers will be published after the sym-
Traditional Polyphony posium in both English and Georgian.
27-31 October 2020  Further information, including the full Call for Proposals,
Tbilisi, Georgia   can be found on the symposium’s website.
Deadline for submissions: 15 May 2020
The International Research Centre for Traditional Poly-

phony of Tbilisi State Conservatoire is pleased to invite
scholars to participate in the 10th Anniversary International
Symposium on Traditional Polyphony, on 27–31 October,
2020, in Tbilisi, Georgia. The participants are encouraged
to submit abstracts on all aspects of traditional polyphony.
The submitted papers will be grouped according to the is-
sues discussed in them and will be presented at the corres-
ponding session.
From the ICTM Online Photo Gallery
Participants at Ki Mantle Hood's Centenary Celebrations. Bangkok, Thailand, July 2018. Photo provided by Chulalongkorn
University.

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Reports from ICTM National and

Regional Representatives
Australia and New Zealand son and you are an ICTM member residing in the ANZ re-
gion, contact the Chair ([email protected]) or the
by Brigitta Scarfe, Chair of Regional Secretary ([email protected]).
Committee
New appointments were made to the posi- Cyprus

tions of Chair and Secretary during our
by Nefen Michaelides, Liaison Officer
2019 Australia–New Zealand Regional
Committee Business Meeting, held to co- The New Year 2020 started with a very
incide with the national Musicological important event. On 28 January 2020 the
Society of Australia (MSA) Conference at Monash University, Cyprus National Commission for UN-
Melbourne. Brigitta Scarfe (based at Western Australia ESCO celebrated the inscription of “Byz-
Academy of Performing Arts/Edith Cowan University, Perth) antine chant” on UNESCO’s Representative List of Intan-
takes on the role of Chair, Jennifer Newsome (Australian gible Cultural Heritage (ICH) of humanity.
National University/ANU) continues in the role of Secretary;
The celebration’s programme included many speeches and
we also welcome Reuben Brown (MSA) and welcome back
performances of Byzantine chant by many church choirs that
Narelle McCoy (ANZ branch of IASPM) and Wendy Lee
date back to the fourteenth century. It is a two-thousand-
(New Zealand Musicological Society) as representatives of
year-old orally-transmitted tradition that survives to this day
our regional sister organizations.
and will likely continue to survive as long as humans exist
The new committee wishes to extend their gratitude to out- and are willing to learn and perform this music. To ensure
going Chair Catherine Grant for her generous contribution to the continuity of this process, the teaching of a country’s
the Regional Committee over the past four years and for her intangible cultural heritage should be a constituent part of
assistance during the handover period. the state educational programme.
Business Meeting 2019 Byzantine music and traditional music are the second lan-
guage of the people. Each human being has two mother
The 2019 business meeting of the ICTM Regional Committee
tongues, the one of word and the one of sound. It is therefore
for Australia and New Zealand (ICTM-ANZ) was held at
of great important to teach them side by side in school edu-
Monash University in Melbourne. The meeting focused on
cation from an early childhood. Byzantine music combines
the ICTM-related activities of our sister organizations and
both of these languages. One has to praise Cypriot churches
also served as an opportunity to celebrate the many achieve-
for keeping Byzantine music alive by including it in all their
ments of ICTM-ANZ members since our last business meet-
ceremonies for centuries. This is the proper way to keep in-
ing in 2017. Gathering from reports compiled by representat-
tangible cultural heritage from vanishing.
ives from each of our sister organizations, ICTM members
are consistently well-represented at the annual conferences of By inscribing Byzantine chant into UNESCO’s Representat-
the MSA, NZMS, and IASPM-ANZ. Informal gatherings at ive List, the first step, i.e., to have the right of safeguarding
these conferences, especially, offer excellent opportunities for of ICH, is now complete. The second step will be the obliga-
our members to network and exchange ideas about regional tion of the state to find a way to safeguard the ICH, by es-
and international ICTM activities. Due to the vastness across tablishing special schools teaching all kinds of intangible cul-
which ICTM-ANZ members are located, the Regional Com- tural heritage.
mittee Facebook group has proven fruitful in providing a
Another important event took place in 2019. The Cyprus
platform for members to share news and items of interest,
Symphony Orchestra dedicated two concerts to the Cypriot
and to remain in contact with each other in between confer-
composer Solon Michaelides (1905–1979), to honour him on
ences. If you would like to join us either virtually or in per-
the fortieth anniversary of his death.

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Nuns chanting at the Monastery of Saint Heraklidios. Politiko village, Nicosia, Cyprus, 2018. Photo by A. Polyniki /
Mediazone / Cyprus UNESCO National Commission
The first concert took place on 17 February of 2019, in which conductor of the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra, Jens Georg
five wind instrument players from the Cyprus Symphony Or- Bachmann. It is remarkable how Cypriot traditional music
chestra performed his Greek Suite, arranged for wind quintet has travelled, from the village tavern in Cyprus to the con-
by George Georgiou. The Greek Suite (1966) for piano and cert halls of Belgrade and Kragujevac.
violoncello is divided in four movements: the first is based on
Almost 40 years ago, when I was first appointed ICTM Liais-
the Cypriot traditional song “Tillirgotissa”; the second is
on Officer for Cyprus, Cypriot traditional music was not only
composed in a very popular Cypriot folk rhythm in 9/8; the
stuck in the twelfth century, but it was also in danger of dis-
third, “In Memoriam,” is dedicated to the tombs of the
appearing altogether. Thanks to multifaceted musical activit-
young people who fought for the freedom of Cyprus; and the
ies and the professional music education which I and other
fourth is based on the Cypriot traditional song “Psintri basi-
colleagues have offered for 40 years to a whole generation,
ligia mou.”
Cyprus today has professional composers like Tasos Stylian-
Additionally, on 6 November 2019 pianist Elena Lamari ou, Theophanos Dymiotis, Andreas Tsiartas, and many oth-
presented at the Lanition Lyceum a lecture about his former ers. In their works, such composers can transform Cypriot
teacher Solon Michaelides, the most important Cypriot com- traditional music, an intangible resource, into a global, intel-
poser, musicologist, and conductor. Lamari is the author of lectual product, thus placing Cyprus into global music.
the book Solon Michaelides: His Life and Work, published in
Three years ago ICTM celebrated its 70 years of existence,
1994 by the Cyprus Ministry of Education and Culture.
and on this occasion I think that proposals for the future are
Solon Michaelides was also an Executive Board member of necessary, but it is also necessary to increase the number of
the International Folk Music Council (the predecessor of presentations of live traditional music performances. If we
ICTM) from 1948 to 1968. look back at the history of ICTM activities since its founda-
tion, we realize that the balance between text and sound is
The Cyprus Symphony Orchestra opened their tour of Serbia
disproportionate, in other words, the number of presentations
in October of 2018 with with a commissioned piece titled
of papers at ICTM World Conferences exceed the number of
“Green Line” by the Cypriot composer Tasos Stylianou. That
presentations of live performances of traditional music. For
was an initiative taken by the Artistic Director and chief
the future, we should plan our meetings to include more

