CFP: New Perspectives on the Keyboard Works of Antonio Soler, Parador de Mojácar, Almería, Oct 2012

CALL FOR PAPERS - FIMTE 2012

NEW PERSPECTIVES ON THE KEYBOARD WORKS OF ANTONIO SOLER

The 11th International Symposium on Spanish Keyboard Music “Diego Fernández”
Parador de Mojácar, Almería, 11 - 12 October 2012

Chairs: Michael Latcham - Luisa Morales

The 11th International Symposium on Spanish Keyboard Music “Diego Fernández” will be held at the Parador of Mojácar, Almería, Andalusia, on the 11 to 12 October 2012, as part of FIMTE 2012: the 13th International Festival of Spanish Keyboard Music. The festival will feature both mainstream and fringe concerts and a workshop on performance-related issues with Luisa Morales (13-14 October).

The aim of this International Symposium is to provide a forum for new directions in the scholarship and performance of Soler’s works. Proposals for papers are encouraged in the following areas, but not limited to:

· Soler’s keyboard works: sources, performance, styles, genres
· Soler and keyboard instruments for his music
· Soler and contemporary musical aesthetics
· The reception of Soler’s works in Europe and the Spanish colonies
· Soler and music historiography from the eighteenth century to the present

We welcome 200-250 word abstracts for 20-minute papers, as well as proposals for lecture-concerts (30-minutes). Abstracts should be signed at the bottom with the author's name, institutional affiliation or city of residence and full return address, including e-mail address and fax number where possible.

Official languages: English and Spanish.
Symposium fee (including Symposium dinner) EUR 150
Deadline for abstracts: 1st June 2012
For further information, please contact:

Luisa Morales
FIMTE
Apdo. 212 Garrucha 04630
Almería ESPAÑA
Tel: +34 610804486
fimte at fimte.org
fimteinfo at gmail.com
www.fimte.org