Event Details and Applications

2023 Third International Symposium of Contemporary Music Research

Symposium Theme: Contemporary Music, Present and Future

Chinese Keynote: "New Perspectives on Music Composition", Pan Hwang-Long (Composer, Professor Emeritus of Taipei National University of the  Arts, Founding Chairman of ISCM Taiwan Branch)

English Keynote: "Media Scores. Using new media to create generative and interactive notation for 

musical performance", Yannis Kyriakides (Composer and Sound Artist, Department  

of Composition, The Royal Conservatory of the Hague, The Netherlands) 

Submission deadline: 23:59 GMT+8 (Taipei Time) Friday March 10 2023

Announcement of selected papers and compositions : Saturday March 25 2023

Date and time of symposium: 

     Saturday April 29 2023 19:00-20:15 Mandarin Keynote Address (Pan Hwang-Long)

Saturday May 27 2023 08:50 - 19:30 Symposium and English Keynote Address (Yannis Kyriakides) 

Venue: Online Symposium

Note: Details regarding a concert performance of selected compositions remains to be confirmed, depending on the outcome of funding applications.  

Organising institution: Department of Ethnomusicology, Nanhua University

Participants: Scholars in any field of musical research, composers and performers  

Categories of submission:

1. Conference Paper: 20 minutes (presentations on one's own composition, or research papers on any topic relating to contemporary art music)

Note: Subsequent to the conclusion of the symposium,   presenters are requested to provide a complete 4000-word paper (8000 characters if written in Chinese) for publication in the Proceedings of the Symposium (to be published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing).

2. Musical Compositions:  We advise a duration is 5-10 minutes.  This year's specified instrumentation is string quartet (two violins, viola, violoncello) or any combination of instruments thereof.

(Applicants can apply to participate in both categories.   Please submit two separate applications.)

Presentation and application languages:

Presentations may be delivered in Chinese or English.  Applications written in Chinese must be accompanied by an English translation.

Overseas applications:

Overseas applicants may apply to participate in the conference via webinar.

Method of Application:

1. Conference Papers:  Please provide the title and abstract of your paper.  If you use Chinese, please provide an English translation.  For Chinese abstracts, the word count should be around 500 to 700 characters; for English abstracts, the word count should be around 300-500 words.  Abstracts that are too long or too short may be rejected.  Please also include presentation keywords, your current institution and your highest qualification.   

2. Musical Compositions:  Please provide the title of the composition and programme note in Chinese and English, the instrumentation and duration of the work, the full score, as well as your current institution (if you belong to one) and your highest qualification.     

Please use the following link for your submissions:

Application Form

Selection Process:

1. The academic committee is as follows:

Ching-Yu Hsiau (Composer, Department of Musicology, Taipei Normal University)

         Lily Chen (Composer, School of Music, Taipei National University of the Arts)

LIAO Lin-Ni (Composer, Musicologist, Institut de Recherche en Musicologie, Université Paris-Sourbonne-CNRS)

Ian Pace (Pianist, Musicologist, Department of Performing Arts, City University London) 

Koji Nakano (Composer, Co-Director, Asian Young Musicians' Connection) 

George Holloway (Composer, Conductor, Department of Ethnomusicology, Nanhua University, Taiwan ) 

2. Conference papers and compositions will be judged anonymously on the basis of their contribution respectively to academia 

and creative innovation.    

3. Abstracts should lay out clearly the research argument, its relation to existing research into the topic, the materials and research method used, as well as its contribution and relevance to musical research.  

4. The results of the selection process shall be announced on Saturday March 25, on the symposium website on the "selected participants" page:

Selected Participants 

Performers of the selected compositions:

(To be confirmed)

Please address any questions relating to the symposium to music.conference.nhu@gmail.com。

Thank you for your participation!

Department of Ethnomusicology, Nanhua University, Taiwan, December 2022

Selected Participants