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presentations of traditional music “in sound,” rather than The NC has been involved in several international projects.
traditional music “in text.” Led by Pál Richter and Balázs Déri from Hungary and Drago
Kunej from Slovenia, an interethnic survey of liturgical and
Hungary paraliturgical music in the borderland of the two countries

was carried out in 2017–18. Also, Katalin Paksa published a
by Dániel Lipták, Chair of National volume of Hungarian Folk Music of the Mura Region of Slov-
Committee enia in 2018. The materials of Bálint Sárosi and György
Martin’s 1965 field research in Ethiopia has been digitized
This report is concerned with internation-
and processed in an online database by researchers of the
ally-relevant proceedings since the last
Institute for Musicology. In June 2019, Pál Richter, as direct-
report from Hungary was published in the
or of the institute, attended an official launch in Addis
October 2014 issue of this Bulletin.
Ababa, Ethiopia, while his colleagues from the institute con-
At the 2017 World Conference in Limer- ducted further fieldwork in the country. The estate of Hun-
ick, the ICTM National Committee for garian-Serbian composer and ethnomusicologist Tihamér
Hungary (NC) was represented by László Felföldi and Pál Vujicsics (Tihomir Vujičić) is being processed together with a
Richter. In December 2017, the Institute for Musicology of Belgrade team led by Jelena Jovanović. A new enhanced
Budapest commemorated the 50th anniversary of Zoltán edition of his Musical Tradition of the South Slavs of Hun-
Kodály’s death with the international symposium “A Na- gary is to be published this year.
tional Master in International Context,” including a whole-
The NC members in the field of ethnochoreology, László
day ethnomusicology section. The 22nd Symposium of the
Felföldi, János Fügedi, and Sándor Varga, have been working
ICTM Study Group on Historical Sources took place on 12–
on the online Knowledge Base of Traditional Dances for sev-
16 April 2018 in Budapest. At the 2019 ICTM World Confer-
eral years, with János Fügedi as general editor. They organ-
ence in Bangkok, Pál Richter and two postgraduate students
ized the 30th Symposium of the ICTM Study Group on Eth-
of folk music at the Liszt Academy of Music, Budapest,
nochoreology, 28 July–3 August 2018, in Szeged, together
presented the panel “From Research-Based Practice to Prac-
with the Institute for Musicology of Budapest, the Hungarian
tice-Based Research in Hungary,” investigating the impact of
Society for Ethnochoreology, and the Department of Ethno-
practical musicianship on ethnomusicology through the
graphy and Cultural Anthropology at the University of
táncház movement, and also through the first twelve years’
Szeged. The topics of the symposium were the connections of
work of the Department of Folk Music at the Liszt Academy.
The last few years saw a number of important joint publica-

tions. In 2015, Pál Richter and Lujza Tari published the pa-
pers of the 3rd Symposium of the ICTM Study Group on
Multipart Music, held in 2013 in Budapest. In 2016, Katalin
Paksa (with Mária Domokos) published the bilingual volume
The High Peak of Mount Parnassus Resounds with Delight:
18th-century Musical Sources and the Hungarian Folk Music
Tradition. In 2017, the second digital edition of Béla Bartók’s
system of Hungarian folk songs was published online by
István Pávai and Pál Richter. A database of the archive of
the Institute for Musicology in Budapest was launched last
year, within the framework of the cultural heritage portal
Hungaricana. Although still incomplete, it includes much of
the work by practically all present and past members of the
NC, and has had considerable success among the wider pub-
lic. A new edition of Sources of Music and Text for Kodály’s
Compositions based on Folk Music, with English translations His Holiness Mor Ignatius Aphrem II, Syriac Orthodox
and a selection of sound records, was published by Katalin patriarch of Antioch, with Balázs Déri and Pál Richter at the
Paksa and Olga Szalay this year. Institute for Musicology. Budapest, Hungary, 13 December
2018. Photo provided by Dániel Lipták.

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dance with politics, and with human age. A conference Balázs Déri has been active processing the exceptional collec-
volume is now being edited, and will go to press shortly. A tion of Middle Eastern liturgical music at the Institute for
DVD selection of the Transylvanian dance collection within Musicology, Budapest, including recordings and writings of
the “Final Hour” Project (1997–2001) was published in 2019, Ilona Borsai from the 1960s, and his own field recordings. He
with the contribution of István Pávai and Sándor Varga. recently set up the online database AMUROB, already con-
taining a wealth of recordings and studies. In connection
János Sipos established the website Turkic Folkmusic
with this field of research, the Institute had several opportun-
Archives of János Sipos in 2016. In the following year, he
ities in 2019 to host high-ranking church leaders from Syria
edited some of his collection in e-book format, namely
and Ethiopia.
Karachay-Balkar Folksongs with Ufuk Tavkul, and Kyrgyz
Folksongs. He published, as translator and editor, a Hungari- Kata Riskó received her PhD in 2019, with her dissertation
an version of Béla Bartók’s Turkish Folk Music from Asia “Transmission and Loss of Tradition in the Case of Yerbunk
Minor, with an introduction, re-edited digital transcriptions, Dance Melodies of the Northern Dialect of Hungarian Folk
and recordings. In 2019, Sipos was awarded the Bence Sza- Music” (in Hungarian). The abstract in English can be found
bolcsi Prize of the Hungarian state, an honorary doctorate of on this webpage.
the Ankara University, and the Medal of Prince Islam-Kiya
Krymshamkhalov of the Karachay Republic for his Karachay-
Ireland
Balkar Folksongs. A full list of publications can be found on
this webpage. by Helen Lawlor, Chair of National
Committee
Lujza Tari published, in the past five years, three books on
Hungarian folk music and the history of ethnomusicology, as The ICTM National Committee for Ire-
well as a number of studies in Hungary and abroad. She has land continues to support and promote a
represented Hungary at international symposia, such as Eu- very active scholarly community of musi-
ropean Voices III–V. She is a regular jury member at folk cians, dancers, and researchers in Ireland
music competitions, including that of the Hungarian minority through international conferences, public-
of Slovakia, where she received the Tibor Ág Prize for her ations, and communications with our members.
scientific and cultural achievement in 2019. In the same year,
she read a lecture commemorating former ICTM Executive
Conferences
Board member Benjamin Rajeczky on the thirtieth an- Each year we hold an annual themed conference in February
niversary of his death. She published articles in The Blooms- at various Irish universities and colleges. In 2019 the annual
bury Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World, and The conference “Social Interaction and Change Through Music:
SAGE International Encyclopedia of Music and Culture. A Applications and Approaches” was held at University College
full list of publications can be found on this webpage. Dublin, located in the capital of Ireland on the east coast.
The keynote address, delivered by Jonathan Stock, was en-
István Pávai, specialising mainly in Transylvanian folk dance
titled “Studying the Sounds of Violence: Building a New
music and interethnic connections, published a comprehens-
Model for Applied Musical Interventions.” This two-day event
ive volume of his research Az erdélyi magyar népi tánczene
included a performance by the UCD Gamelan in addition to
[Hungarian folk dance music of Transylvania] in 2013. In the
28 paper presentations and the panel discussion “The Role of
past five years, he has edited several multimedia database
Music Scholarship in a Post-Truth World.” Thanks to
publications, each with English translations and user inter-
Thérèse Smith and her colleagues for supporting this event.
faces, comprising invaluable corpora from Transylvania’s vil-
lage of Magyarózd / Ozd (2015), and the region of Sóvidék / In February 2020 the theme for the annual conference was
Zona Ocnelor (2016); examples of dance music of the Székely “Music, Politics, Power.” This was held at University College
Land (2018); as well as the complete archives of Transylvani- Cork, the southernmost city in Ireland, with the kind sup-
an ethnomusicologists János Jagamas (2014) and Ilona port of Jonathan Stock and his colleagues. Kay Kaufman
Szenik (2019), recorded since the 1940s, and containing Ro- Shelemay delivered the keynote address “Guards, Guides,
manian as well as Hungarian music, and more. A full list of and Moral Leaders: The Musician in Society.” With 39 paper
publications can be found on this webpage. presentations the speakers employed a broad range of theor-
etical approaches, situated musical examples, stylistic genres,
instrumentation, and conceptual frameworks to address the

