International Ethnomusicology Conference
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The "Gheorghe Dima" National Academy of Music in Cluj-Napoca hosts the 5th edition of the International Ethnomusicology Conference "Muzici tradiționale – recuperări, preluări, restituiri" (Traditional Music – Recoveries, Adaptations, Restitutions) on Monday and Tuesday, 9–10 November 2026. It is organised under the aegis of the ANMGD Ethnomusicology Research Centre, headed by Lecturer Dr Ciprian Mizgan-Danciu, and coordinated by Associate Professor Dr habil.
Alina Stan. The programme includes four paper sessions by musicologists, ethnomusicologists and ethnologists from Romania, Austria, Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria and the Republic of Moldova, with topics ranging from sound archives and traditional instruments to folk dance and the online circulation of repertoires.
The official opening takes place on Monday, 9 November, at 10:00. At 10:15, the special guest, Professor Dr Ulrich Morgenstern of the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (mdw), gives the lecture "Why to Engage with Folklore and Traditional Music? Basic Motivations in Historical Perspective". Since 2012 he has been Professor of the History and Theory of Folk Music at mdw, and he reviews the motivations behind interest in folklore from the Enlightenment onwards, from the "national spirit" to anthropological approaches.
On Tuesday, 10 November, a documentary film by the ethnologist Dr Rusalin Ișfănoni about the traditional wedding in the village of Dăbâca, in the Pădureni Land, will be screened. On the same day, Associate Professor Dr habil. Alina Stan presents the "folk memory" of the village of Cerișor (Hunedoara), Cosana Vinca, recognised in 2021 by the Ministry of Culture as a Living Human Treasure. From 14:00 there is a folk recital by Grupul Iza, with songs from Maramureș: Ioan Pop (voice, zongură, braci), Ioachim Făt (ceteră), Grigore Chira (gordună) and Gheorghe Kohut (drum).
The papers will be published in the journal Ethnomousikologion. The conference is funded from the ANMGD research funds and supported through the project CRCEEmotions (CNFIS-FDI-2026-F-1101). Venue: room 502, ANMGD Campus, 2 Bucium Street. Admission is free. More information: centruldeetnomuzicologie.anmgd.ro
