[Muwisys] DEADLINE REMINDER: Virtuosity – An interdisciplinary symposium, Budapest, 3–6 March 2016

[László Stachó]

*Virtuosity – An interdisciplinary symposiumThe Liszt Academy of Music,
Budapest3–6 March 2016*

*CALL FOR PAPERS*

We are pleased to announce the joint symposium of the Kodály Institute of
the Liszt Academy and ESCOM (European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of
Music), an interdisciplinary event to be held in Budapest, in the
beautifully restored Art Nouveau palace of the Liszt Academy between 3 and
6 March 2016.

We invite proposals for individual papers (20 minutes, followed by 10
minutes of discussion) and posters. The language of the symposium is
English.

*Theme and topics*
We invite submissions for a symposium on virtuosity in music performance
that address questions such as the following:
·               What is virtuosity?
·               How virtuosity is perceived in different ways by musicians
and their audiences in different cultures?
·               How might virtuosity be studied empirically?
·               What are the cognitive, neuropsychological and motor
mechanisms underpinning virtuosity?
·               What is the relationship between virtuosity and creativity?
·               What is the relationship between virtuosity and enchantment
(or ‘magic’)? To what extent can virtuosity be considered the making of
magic? Or can be magic be made in the absence of virtuosity?
·               How might virtuosity be taught?

*Proposals*
All submissions must address the symposium theme. Please send us an
abstract of approximately 250 words as an e-mail attachment in Word format
to virtuosity at lisztacademy.hu, specifying whether the proposal is for a
theoretical paper, an empirical paper, or a poster. All proposals will be
peer-reviewed by the members of an international review committee. In order
to ensure anonymity, please do not include personal details in the
abstract. The name(s) of the author(s), institutional affiliation and a
short biography of approx. 100 words should be sent in a separate Word
document. Please indicate in your cover letter your AV requirements and
whether the presentation will involve live performance, and if so what
instruments are envisaged.

*Deadlines*
*Submission of abstracts: 31 October 2015*
Notification for acceptances: 30 November 2015

*Programme and registration*
The programme of the symposium will be announced in January 2016. Online
registration will open in January 2016. For additional information please
contact Dr László Stachó (stacho.laszlo at lisztacademy.hu) or Ms Éva Gyöngy
Máté (mate.eva.gyongy at lisztacademy.hu).

*Organising Committee*
László Stachó (Liszt Academy of Music, Budapest), chair of the Organising
Committee
László Norbert Nemes (Liszt Academy of Music, Budapest), co-chair of the
Organising Committee
Jane Ginsborg (Royal Northern College of Music)
Peter Keller (The MARCS Institute, University of Western Sydney)
Jukka Louhivuori (University of Jyväskylä)
Richard Parncutt (University of Graz)