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conference theme. The diversity of musical practice under Ireland, furthering the aims and vision of the society. The
discussion showed the many ways in which scholars of our recipient of the award will have made a continuous and im-
respective musical traditions, as ethnomusicologists, ethno- portant contribution over many years to the scholarly study
choreologists, and practitioners, seek to find ways to question of music/dance. Oirdhearchas is an old Irish word, incorpor-
the musical words in which we live, searching out ways in ating the qualities of excellence, dignity, and worth and also
which those worlds reflect, refine, resist, and negotiate mani- confers a title of honour on the recipient. The recipient’s
festations of power and politics. work will exemplify these traits, embodying the ethos of the
award. The awardee, from Ireland or abroad, will be chosen
The 2019 ICTM World Conference at Chulalongkorn Uni-
by the National Committee. The recipient will normally de-
versity in Bangkok, Thailand, was well attended by Irish del-
liver the keynote address at the annual conference on the
egates from a variety of institutions. Both individual papers
occasion of the award.
and a panel on the Irish harp were presented. Congratula-
tions from the National Committee to all those involved in We are also planning to launch a podcast series that will be
the organization of the World Conference. freely available through multiple channels including our web-
site. The idea is to profile new research by scholars working
Each year we host a joint postgraduate conference with the
in Ireland or on topics of interest to the scholarly community
Society for Musicology in Ireland. This gives postgraduate
here.
researchers an opportunity to present new research in a sup-
portive environment in a variety of formats. The conference Publications
is open to all postgraduates, not just those studying at Irish
The next volume of our online, peer-reviewed journal, Eth-
universities with a call for papers normally published in au-
nomusicology Ireland will be available shortly at  
tumn. The 2020 conference was held at the Irish World
www.ictm.ie/journal. Ethnomusicology Ireland welcomes
Academy of Music and Dance at the University of Limerick,
submissions from all locations and relevant disciplines. More
with a keynote address by Philip Bohlman entitled “‘Lifted
information is available by contacting the general editor,
Up from the Earth at the Very Moment of Death’: The Bor-
Jaime Jones at [email protected]. We also publish an annual
der, the Wall, and the Musical Topography of Migration
bulletin to our members, Spéis. This is available online at
Crisis.” Thanks to Sandra Joyce, Eleanor Giraud, and col-
www.ictm.ie/bulletin/.
leagues at UL.
National Committee Japan

At the Annual General Meeting in February, two committee
by Waseda Minako, National Committee
members stepped down after their three-year terms: Anaïs
Liaison
Verhulst and Jack Talty. John Millar was re-elected as com-
munications officer, along with Christina Lynn and Ian   Koizumi Fumio Prize Winner 2020
O’Connor. In 2019, the outgoing Chair, Éamonn Costello,
I am pleased to report that Richard J.
was replaced by Helen Lawlor, while Adrian Scahill joined as
Emmert (Professor, Department of Ja-
Secretary. The committee meets regularly, usually on a bi-
panese Literature and Culture, Faculty of
monthly basis throughout the year, to plan events and dis-
Literature, Musashino University; Re-
cuss how to best interact with and support our community.
searcher, Noh Research Archives) and the Min-On Concert
Association (⼀般財団法⼈　民主⾳楽協会 General Incorpor-
New initiatives
ated Foundation Minshu Ongaku Kyōkai) have received the
In 2019 we launched the ICTM Ireland Travel Bursary. This
31st Koizumi Fumio Prize for Ethnomusicology. This year,
is for participation at the annual plenary and is open to
the “Special Prize” was also awarded to the Koizumi Fumio
postgraduate students presenting at the conference. Each
Memorial Archives, Faculty of Music, Tokyo University of the
year one award is made of EUR 100 for travel expenses. The
Arts.
2020 recipient was Kate Walker of the University of Sheffield.
This prize was established in 1989 to commemorate Koi-
In 2020 the national committee launched the ICTM Ireland
zumi’s lifelong devotion to ethnomusicology and to honour
Oirdhearchas Award. The award will be presented on a three-
individuals and organizations who have made significant con-
year cycle to a person who has contributed in a very signific-
tributions to the field. For further information about the
ant way through their research/practice to the work of ICTM

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prize, please refer to this webpage, and for more about Koi- South Asia. This symposium was held at the Sri Lanka
zumi himself, please visit this webpage at the website of the Foundation Institute, in conjunction with the annual research
Koizumi Fumio Memorial Archives. symposium of the UVPA. Almost 60 international and 120
local presenters attended the joint event, which was enriched
Professor Emmert was awarded “in recognition of his signi-
by cultural programs featuring UVPA students, artists, and
ficant contribution to realizing a new possibility of nō as well
several foreign participants. The Dean of the Faculty of
as presenting its wide applicability for education and research
Graduate Studies, award-winning actor and principal organ-
of performing arts by creating the English nō.” Min-On Con-
izer Saumya Liyanage, described the event as follows: “This
cert Association was awarded “in recognition of its contribu-
time the UVPA international symposium committee collab-
tion towards making not only researchers but also many
orated with the ICTM Study Group, chaired by one of the
people aware of the splendour of the musics of various ethnic
leading academics in the field, Richard Kent Wolf from Har-
groups, especially Asian ones, and making people familiar
vard University. In the initial stages, Chinthaka Meddegoda,
with such musics through a huge number of concerts and
convener of the UVPA symposium, proposed the idea of a
field surveys.” The Koizumi Fumio Memorial Archives, Fac-
joint symposium with the ICTM Study Group, and I thank
ulty of Music, Tokyo University of the Arts, was awarded the
him and the Study Group executives (Professors Wolf, Brita
Special Prize “in recognition of the achievements reached
Heimarck, and Natalie Sarrazin) for working closely with the
through the publication of the research materials of late Pro-
local arrangements committee for the success of the event.”
fessor Koizumi, with the purpose furthering the development
of musicology.” The award ceremony will be held in Tokyo on Fellowships
11 June 2020.
In 2017, Sudesh Mantillake was a DeVos Dissertation Fellow
at the University of Maryland, USA, and received a travel
Sri Lanka award to attend the Summer School of Music, Multicultural-
ism, and the Postcolonial Condition by the Music Archive in
by Lasanthi Manaranjanie Kalinga Dona,
Helsinki, Finland.
Liaison Officer
This report covers ethnomusicological Publications

