MINSK, 27 August (BelTA) – An international symposium Modern Musicology in the World of Science will take place in Minsk on 29 August – 4 September, BelTA learnt from pro-rector in science of the Belarusian State Academy of Music Ekaterina Dulova.
Attending the forum will be art critics from 14 countries: Belarus, Russia, Ukraine, Lithuania, Poland, Germany, Austria, France, Belgium, Italy, Great Britain, Switzerland, Israel and the USA. The participants will discuss actual problems and analyze scientific approaches towards the study of musical culture from the point of view of modern historical and systematic musicology and ethnomusicology.
The programme of the symposium includes such sections as Shostakovich and His Contemporaries, Stravinsky: Between East and West, a presentation of the topic titled “Complete Editions of Composers: the most important publishing projects”. A plenary session will highlight the issue of Ethnomusicology of the 21st Century: Historical and Ethnic Aspects of Traditional Musical Cultures.
Guests and participants of the symposium will be able to make a tour of the National Library of Belarus where the forum will open on 1 September. The following sessions will take place in the Concert Hall of the Belarusian State Academy of Music on 2-4 September.
The international symposium has been organized by the Culture Ministry, the Belarusian State Academy of Music and the International Musicology Society.
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