On behalf of our Organizing Committee, we extend a warm welcome to the first edition of Frontiers in Audio and Music Technology: from Transcription to Immersive Sound. Taking place as a satellite workshop of the 33rd European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO 2025), FAMTech will offer an opportunity for experts, researchers, and practitioners to explore the latest developments across a range of topics in audio and music technology.

This workshop is organized as part of the European-funded project REPERTORIUM, which aims to develop innovative technologies to preserve, analyze, and make accessible Europe’s rich musical heritage. The project combines expertise from musicology, signal processing, machine learning, and cultural heritage to address challenges such as digital transcription of historical music scores, immersive audio streaming, and interactive applications for music performance and education.

FAMTech will feature paper presentations, discussion panels, and networking opportunities, creating an engaging environment for sharing novel research, fostering collaboration, and exploring innovative tools and methodologies. We look forward to your participation!

We invite submissions on a wide range of topics related to the REPERTORIUM project, including but not limited to:

• • Optical Music Recognition (OMR): advances in the transcription and analysis of historical music scores, enabling digital preservation and accessibility.

  • Sound Source Separation and Minus-One Applications: deep learning approaches to isolate orchestra instruments from mixtures, enabling interactive and educational applications such as ”play-along” experiences with orchestras.

  • Streaming and Immersive Audio Technologies: real-time spatial audio streaming for orchestral performances, enhancing hybrid and remote music experiences.

  • Sound Field Reconstruction and Virtual Acoustic Navigation: technologies to digitally recreate and explore the acoustic environment of concert performances, offering new ways to experience musical spaces.

  • Cross-disciplinary Approaches: integrating musicology, data science, and engineering to develop innovative tools and methodologies for the study and preservation of music.

We also welcome submissions describing in-progress works or non-novel contributions that advance the state of the art or present preliminary results that could benefit from early feedback.

For more details, please refer to our Call for Papers.

The workshop will take place on Friday, September 12th 2025, from 13:30 to 17:50, in Kemonia room. Presenting authors will each have 20 minutes for their presentations, including questions and answers. All authors must submit their slides (in PowerPoint or PDF format) before their session's scheduled start time. The workshop room will be equipped with laptop computers.

13:30 - 13:50 • Opening and Introduction:

1. • Introduction to the workshop and the REPERTORIUM European project

   • Presentation of the main themes and objectives of the event

14:50 - 14:30 • Invited Talk:

• 1. • Keynote by Professor Jose J. Valero-Mas (Universidad de Alicante)

     • Q&A with the audience

14:30 - 15:30 • Session 1 – Optical Music Recognition and Digital Transcription:

• 1. • Classifying East Asian Zither Instruments Using Spectral and Temporal Audio Features

Kim Ngo and Marina Bosi

• Semi-Automated Indexing of Medieval Chant Manuscripts with OMR and Pairwise Alignment

Pablo Cabanas-Molero, Jaime Garcia-Martinez, Antonio J. Munoz-Montoro, Julio J. Carabias-Orti and Pedro Vera-Candeas

• From Manuscript to Music Score: Case Study in Automating Medieval Music Transcription

Adrián Roselló, Eliseo Fuentes-Martínez, David Rizo and Jorge Calvo-Zaragoza

15:30 - 15:50 • Coffee Break

16:00 - 17:00 • Session 2 – Sound Source Separation and Spatial Applications:

• 1. • A Virtual Reality Framework for Testing Spatial Audio Algorithms

Paolo Ostan, Francesca Del Gaudio, Federico Miotello, Mirco Pezzoli and Fabio Antonacci

• 1. • Binaural Rendering in Real Time and Spatial Calibration for Multiple Higher-Order Microphones

Paolo Ostan, Federico Miotello, Mirco Pezzoli, Alberto Bernardini and Fabio Antonacci

• 1. • Orchestral Music Source Separation using the Mixture-to-Mixture Paradigm in Multichannel Recordings

Jaime Garcia-Martinez, Pablo Cabanas-Molero, Antonio J. Munoz-Montoro, Julio J. Carabias-Orti and Pedro Vera-Candeas

17:00 - 17:50 • Final Session – Panel Discussion and Closing Remarks:

• 1. • Interactive panel discussion on the future of technologies for musical heritage, with a focus on sound source separation, AI, and digital preservation

     • Final remarks and farewell

Innovative Technologies for Musical Heritage: The REPERTORIUM Project is a satellite workshop of the 33rd European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO 2025), organized as part of the European-funded project REPERTORIUM. Attendance at the workshop is provided at no cost with EUSIPCO registration. Otherwise, a workshop-only fee of 100 EUR applies.

Important dates

Paper submission deadline: June 1st, 2025 June 15th, 2025

Acceptance notification: June 1st, 2025 July 1st, 2025

Final submission: July 15th, 2025 August 1st, 2025

The paper submission process for the workshop will be handled via EasyChair: click here to submit your paper!

The organizers will independently oversee the peer review process, adhering to the established scientific standards and practices that guarantee a fair evaluation of each submission. A panel of reviewers will be appointed by the organizing committee based on their demonstrated expertise in relevant research areas. Any updates regarding the ongoing review process will be posted on this website and communicated via email.

Please note that, although accepted papers will be presented during the workshop and benefit from an audience of peers and professionals, they will not be included in the official EUSIPCO proceedings.