activities of Sri Lankan scholars and in- By Sri Lankan scholars
ternational scholars working on Sri Sudesh Mantillake earned his doctoral degree at the School of
Lankan themes in the period 2017–2019. Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, University of
It encompasses conference events, fellow- Maryland, USA, with the dissertation “Colonial Choreo-
ships, publications, and ethnomusicology in education, and graphy: Staging Sri Lankan Dancers Under British Colonial
starts with a short obituary to the first professor of music in Rule From the 1870s–1930s.”
Sri Lanka, veteran singer Amara Ranathunga. Trained in
Hindustani classical music at Bhathkhande University and Tharupathi Munashinghe published two books in 2017, both
Banaras Hindu University in India, she became one of the dedicated to sound studies, one in Sinhalese (Nāda Sankath-
best-known Sri Lankan masters of classical and semi-classical ana) and the other in English (Sound Studies: With Special
genres and a dedicated teacher at what is today the Uni- Reference to Sri Lankan Sonic Experience). In 2018, he pro-
versity of Visual and Performing Arts. duced a book in Sinhalese that translates as Trends in Sin-
halese Theatre Music (1956–1996) and edited the 12th
Conference events volume of Gestures. Two more important books in Sinhalese
The 45th ICTM World Conference, held in July 2019 in appeared in 2017: Iranga Saminadani Weerakkodi’s Discus-
nearby Bangkok, attracted more participants from Sri Lanka sions on Folk Music and Prashanthi Narangoda’s Icono-
than any previous ICTM event: Ruwin Dias, Uthpala Herath, graphy of the Bodhisattva Images of Sri Lanka from 3rd-19th
Chinthaka Meddegoda, Eshantha Peiris, and myself, Lasanthi Century CE.
Manaranjanie Kalinga Dona. Two Sri Lankan scholars wrote chapters for the SAGE Inter-
On 12–14 December 2019 the first ICTM event ever in Sri national Encyclopedia of Music and Culture in 2019: Lasanthi
Lanka took place in Colombo. The University of Visual and Manaranjanie Kalinga Dona on Sri Lanka: History, Culture,
Performing Arts (UVPA) hosted the 2nd Symposium of the and Geography of Music; and Chinthaka P. Meddegoda on
ICTM Study Group on Music and Allied Arts of Greater Ghazal.

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Participants of the 2ndh symposium of the 2nd Symposium of the ICTM Study Group on Music and Allied Arts of Greater
South Asia. Colombo, Sri Lanka, December 2019. Photo: Kosala Anuradha, Media Unit, UVPA, Colombo
Articles on music and dance published within the past three struction of Music for the Sinhalese in the 20th century
years testify to the broadening range of scholarly interests (Uthpala Herath); Sinhalese Folk Songs and Melodical com-
and topics, including: Sound Recording Techniques (Manoj munication of Folk Singing (Saman Panapitiya); and Rubric
Alawathukotuwa); Archives; Oral Teaching Systems v Canon- System for Assessing Students’ Creative Works (Saumya  
ization in Hindustani Vocal Practice; Musical Instruments Liyanage). Research for these studies was conducted mostly
(e.g., double-reed horanawa and string instruments as per- in Sri Lanka, but also in countries such as Indonesia and
ceived through internet sources, by Chinthaka P. Medde- Slovenia. The articles were published in Argentina, Brazil,
goda); the Orang Kling of Sumatra’s West Coast and Their China, France, Germany, Malaysia, Montenegro, Slovenia, Sri
Musical Self: Music as Windows for Minorities (Chinthaka P. Lanka, and Thailand.
Meddegoda and Gisa Jähnichen); Non-vocal Embodiments of
By foreign scholars
Vocal Expressions in the Era of Mass Media (Meddegoda,
Nadler, and Jähnichen); Changing Conceptualizations of Foreign scholars published two important books on Sri
Rhythm in Sri Lankan Up-country Percussion Music from Lanka: Garrett Feld’s Modernizing Composition: Sinhala
Rhythmic Contours to Metric Cycles; The Paṃchatūryanāda Song, Poetry, and Politics in Twentieth-Century Sri Lanka
Classification of Musical Instruments in Buddhist Sri Lanka (2017), and Jim Sykes’s The Musical Gift: Sonic Generosity
(Eshantha Peiris); Asynchronism as a Principle of Sound in Post-War Sri Lanka. (2018). Articles by Jim Sykes include
Film; Music of Sinhalese Drama and Theatre; Social Protest “Sound as Promise and Threat: Drumming, Collective Viol-
Musical Movement; Drama Theatre as a Subject of Uni- ence, and the British Raj in Colonial Ceylon;” “On the Sonic
versity Curriculum; The Music Usage of the Brechtian Materialization of Buddhist History: Drum Speech in South-
Theatre and Its Sri Lankan Contextualization (Thraupathi ern Sri Lanka;” “South Asian Drumming Beyond Tala: The
Munasinghe); Opening Urban Social Spaces Through the Problem With ‘Metre’ in Buddhist Sri Lanka;” and “Ontolo-
Arts; Music Therapy, Its Trends and Their Importance for gies of Acoustic Endurance: Rethinking Wartime Sound and
Our Society Today; Use of Applied Ethnomusicology for the Listening.”  
Betterment of Children and Youngsters With Special Needs;  
Ethnomusicology of the Individual; Indigenous Voices Within  
the Majority-minority Discourse in Sri Lanka (Kalinga  
Dona); Choreographing Kandyan Dancers for the Camera
During the British Colonial Rule (Sudesh Mantillake); Cul-
tural Interaction, Identity and Music: A study of the Con-

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Ethnomusicology in Education United Arab Emirates

