IN.TUNE National Dissemination Event

For almost four decades, the International Conference of the Department of Musicology, Faculty of Music, University of Arts in Belgrade, has been more than an academic gathering: it has been a crossroad of many different musicological perspectives. When the first symposium, Folklore and Its Artistic Transposition, was held in 1987, few could have imagined that it would grow into a long-standing tradition of international dialogue that continues to evolve. Every two years since, these conferences have explored the shifting landscapes of music and its meanings, from folklore and national identity to performance, interpretation, and the ways we listen and understand. Firmly grounded in musicology, the conference has also embraced an interdisciplinary approach, engaging with philosophy, critical theory, media studies, and other research fields to deepen the understanding of music’s role within broader cultural and intellectual, as well as in educational contexts. In this widening perspective, music remains a point of convergence where scholarly reflection, artistic experience, and human imagination meet.

 

The 17th edition, devoted to Music in Socio-Cultural Turmoil (MSCT), carries this tradition forward into the present moment. In a world marked by uncertainty and change, the conference turns to music not only as a reflection of turmoil, but as a way of navigating it.

 

This year, MSCT opens its doors even wider. It becomes the umbrella event for the IN.TUNE National Dissemination Event in Serbia, bringing the European spirit of collaboration into its already rich academic and artistic fabric. The dissemination event grows from the conference, extending its dialogue beyond national borders and into a shared European conversation about what it means to create, teach, and research in the arts today.

 

IN.TUNE – Innovative Universities in Music & Arts in Europe – is the first and only European University Alliance dedicated entirely to music and arts. It brings together eight partner institutions: the Norwegian Academy of Music, Oslo, Norway (NMH), the National University of Music Bucharest, Romania (UNMB), the National Conservatory of Music and Dance of Paris, France (CNSMDP), the Sibelius Academy of the University of the Arts Helsinki, Finland (Uniarts Helsinki / SibA), the Catalonia College of Music, Barcelona, Spain (ESMUC), the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, Austria (mdw), University of the Arts The Hague – Royal Conservatoire, The Netherlands (KC), and the Faculty of Music / University of Arts in Belgrade, Serbia (UU / FMU). What unites us is a shared conviction that music and art matter, not only within the walls of academia, but also in the wider world they help to shape.

 

The Belgrade dissemination event, which is the first in a series of eight national  events that will take place across partner institutions by 2027, brings this vision to life within the MSCT framework. It unfolds through a series of interconnected experiences that reflect the three core dimensions of the IN.TUNE alliance: innovative education, research for education, and societal engagement, each of them resonating with the conference theme Music in Socio-Cultural Turmoil. The IN.TUNE dissemination event within the conference unfolds through a dynamic interplay of scientific reflection, artistic research, and innovative pedagogy: three perspectives that mutually enrich one another. The participation of the IN.TUNE-affiliated keynote speakers, paper presenters, and members of the Program Committee shapes the academic direction of the conference while simultaneously resonating with the creative processes explored in concerts and lecture recitals jointly developed by teachers and students of the Faculty of Music and their IN.TUNE partners. These performances are acts of research through art, embodying the same spirit of inquiry that drives the scholarly and pedagogical aspects of the alliance. The violin master class, too, bridges these realms by transforming learning into a shared creative experience that transcends institutional and national borders. Given the conference theme, there is no need to emphasize social engagement separately, as it is already inherently embedded in the very concept of art in times of socio-cultural turmoil.

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Prof. Ivana Perković, Ph.D.

Head of the Department of Musicology

Faculty of Music 

University of Arts in Belgrade