22. August, 2023
IAMIC (International Association of Music Centres) is an international network of organisations that collectively and collaboratively provides information and promotes the music of their countries or regions. Each year IAMIC hosts a conference on important subjects for the music sector. This year the international conference is organized by the Latvian Music Information Centre and will take place from September 14-15 at the National Library of Latvia and from September 16-17 at the Great Amber Concert Hall in Liepāja.
The speakers and panelists of the conference will discuss a series of important questions for the field of music: What is the future of music education and what role it plays in audience development? How to retain the audience in the digital era? What constitutes a healthy music ecosystem? Censorship/self-censorship versus freedom of expression. What are the emerging trends in contemporary choral music? Contemporary/alternative music and it’s role and challenges in the fabric of culture today: how to maintain it’s own unique voice while maintaining broader appeal? What role AI will play in the future of music creation? What is the future of music NGO’s and how can they continue to serve the music sector?
Alongside IAMIC members, the conference will feature lectures and panel discussions from experts of Riga Cathedral Choir School, Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music, Latvian Radio Choir, Latvian National Symphony Orchestra, Latvian Academy of Culture, Liepāja University, Institute of Electronics and Computer Science, and others.
The conference is supported by the Ministry of Culture of Latvia, State Culture Capital Foundation, and Liepāja City Council.
IAMIC 2023 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
Riga & Liepāja 14-17 September
CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
TUHURSDAY, SEPTEMBER, 14 – RIGA / CONFERENCE DAY 1
Moderator Edgars Raginskis
8:30–9:00
Registration
National Library of Latvia, 3 Mūkusalas Street, Riga
9:00–9:10
Musical Opening
Riga Cathedral Boys Choir, Conductor Mārtiņš Klišāns
Kristīne Paula Šmite (piano)
9:10–9:50
Welcome
With Dace Vilsone (State Secretary, Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Latvia), Egīls Šēfers (Director, Latvian Music Information Centre), Diana Marsh (President, IAMIC)
9:50–10:20
Presentation: Education Model of the Riga Cathedral Choir School
With Mārtiņš Klišāns (Conductor, Riga Cathedral Boys Choir) and Gints Ceplenieks (Director, Riga Cathedral Choir School)
10:20–11:20
Panel: Music Education: It’s Role, Objectives and Challenges
Today
With Mārtiņš Klišāns (Conductor, Riga Cathedral Boys Choir), Indra Lūkina (Latvian National Symphony Orchestra), Toms Ostrovskis (Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music), Deborah Keyser (Tŷ Cerdd - Music Centre Wales)
11:20–14:00
Break
14:00–15:00
Presentation & Discussion: Music Sector and its Economic Contribution to the Economy
With Ieva Zemīte (Latvian Academy of Culture)
15:00–15:20
Presentation: How to Network Culture: the Analysis of the Ecosystem of Latvian Music Sector
With Līga Vinogradova (Latvian Academy of Culture)
15:00–16:00
Panel: NGOs and their Role in Music Ecosystems
With Līga Vinogradova (Latvian Academy of Culture), Signý Leifsdóttir
(Iceland Music Information Centre), Hannah Bujic (Sound and Music, UK)
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 – RIGA / CONFERENCE DAY 2
Moderator Evija Skuķe
8:30–9:00
Registration
National Library of Latvia, 3 Mūkusalas Street, Riga
9:00–9:10
Musical Opening
Students of Emīls Dārziņš School of Music
9:10–9:15
Welcome and Organizational Matters
9:15–9:40
Presentation: Choral Musical Tradition in Latvia: Past, Present and Future
With Kaspars Ādamsons (Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music)
9:40–10:30
Interview: Aspects of Contemporary Latvian Choral Music and its global reception
With Kaspars Putniņš (Conductor, Latvian Radio Choir), moderated by Egīls Šēfers (Latvian Music Information Centre)
10:30–11:30
Presentation & Discussion: Cancelling All Russian? Music Censorship during the War in Ukraine
With Edgars Raginskis (Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music)
11:30–11:45
Coffee Break
11:45–12:05
Presentation: Contemporary Music Scene in Latvia
With Antra Dreģe (Contemporary Music Festival ARĒNA)
12:05–12:50
Panel: Contemporary and Alternative Music Today: Challenges and Opportunities
With Antra Dreģe (Contemporary Music Festival ARĒNA), Viestarts Gailītis (Adventurous Music Festival SKAŅU MEŽS), Jānis Daugavietis (Sociologist, non-commercial Music Radio NABA), Radvile Buivydiene (Music Information Centre Lithuania)
12:50–14:30
Break
14:30–15:30
Presentation & Discussion: Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Music
With Kārlis Freivalds (Institute of Electronics and Computer Science)
15:30–16:00
Presentation: Musical Interaction with Human Brainwaves
With Jachin Pousson (Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music)
19.00
IAMIC Concert
VOICE BY VOICE, Latvian Radio Choir, Sigvards Kļava, Kaspars Putniņš
St. John Church, 24 Skarnu Street, Riga
Tickets: www.bilesuparadize.lv
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 – LIEPĀJA / CONFERENCE DAY 3
Moderator Egīls Šēfers
12:00–12:15
Welcome
Timurs Tomsons (Chairperson of the Board, Concert Hall Great Amber)
Concert Hall Great Amber, 8 Radio Street, Liepāja
12:15–13:15
Presentation & Discussion: Listening as a Method. Creative Approaches for Sensory Enhancement through Sound Recording Technologies
With Krista Dintere (University of Liepāja)
13:15–14:30
Break
14:30–15:30
Panel: Developing Sustainable NGOs
With Diana March (SOUNZ Centre for New Zealand Music, IAMIC President), Jonathan Grimes (Contemporary Music Centre Ireland), Stephan Schulmeistrat (German Music Information Centre)
16:00
Excursion
Timurs Tomsons (Chairperson of the Board, Concert Hall Great Amber)
18:00
IAMIC Concert
Opening of the Liepāja Symphony Orchestra 143rd season
Concert Hall Great Amber, Great Hall, Liepāja
Tickets:
www.bilesuparadize.lv