Ethnomusicology as a subject is currently present in the cur-
by Aisha Bilkhair, Liaison Officer
ricula of several Sri Lankan universities, such as Colombo
(Sri Palee Campus), Sri Jayewardenepura, Kelaniya, Perad- Introduction
eniya, and UVPA. The Department of Ethnomusicology at
Traditional music and heritage music re-
the Faculty of Music, UVPA in Colombo, is the only one that
vival are at the centre stage of most cul-
offers training in ethnomusicology as a four-year-long special
tural events, celebrations, and activities in
degree programme. The head of the department, W. A. N.
the United Arab Emirates. At both per-
Sandaruwan, together with Saman Panapitiya, Ranjith
sonal and official levels, the rise of traditional music per-
Fernando, and the rest of the staff discussed in detail the
formed by community members is evident in the internation-
existing programme and its envisioned extension to a post-
al arenas, where these groups participate in festivals and
graduate level with ICTM Vice President Svanibor Pettan at
events arranged by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as well as
the time of his invited lecture at UVPA in December 2019.
at small weddings and private celebrations carried out in
The Department of Fine Arts at the University of Kelaniya neighbourhoods, ballrooms, and banquet halls. This exposure
offers a three-year general undergraduate programme and a has benefited the UAE traditional musician more than one
four-year special degree programme in performing arts. can imagine, so we will address their impact on the local
Thanks to Prashanthi Narangoda, head of the department, I community, youth, and international collaboration.
was in a position to introduce several ethnomusicology
First, the UAE traditional musician educates the youth and
courses for both programmes in 2019.
orients them to their own culture, resulting in attracting
Scholars from abroad are increasingly present as invited them to take part as prideful performers. This act fortifies
guest lecturers in Sri Lanka. Most recently, in 2019, Zdravko the relationship with the distant past, and this pride mani-
Blažeković lectured on music iconography at UVPA and fests the unity between national identities. Second, perform-
Kelaniya University, and Svanibor Pettan lectured on music ing groups are recognized as talented musicians and are able
and minority studies and applied ethnomusicology at UVPA, to receive respectful fees for their lifelong unrecognized ser-
Kelaniya, and Peradeniya. vices and creativity. Third, these festivals and events call for
further studies and collaboration between local scholars, re-
Concluding remarks searchers, and collaborators. The music community is flour-
The strengthening of the field of ethnomusicology at some ishing, and there have been promising projects, which will
national universities by teaching, research, publications, guest link music to peace and foster harmony among all living be-
lectures, and conference events is, to a large extent, linked to ings. In this report I will highlight several major events that
the increasing presence of ICTM within Sri Lanka, and of Sri have had a vast impact on both the general public and the
Lanka within ICTM. The participation in the ICTM World academic community.
Network encourages cooperation both within the South Asian
The Sheikh Zayed Heritage Festival is an annual event held
realm and globally. The success of the first ICTM event hos-
in Abu Dhabi, the capital city of the UAE. In addition to
ted by Sri Lanka in 2019 will certainly inspire other events in
highlighting the history of the nation, the festival exhibits
the country in the foreseeable future, and contribute to the
and showcases different aspects of heritage and traditional
growth of new generations of Sri Lankan ethnomusicologists
culture. These activities ignite the memory of the elders,
and ethnochoreologists. The next such event will be the 23rd
educate the young generation, entertain residents, and en-
symposium of the ICTM Study Group on Musical Instru-
courage cross-cultural dialogue between visitors and local
ments, which will be hosted by UVPA on 24–27 March 2021.
communities. The popular demand for this festival has resul-
You are warmly invited to take part in it!
ted in its extension to over two months, December–January
every year. The festival has been strategically timed when
the weather is best and schools are closed, so that the com-
munity greatly benefits from its participation. This festival is
a fertile ground for those conducting field research or seeking
to interact with performers without formalities or obligations.

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For more information about the Sheikh Zayed Heritage Fest- brought together artists such as Liam Payne, John Legend,
ival please visit its official website. Hussain Al Jassmi, Robbie Williams, and Rashed Al Majid.
Outdoor sporting events, cultural displays, and live enter-
The Fujairah International Arts Festival is a biannual festival
tainment made this one of the most memorable festivals to
that strives to serve art in all aspects of the word. The fest-
date. This opportunity exposes the local community of both
ival’s expansion and high attendance attract domestic and
youth and traditional musicians to be inspired by modern
international crowds to attend and participate. Folklore as
genres which is evident in their subsequent compositions. For
well as traditional music can be easily heard, enjoyed, and
more information about the Dubai Shopping Festival please
even freely recorded.
visit its website.
Memory of Fujairah
The Arts Center at NYU Abu Dhabi
In addition to the aforementioned Fujairah International Arts
The Arts and Humanities Center at NYU Abu Dhabi en-
Festival, the project “Memory of Fujairah” has been working
compasses a field of central importance to human culture and
on collecting poetry and sung poems of the late Zayed bin
creativity. The mission and value of this academic institute
Sultan Al Nahyan and is the solid foundation onto which
focuses on showcasing music, theatre, dance, film, poetry,
other works, intellectual contributions, and cultural heritage
family programmes, and interdisciplinary performances that
of the UAE will be added.
often defy definition. The Arts Center at NYU Abu Dhabi
Rashid bin Hamad al-Sharqi, the Chairman of the Fujairah presents distinguished professional artists from around the
authority for Culture and Media, has been the driving force world alongside student, faculty, and community productions.
behind this project. He stated, “documenting the inspiration- It draws on the resources of the University to create a dy-
al songs of the founding father Zayed bin Sultan Al   namic space for research, investigation, and the active pur-
Nahyan remains one of the most important elements of the suit of knowledge and wisdom for audiences as well as visit-
integrated archive that we seek to create since the founding ing artists.
father is a source of pride and his inspirational work illus-
The institute is gaining popularity among art anthologists as
trate the depth of Emirati identity and culture and civiliza-
is nurtures collaboration with the local and international mu-
tion.” The team engaged in this project are members of
sical communities, encourages youth creativity, and has star-
ICTM (Aisha Bilkhair and Abeer Basharahil), and they are
ted ambitious projects with local musicians and performing
currently working on the classification of materials.
groups.
The UAE Music Archive will collect all existing materials,
For more information about The Arts Center at NYU Abu
and they will be deposited into a publicly-accessible digital
Dhabi please visit its website.
platform containing all Emirati musical arts created by sing-
ers and composers, as well as their relevant history. The  
Fujairah Authority for Culture and Media is the first to pre-
pare, collect, and implement a project of this magnitude.
For more information about the Fujairah International Arts

Festival please visit its website.
The Dubai Shopping Festival started 25 years ago, and the

silver jubilee celebrations started on 26 December 2019 and
continued through 1 February 2020. During this time, Dubai
witnessed innovative experiences, world-class concerts and
events, outdoor markets, fireworks displays, and spectacular
activities in celebration of the 25th anniversary. The festival
took over the city, with more than 3,847 events, over 4,000
participating outlets offering deals and discounts, and AED
50 million worth of prizes given away in 38 days.
On the musical side, international and local superstars came

to Dubai to perform in concerts. These gratis performances

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Reports from ICTM Study Groups

Multipart Music deal about the people, music, and history of the country and
the broader region during the presentations and the pro-
by Ardian Ahmedaja, Study Group Chair, gramme, prepared so carefully by the local organizers. In
and Jasmina Talam, Chair of ICTM addition to the concerts “Students on Stage” and of the En-
National Committee for Bosnia and semble Etnoakademik, we also enjoyed visits to the National
Herzegovina Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Vranduk Fortress, and
the Kraljeva Sutjeska Franciscan monastery.
The 6th Symposium of the ICTM Study
Group on Multipart Music, held in Sara- The presentation of the book Umjetnost pjevanja gange. Kul-
jevo in September 2019, was organized in turna tradicija Dinarske zone [The art of singing ganga: A
cooperation with the ICTM National cultural tradition of the Dinaric zone] (2018, Zagreb: Fran-
Committee for Bosnia and Herzegovina jevački muzej i galerija Gorica/Synopsis) by Ankica Petrović,
and the Academy of Music of the Uni- provided us with the opportunity to give the author a certi-
versity of Sarajevo. ficate of gratitude from the Study Group for her contribution
to the Study Group as well as to the study of multipart mu-
The symposium was enriching from sever-
sic, particularly in southeastern Europe. This was done based
al viewpoints. First, the responses to the symposium’s
on an idea by Svanibor Pettan and in cooperation with the
themes (“Emotion and Aesthetic Experience During the Per-
ICTM Secretariat, and is considered to be the beginning of a
formance Act,” “A Capella Singing,” and “New Research”)
new Study Group tradition.
were very inspiring in terms of both presentations and dis-
cussions. On behalf of the Study Group Executive Commit- Another specific feature of this symposium was the financial
tee I would like to thank all of the participants who made support by the ICTM Secretariat for the participation of
this happen. Second, in this symposium several new members three young colleagues, as well and its help in enabling the
joined the Study Group. Among them were also students participation of another colleague by waiving the membership
very much involved in music making. They were all very fee for 2019. We want to express our gratitude to the ICTM
warmly welcomed. Third, we were able to experience a great
Participants of the 6th symposium of the ICTM Study Group on Multipart Music. Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina,
September 2019. Photo by Mirza Kovač.

