International Music Technology Workshop Begins

Bahçeşehir University is hosting the "International Music Technology Workshop," held for the first time in Türkiye. The workshop, where musicians and engineers will come together to conduct research, will also feature two major concerts to which all Istanbulites are invited.

The workshop and concert will be held as an activity of the European Research Council -supported "CompMusic Project"(http://compmusic.upf.edu), of which Bahçeşehir University is a partner, and Turkish music makams and rhythms will be explained to international participants. Bringing together the profession's leading musicologists and engineers, this workshop is also a world first in that it addresses the Indian and Turkish music traditions together and focuses on developing technologies specific to these musics.

As an alternative to Western music-oriented technology development, the CompMusic Project aims to develop technologies for local musics outside Western music, and is the largest international research project currently under way in this field. Lasting 5 years, this research project is poised to bring a breath of fresh air to the field of music information retrieval thanks to its intercultural and interdisciplinary structure.

Joint work will be carried out at the workshop, which will be attended by many experts in computational musicology from Türkiye, Spain, India, France and Belgium. On 12-13 July, the experts will also come together at a conference with public presentations, with the participation of researchers from outside the project.

Along with this important workshop to be held at Bahçeşehir University's Beşiktaş Campus, two major concerts will be given on 11-12 July. All Istanbulites are invited to these concerts.

Concerts:

11 July: Bengi Bağlama Trio (20:00-21:30) [Fazıl Say Hall]
12 July: Turkish Music concert with commentary and presentation. Prepared and directed by Reha Sağbaş, 20:00-21:30, [Fazıl Say Hall]