CFP: International Musicological conference on the 90th birthday of György Kurtág, Budapest, June 2016

International Musicological conference on the 90th birthday of György Kurtág
June 2-3 2016
CFP Deadline: 15 September 2015
Institute of Musicology (Research Centre for the Humanities, Hungarian Academy of Sciences), Budapest, Hungary

György Kurtág, born in Lugos (Lugoj, Romania) in 1926, has been one of the most appreciated Hungarian composers and influential teachers of chamber music worldwide since the 1980s. His oeuvre comprises vocal pieces, orchestral and chamber music, and choruses: this rich output expressing his personal commitments and his individual interpretation of the whole music history affects listeners immediately. His works and personality have greatly influenced composers, performers, interpreters and musicologists of different generations and nations. On Kurtág’s 90th birthday, the Archives and Research Group for 20th and 21st Century Hungarian Music (http://zti.hu/mza/index_en.htm) launches an international conference, which aims at paying tribute to him by analyzing his oeuvre, interpreting his life events and scrutinizing the cultural and national context he has worked in based on primary and secondary sources.

Abstracts of 250 words are invited for 20-minute individual papers in English.

All proposals should be submitted by email no later than September 15 2015 to magyar.zenei.archivum -at- btk.mta.huincluding the abstract, a short biographical note, contact details and institutional affiliation (if any).

For any additional information, please contact both of the organizers:

Anna Dalos (dalos.anna -at- btk.mta.hu)
Péter Halász (halasz.peter -at- btk.mta.hu)