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Secretariat and Executive Board for this considerable sup- visibility for contributions in English, Portuguese, and Span-
port. ish, but also to showcase the wide range of topics on which
scholars are working. In response to the current travelling
Finally, we would all like to express our gratitude to the
restrictions for some colleagues due to the global health crisis
hosts of the Music Academy and all other places for the un-
and the lack of funding from numerous countries, a limited
forgettable experiences!
number of presentations were accommodated in video form.
Furthermore, the first day’s programme was rescheduled to
Music and Dance in Latin America and express solidarity with the national women’s strike to protest
the Caribbean and call attention to femicides and violence against women,
held a day after International Women’s Day on 9 March
by Nora Bammer, Jessie (#UnDiaSinNosotras / #OneDayWithoutUs) in Mexico. For
Vallejo, and Javier more information about the programme of this symposium,
Silvestrini, Study Group please visit this webpage.
Steering Committee members
The symposium featured contributions covering a wide range
The ICTM Study Group on of themes, such as the formation of national, cultural, social,
Music and Dance in Latin America and the Caribbean gender identities, and collective subjectivities through music
(ICTM LATCAR) is pleased to announce the completion of and dance across Latin America and the Caribbean, and
its first symposium as an affiliated ICTM Study Group. The proposing alternative narratives that inform contemporary
meeting took place in Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, Mexico, at identity politics. Participants presented their work in indi-
the Department of Music of the University of Sciences and vidual papers, panels, and roundtables, and—in an effort to
Arts of Chiapas (UNICACH) on 9–13 March 2020. The sym- explore different modes of dissemination—concerts, work-
posium’s theme was “Time, Identity, and Memory.” It shops, films, and artistic performances, contributed greatly to
gathered scholars, thinkers, and musicians from over 20 coun- the symposium’s success. Among the diverse range of topics
tries of Latin America, the Caribbean, and far beyond, to that were strongly problematized were political developments
discuss current research findings on ethnomusicology and in Latin America and the Caribbean that affect current work
ethnochoreology. The 150 participants were from Argentina, and research situations, concerns on current ethnomusicolo-
Austria, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, gical and ethnochoreological methods (i.e., applied work, par-
Ecuador, Germany, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, Portugal, Pu- ticipatory fieldwork, activism, and political interventions),
erto Rico, Romania, Spain, Switzerland, Tunisia, Uruguay, but most notable were the number of contributions dealing
Venezuela, and the USA. The opening ceremony was led by with violence against minorities and indigenous groups, polit-
members of the local arrangements committee, the Rector of ical empowerment through music and dance as seen in the
UNICACH José Rodolfo Calvo Fonseca, and Roberto protests in Chile and Puerto Rico, and issues concerning vi-
Hernández Soto, Director of the Faculty of Music, as well as olence and gendered inequalities.
by members of the ICTM LATCAR Steering Committee. We
highly appreciated and were very pleased to include the We had the privilege to feature three keynotes. The first key-
opening words by the ICTM Secretary General, Ursula note speaker was María Elena Vinueza. In her contribution,
Hemetek, via video, regarding the importance of this nascent “Heritage and Representation of the Caribbean in Cuba,” she
regional Study Group. presented some of the challenges of her lifelong work on Afro-
Cuban research using the example of Miguelina Baró and the
“Tiempo, Identidad y Memoria” marks the Study Group’s Baró family. The second plenary presentation was by Natalia
first official symposium after its formation in Salto, Uruguay, Bieletto, exploring “The Work of Listening in the (Re)Con-
in 2018. From more than 200 applications received, 150 pro- figuration of the Urban/Rural Dichotomy.” The third was
posals were accepted to participate in the symposium, which presented by Julio Mendívil on the stereotypes and symbolic
consisted of approximately 48% Portuguese, 48% Spanish, violence against women and female musicians titled, “The
and 4% English contributions.The organizing team was Body of Flor Pucarina: Huayno, Gender Stereotypes, and
pleased to accommodate approximately 150 visitors, stu- Elemental Structures of Violence in Peru.” A fourth contribu-
dents, and the general public from as far as Tunisia, as the tion from Ana María Ochoa had to be postponed due to
event received notable visibility through radio advertise- travel restrictions.
ments. The goal of the programme was not only to give equal

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Participants of the 1st symposium of the ICTM Study Group on Music and Dance in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Chiapas, Mexico, March 2020. Photo provided by Javier Silvestrini.
We are very grateful for the ICTM’s support of LATCAR in More details will be emailed through the ICTM Secretariat
the form of the Study Group Allowance, which provided to LATCAR members.
grants from the Maud Karpeles Fund and the Young Scholars
To conclude, our deepest gratitude and thanks—¡muchísimas
Fund for our symposium’s participants. This year, out of 30
gracias!—go to UNICACH, especially to Israel Moreno
applications and a very competitive selection process, an Ex-
Vázquez, Research and Graduate Coordinator, and Roberto
ecutive Board committee chose five participants who received
Hernández Soto, Director of the Faculty of Music, for going
partial support to travel and present their excellent proposals
out of their way to make this event a smooth success. Partic-
at the symposium. The grants covered parts of the travel
ularly we thank Juan Bermúdez, Chair of the Programme
costs, accommodation, and membership. The awardees were
Committee, member of the Local Arrangements Committee,
Katrin Lengwinat (Venezuela), Raquel Mendonca Martins
and appointed member of the LATCAR Steering Committee,
(Brazil), Raquel Paraíso (México), Juan Sebastián Rojas
who tirelessly juggled the challenges and situations one by
(Colombia), and Juan José Vélez (Puerto Rico). Congratula-
one with a smile to make sure everyone achieved their goals!
tions to all of you!
The next Executive Committee of the Study Group will be
Among the highlights of the symposia was the news that evaluating proposals for the meeting in 2022. Further ideas
Marita Fornaro, member of the LATCAR Steering Commit- and topics for 2022 will be discussed at the World Conference
tee, was awarded the “Casa de Las Américas” musicology in Lisbon 2021 during our next Business Meeting.
prize in La Habana, Cuba, just days before our meeting in
Chiapas. ¡Felicitaciones! We congratulate her again here for
this amazing achievement. We are also very pleased with the
results and discussions that took place during the Study
Group’s Business Meeting, which marks the second official
plenary assembly of ICTM LATCAR. In this occasion, we
discussed details regarding the Study Group’s operating pro-
cedures, which were ratified to conclude the meeting. As a
general information, we will be electing a new Executive
Committee for LATCAR. Official Study Group memberscan
present proposals with a list of candidates to administer the
Study Group for a renewable two-year term in April of 2020.

