Join our exciting conference that explores the oral transmission of recitation traditions from around the world through interdisciplinary approaches. The event brings together composers, performers, and researchers from many parts of the world to delve into historical and modern recitation traditions.
Highlights include lectures, workshops, and concerts focusing on Jewish, early Christian, and Muslim religious traditions.
EVENTS:
June 16, 2025
19:00 Opening and Conference Reception
Place: Gunnar Sævigs sal, Grieg Academy
June 17-18, 2025
9:30 -16:30 Conference Gunnar Sævigs sal, Grieg Academy
19:00 Catholic Mass, With Gregoriana Amsterdam (Amsterdam, Netherlands) and Les Métaboles (Colmar, France), Léo Warynski, conductor
Place: St. Paul’s Catholic Church Nygårdsgaten 3
June 18, 2025
15:00 Workshop with Erik H. Halvorsen, Tabula Rasa Vocal Ensemble, Mari Grue Garcés, Thomas T. Dahl, Terje Isungset Delphis by Erik H. Halvorsen
Place: Studio A, Grieg Academy
19:00: Workshop with Dániel Péter Biró, Les Métaboles (Colmar, France) and the SWR Expermentalstudio, Thomas Hummel and Eleni Ralli, Léo Warynski, conductor
Works by Dániel Péter Biró and Guillaume Du Fay
Place: Storsalen, University of Bergen, Nygårdsgaten 5
20:00 Concert with the Harberg-Theodorakis Duo
Juliane Harberg, mezzo-soprano, Ermis Theodorakis, piano
Works by Schönberg, Berio, Gentilucci and Theodorakis
All events are free and open to the public. Some lectures and events will be streamed.
More information:
The Intellect of Chant conference seeks to present and understand oral transmission of various chant traditions from ancient times until the present day. Integrating music creation, music analysis, ethnomusicology, including new developments in innovative computational technologies for chant and music analysis, the conference will celebrate the multitude of chant and recitation cultures in both their historical existence and in our modern world. While a primary focus of the conference will be the transmission of chant and recitation practices, particularly those found in Jewish, early Christian and Muslim religious traditions, we will ground and contextualize our music analytical findings by concentrating on the human voice, its cultural positioning and historical development, integrating the fields of music composition, music technology, music performance, music theory, musicology, vocal pedagogy, ethnomusicology, and religious studies. The conference will bring together composers, musicians, researchers and scholars from around the world to discover and re-discover recitation, chant and vocal traditions in the 21st century.
This event is supported by the Humanities Strategies Program, University of Bergen, the Norwegian Artistic Research Program and the Faculty of Fine Art, Music and Design.
Full program:
https://kmd.uib.no/en/Calendar/seminar/the-intellect-of-chant
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