The second International conference “European Voices II. Cultural Listening and Local Discourse in Multipart Singing Traditions in Europe” was held in Vienna from October 23-25. The conference was accompanied by a series of concerts of traditional polyphony from different countries of Europe. The conference was organized by the Institut für Volksmusikforschung und Ethnomusikologie, Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien, Österreichisches Nationalkomitee im ICTM, and Wiener Konzerthaus. Here is the list of participants and their papers:
1. Mauro Balma (Italy). “The tradition of sacred songs in Liguria (northern Italy): Sunset of a culture facing an identity crisis and a reaffirmation of local pride”.
2. Jean-Jacques Casterét (France). “Cultural listening and enunciation contexts in Pyrenean multipart singing”.
3. Piotr Dahlig (Poland). “Multipart singing in Poland as a cultural and musical phenomenon”.
4. Klaus Ehrenberger (Austria).“The brain makes the music” (Keynote address).
5. Tamaz Gabisonia (Georgia).“Terminological Priorities of Georgian Traditional Polyphony.
6. Joseph Jordania (Australia/Georgia). “Music Without Listeners: Polyphonic Singing in Traditional Societies”.
7. Ivan Lešnik (Slovenia). “Multipart singing in Slovenia as a ‘performing by ear’ phenomenon”.
8. Bernard Lortat-Jacob (France). “Singing in Company” (Keynote address).
9. Ignazio Macchiarella and Sebastiano Pilosu (Italy). “Terminology and Transmission of Multipart Singing in Sardinia”.
10. Zlata Marjanović (Serbia and Montenegro). “Cultural Listening in Multipart Singing on the Montenegrin Coast and in the Hinterland”.
11. Zana Partlas (Estonia).“Men’s Songs in a Women’s Song Tradition: Some Remarks on Men’s Multipart Singing in Setus, Southeast Estonia”.
12. Ankica Petrovic (Croatia). “The phenomenon of multipart singing in rural communities of the Dynaric Alps”.
13. Lozanka Peycheva (Bulgaria). “Verbal Projections of Multipart Singing from Central-Western Bulgaria”
14. Daiva Račiūnaitė-Vyčinienė (Lithuania). “Interaction of the Voice and Instrument in Lithuanian Multipart Music: Viewpoints of Insiders and Outsiders”.