C A L E N D A R O F E V E N T S
Calendar of ICTM events

ICTM ★ 24–27 Mar 2021: 23rd Symposium of Study
Group on Musical Instruments 
★ 10–14 July 2020: 11th Symposium Study Group Location: Colombo, Sri Lanka
on Music, Gender, and Sexuality 
★ 22–28 Jul 2021: 46th ICTM World Conference 
Location: Zagreb, Croatia
Location: Lisbon, Portugal
★ 18–25 Jul 2020: 31st Symposium of Study Group
on Ethnochoreology 
Location: Klaipėda, Lithuania
★ 28 Jul–5 Aug 2020: 6th Symposium of Study

Group on Performing Arts of Southeast Asia 
Location: Bagan, Myanmar
★ 26–29 Aug 2020: 7th Symposium of Study Group

on Applied Ethnomusicology 
Location: Lucerne, Switzerland
★ 27–29 Aug 2020: 7th Symposium of Study Group

on Musics of East Asia 
Location: Inner Mongolia, China
★ 6–9 Sep 2020: 7th Symposium of Study Group on

Music of the Turkic-speaking World 
Location: Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyzstan
★ 21–23 Sep 2020: 3rd Symposium of Study Group

on Audiovisual Ethnomusicology 
Location: Bologna, Italy
★ 23–26 Sep 2020: 3rd Symposium of Study Group

on African Musics 
Location: Maputo, Mozambique
★ 25–28 Sep 2020: 1st Symposium of Study Group

on Sound, Movement, and the Sciences 
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
★ 15–17 October 2020: 17th Symposium of Study

Group on Iconography of the Performing Arts 
Location: Alpiarça, Portugal
★ 16–19 October 2020: 3rd Symposium of Study

Group on Music and Dance of the Slavic World 
Location: Poznań, Poland
★ 28–30 November 2020: 27th ICTM Colloquium 

Location: Shanghai, China

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G E N E R A L I N F O R M A T I O N
ICTM World Network

The ICTM World Network is composed of individuals, called Liaison Officers, and representatives of organizations, called Na-
tional and Regional Committees. They all act as links between the Council and the community of individuals and organiza-
tions involved with traditional music and dance in their country or region.
As of April 2020, the International Council for Traditional Music is officially represented in 121 countries and regions.
Afghanistan Bosnia and Herzegovina Cuba

Mirwaiss Sidiqi, Liaison Officer Jasmina Talam, Chair of National Laura Delia Vilar Álvarez, Liaison
Committee Officer
Albania
Ardian Ahmedaja, Liaison Officer Brazil Cyprus
Deise Lucy Montardo, Chair of Nefen Michaelides, Liaison Officer
American Samoa National Committee
Kuki Motumotu Tuiasosopo, Liaison Czech Republic
Officer Bulgaria Zuzana Jurková, Liaison Officer
Lozanka Peycheva, Chair of National
Argentina Committee Denmark
Silvia Citro, Liaison Officer Kiku Day, Chair of National
Cambodia Committee
Armenia Song Seng, Liaison Officer
Tatevik Shakhkulyan, Liaison Officer Ecuador
Cameroon María Gabriela López Yánez, Liaison
Australia & New Zealand Kisito Essele, Liaison Officer Officer
Brigitta Scarfe, Chair of Regional
Committee Canada Estonia
Judith Klassen, Chair of National Žanna Pärtlas, Liaison Officer
Austria Committee
Hande Sağlam, Chair of National Eswatini
Committee Chile Cara Stacey, Liaison Officer
Jacob Rekedal, Chair of National
Azerbaijan Committee Ethiopia
Sanubar Bagirova, Liaison Officer New vacancy — In search of new
China representative
Bangladesh Qi Kun, Chair of National Committee
Sayeem Rana, Liaison Officer Finland
Colombia Elina Seye, Chair of National
Belarus Juan Sebastián Rojas, Liaison Officer Committee
Galina Tavlai, Liaison Officer
Côte d’Ivoire France
Belgium Sié Hien, Liaison Officer Susanne Fürniss, Chair of National
Hélène Sechehaye, Liaison Officer Committee
Croatia
Bhutan Irena Miholić, Chair of National Georgia
Sonam Dorji, Liaison Officer Committee Teona Lomsadze, Liaison Officer
Bolivia
María José Rivera, Liaison Officer

Germany Italy Micronesia (Federated

Dorit Klebe, Chair of National Domenico Staiti, Chair of National States of)
Committee Committee Augustine C. Kohler, Liaison Officer
Ghana Japan Mongolia

Daniel Avorgbedor, Liaison Officer Uemura Yukio, Chair of National Otgonbayar Chuluunbaatar, Liaison
Committee Officer
Greece
Athena Katsanevaki, Liaison Officer Kazakhstan Montenegro
Saule Utegalieva, Liaison Officer Zlata Marjanović, Liaison Officer
Guam & Northern
Marianas Kenya Morocco
Michael Clement, Liaison Officer Charles Nyakiti Orawo, Liaison Lhoussain Simour, Liaison Officer
Officer
Guatemala Mozambique
Matthias Stöckli, Liaison Officer Kuwait Marílio Wane, Liaison Officer
New vacancy — In search of new
Haiti representative Myanmar
Gerdès Fleurant, Liaison Officer Ne Myo Aung, Liaison Office
Kyrgyzstan
Hungary Kanykei Mukhtarova, Liaison Officer Nepal
Dániel Lipták, Chair of National Ram Prasad Kadel, Liaison Officer
Committee Lao People’s Democratic
Republic Netherlands
Iceland Bountheng Souksavatd, Liaison Evert Bisschop Boele, Liaison Officer
Þorbjörg Daphne Hall, Liaison Officer Officer
Nicaragua
India Latvia Johannes Kranz, Liaison Officer
Urmimala Sarkar Munsi, Liaison Anda Beitāne, Liaison Officer
Officer Nigeria
Lithuania Austin 'Maro Emielu, Liaison Officer
Indonesia Rimantas Sliužinskas, Chair of
Made Mantle Hood, Liaison Officer National Committee
North Macedonia
Velika Stojkova Serafimovska, Chair
Iran (Islamic Republic of) Madagascar of National Committee
Mohammad Reza Azadehfar, Liaison Victor Randrianary, Liaison Officer
Officer Norway
Malaysia Bjørn Aksdal, Chair of National
Iraq Tan Sooi-Beng, Chair of National Committee
New vacancy — In search of new Committee
representative Oman
Malta Nasser Al-Taee, Liaison Officer
Ireland Philip Ciantar, Liaison Officer
Helen Lawlor, Chair of National Pakistan
Committee Mexico Shumaila Hemani, Liaison Officer
Carlos Ruiz Rodriguez, Liaison
Israel Officer
Palau
Moshe Morad, Chair of National Meked Besebes, Liaison Officer
Committee
Papua New Guinea
Naomi Faik-Simet, Liaison Officer

Peru South Africa Ukraine

Pablo Molina, Liaison Officer Alvin Petersen, Liaison Officer Olha Kolomyyets, Liaison Officer
Philippines Spain United Arab Emirates

