Международен музиковедски форум в София
International musicological event in Sofia

Summary/Abstract: The 11th Congress of South- East European Studies (XIe Congrès d’études du Sud-Est européen, http:// balkanstudies.bg/congress2015/en/2- uncategorised.html) was held on 31 August – 4 September 2015 in Sofia, mounted mainly by the International Association of South-East European Studies (AIESEE), a large authoritative organisation founded in 1963 and enjoying all along moral and financial support granted by UNESCO. The event was hosted by the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and particularly, by the Institute of Balkan Studies and Centre of Thracology. Over 250 leading scholars from 26 countries, experts in economics, politics, defence, history, culture, arts, media, etc., arrived in Sofia. The musicological session was organized in cooperation with the International Musicological Society as the Sixth International Conference of the Regional Association for the Study of Music in the Balkans. A total of 25 presentations by 29 participants from 19 countries (Albania, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Greece, Georgia, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Macedonia, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Switzerland, Turkey, UK, US) were selected to be made at the international musicological event. The- matically, ​the presentations were grouped in five panels and a roundtable; moderators: Cor. Mem. Prof. Svetlana Kuyumdzhieva, DSc and Prof. Dr Tilman Seebass in cooperation with Mirjana Veselinović-Hofman, Velika Stojkova-Serafimovska, Maria Alexandru, Stefan Harkov, Katy Romanou, Francis-Nectarios Guy, Tatjana Marković, Evanthia Nika-Sampson. The Conference decided upon founding an academic journal, Studies Musicologica Balcanica with the support of and applying the standards of the International Musicological Society. The next, Seventh International Conference of the Regional Association for the Study of Music in the Balkans, was slated for 2017 to be held in Nicosia, Cyprus.

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