José Buenconsejo, Liaison Officer Francisco J. García Gallardo, Chair Aisha Bilkhair, Liaison Officer
of National Committee
Poland United Kingdom of Great
Ewa Dahlig, Chair of National Sri Lanka Britain and Northern
Committee Lasanthi Manaranjanie Kalinga Ireland
Dona, Liaison Officer Shzr Ee Tan, Chair of National
Portugal Committee
Salwa El-Shawan Castelo-Branco, Sudan
Chair of National Committee Mohammed Adam Sulaiman Abo- United Republic of
Albashar, Liaison Officer Tanzania
Puerto Rico Imani Sanga, Liaison Officer
Mareia Quintero Rivera, Liaison Sweden
Officer Sverker Hyltén-Cavallius, Chair of United States of America
National Committee Gregory Barz, Chair of National
Republic of Korea Committee
Sheen Dae-Cheol, Chair of National Switzerland
Committee Marcello Sorce Keller, Chair of Uruguay
National Committee Marita Fornaro, Liaison Officer
Republic of Moldova
Diana Bunea, Liaison Officer Taiwan Uzbekistan
Lee Schu-Chi, Chair of Regional Alexander Djumaev, Liaison Officer
Romania Committee
New vacancy — In search of new Vanuatu
representative Tajikistan Monika Stern, Liaison Officer
Faroghat Azizi, Liaison Officer
Russian Federation Venezuela, Bolivarian
Olga Pashina, Liaison Officer Thailand Republic of
Pornprapit Phoasavadi, Liaison Katrin Lengwinat, Liaison Officer
Serbia Officer
Danka Lajić-Mihajlović, Chair of Viet Nam
National Committee Tonga Phạm Minh Hương, Chair of National
Adrienne L Kaeppler, Liaison Officer Committee
Singapore
Joseph Peters, Liaison Officer Tunisia Yemen
Anas Ghrab, Liaison Officer Rafik al-Akuri, Liaison Officer
Slovakia
Bernard Garaj, Chair of National Turkey Zambia
Committee Arzu Öztürkmen, Chair of National Kapambwe Lumbwe, Liaison Officer
Committee
Slovenia Zimbabwe
Mojca Kovačič, Chair of National Turkmenistan Jerry Rutsate, Liaison Officer
Committee Shakhym Gullyev, Liaison Officer
Solomon Islands Uganda

Irene Karongo Hundleby, Liaison Nicholas Ssempijja, Liaison Officer
Officer

Study Groups
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defined by the Memorandum on Study Groups, and may be further governed by their own bylaws. Study Groups organize
symposia and business meetings, and publish their own works.
African Musics Music and Dance in Southeastern Europe

Chair: Sylvie Le Bomin Chair: Velika Stojkova Serafimovska
Applied Ethnomusicology Music and Dance of Oceania

Chair: Huib Schippers Chair: Brian Diettrich
Audiovisual Ethnomusicology Music and Dance of the Slavic World

Chair: Leonardo D’Amico Chair: Ulrich Morgenstern
Ethnochoreology Music and Minorities

Chair: Catherine E. Foley Chair: Svanibor Pettan
Global History of Music Music Archaeology

Chair: Razia Sultanova Chair: Arnd Adje Both
Historical Sources Music in the Arab World

Co-Chairs: Gerda Lechleitner & Susana Sardo Chairing Committee: Philip Ciantar, Hayaf Yassine, Michael
Frishkopf, Anas Ghrab
Iconography of the Performing Arts
Chair: Zdravko Blažeković Music of the Turkic-speaking World
Co-Chairs: Galina Sychenko & Kanykei Mukhtarova
Maqām
Chair: Alexander Djumaev Music, Education and Social Inclusion
Chair: Sara Selleri
Mediterranean Music Studies
Chair: Ruth Davis Music, Gender, and Sexuality
Chair: Marko Kölbl
Multipart Music
Chair: Ardian Ahmedaja Musical Instruments
Chair: Gisa Jähnichen
Music and Allied Arts of Greater South Asia
Chair: Richard K. Wolf Musics of East Asia
Chair: Kim Hee-Sun
Music and Dance in Latin America and the
Caribbean Performing Arts of Southeast Asia
ICTM Liaisons: Nora Bammer & Javier Silvestrini Chair: Mohd Anis Md Nor
Sound, Movement, and the Sciences

Chair: Kendra Stepputat

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bership. The Executive Board may additionally co-opt up to three Ordinary Members.
Salwa El-Shawan Castelo-Branco Don Niles Svanibor Pettan

Portugal Papua New Guinea Slovenia
President (2017–2021) Vice President (2019–2023) Vice President (2017–2021)
João Soeiro de Carvalho Naila Ceribašić Silvia Citro Brian Diettrich

Portugal Croatia Argentina New Zealand
EB Member (2019–2021) EB Member (2017–2023) EB Member (2019–2021) EB Member (2019–2025)
Catherine E. Foley Lee Tong Soon Marcia Ostashewski Marie Agatha Ozah
Ireland Singapore/USA Canada Nigeria
EB Member (2017–2023) EB Member (2017–2020, EB Member (2019-2025) EB Member (2017–2023)
ex officio)
Tan Sooi Beng J. Lawrence Witzleben Louise Wrazen

Malaysia USA Canada
EB Member (2015–2021) EB Member (2015–2021) EB Member (2019–2025)

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of ICTM, and is the main channel of communication between the Contact information
Council’s governing body—the Executive Board—and its members,
International Council for Traditional
subscribers, partners, and affiliates.
Music 
The Secretariat comprises the Secretary General and the Executive  
Assistant, who are both appointed by the Executive Board for an ini- Department of Folk Music Research and  
tial period of four years. The current Secretariat has been based at the Ethnomusicology 
University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, Austria, since July University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna 
2017, with Ursula Hemetek as Secretary General and Carlos Yoder as Anton-von-Webern Platz 1 
Executive Assistant. 1030 Vienna 
Austria
Phone: +1 410 501 5559 

E-mail: [email protected] 
Website: www.ictmusic.org  
Facebook: www.facebook.com/ictmusic
Ursula Hemetek Carlos Yoder

Secretary General Executive Assistant
Austria Argentina/Slovenia
The library of the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, host institution of the ICTM Secretariat. Photo by
Stephan Polzer

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BULLETIN

No. 143, April 2020

Secretariat and Executive Board (SoMoS): Symposium; Study-Group-in-the- Calendar of Events

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The Secretariat is the body responsible for the day-to-day

Requirements: The applicant should be a scholar of inter-

The position of Secretary General is honorary, although a

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Bruno Nettl (1930–2020)

News about the passing of Bruno Nettl became almost in-

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Bruno’s wisdom and rich experiences were expected to bene-

With Bruno Nettl’s passing, the world of ethnomusicology

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The primary focus of his research was on traditional Austrian

Rudi was a great idealist and a great sceptic at the same

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46th ICTM World Conference

Third Notice and Call for Proposals Programme Committee

manities, New University of Lisbon Nicholas Ssempijja — Uganda

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Gonçalo Antunes de Oliveira derstanding music and dance as processes/products through

Susana Sardo 3) Approaches to archival practices

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5) Music and Dance Cosmopolitanisms 7) New Research on Other Topics

6) Music and Dance Industries

Music, including music related to dance, is one of the most

Contributors to this theme are invited to address: current

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The International Research Centre for Traditional Poly-

From the ICTM Online Photo Gallery

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Reports from ICTM National and

New appointments were made to the posi- Cyprus

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Hungary paraliturgical music in the borderland of the two countries

The last few years saw a number of important joint publica-

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National Committee Japan

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This report covers ethnomusicological Publications

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Ethnomusicology in Education United Arab Emirates

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For more information about the Fujairah International Arts

The Dubai Shopping Festival started 25 years ago, and the

On the musical side, international and local superstars came

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Reports from ICTM Study Groups

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No. 143, April 2020 

★ 28–30 November 2020: 27th ICTM Colloquium 

Phone: +1 410 501 5559 