The Study Group on “Music of the Turkic-speaking World“ within the ICTM International Council for Traditional Music (UNESCO/NGO) will set in its Second Meeting a focuss on free-metric singing traditions within a far-reaching and complexe cultural area, determined by its transcontinental hugeness as well as its manifold interactions of most different and partly also marginal cultures. Which are the genres containing free-metric singing? Which are the structures of poetry and music? What is their meaning for every individual person, f. i. of being an identifying marker?
What is the role of the performers in the society, which are the grades of estimation by the society?

INVITATION

Vocal Traditions of Free-metric Singing in Eurasia

May 26 – 30, 2010 at the Institute for Turcology, Free University of Berlin

Organisations: Free University of Berlin,
Institute for Turcology, Prof. Dr. Claus Schönig
Musicians at the Festival “Music of the Great Steppe“, Kyzylorda (Kazakhstan) 2006
ICTM Study Group “Music of the Turkic-speaking World“ (Klebe & Sultanova)
ICTM German National Committee, President : Dorit Klebe

Registration : dorit.klebe@fu-berlin.de

Cooperation partners / Sponsored by: Fee : 1 day: 15 / 5 !; 2 / 3 days: 25 / 10 !

PROGRAM
Wednesday, May 26, 2010; Venue: Institute for Turcology
Afternoon / Arrival
18.00 – 19.00 Registration

Evening
19.00 – 21.00 Welcome reception at the Institute for Turcology, Free University of Berlin; Music performances

Thursday, May 27, 2010; Venue: Henry-Ford-Bau

09.30 Registration

10.00 Opening Ceremony, Welcome Addresses

10.30 Tea & Coffee break

11.00 Keynote
ANNA CZEKANOWSKA - Warsaw
Litterary vs. Musical Message – on Tradition of Siberian Epics and its Contemporary Rendering

12.00 1.Session

GALINA B. SYCHENKO - Novosibirsk
“Sung Poetry“ of the South Siberian Turkic Peoples:Interrelations between Music and Poetry

VALENTINA SUZUKEI - Kyzyl / Tuva
Examples of Free-metric Music-making in Tuvan Music

13.00 Lunch Break (at the Mensa of the FU)

14.00 2. Session

KATIA E. L. TIRON - Novosibirsk Genre Opposition ‚Yr’ –‚Kozhamyk’ in the Song Tradition of Tuva-Toju (Todjinzy)

LIESBETH NYSSEN - Amsterdam
The Khakas ‚ siit’ Lament: Making Music out of Mourning

15.30 Tea & Coffee break

16.00 Excursion to the “Museumsinsel”, Berlin,guided visit of the Museum of Islamic Art(Pergamon Museum), music performance in the Mschatta Hall; visits of the Bode-Museum,Alte Nationalgalerie, Altes Museum (optional).

Dinner in a restaurant nearby.

Friday, May 28, 2010; Venue: Henry - Ford - Bau

09.30 3. Session

WOLF DIETRICH - Sulzheim
‚Uzun Hava’ and ‚Bogaz’ in Playing the Flute of the Turkic Peoples of Eurasia

SAULE UTEGALIEVA - Almaty
Vocal, Instrumental and Speech Origin in the Music of the Turkic Peoples

ALEXANDER DJUMAEV - Tashkent
The Art of the “Great Song“ in Central Asia:Origin and Development of the Artistic Conception

11.00 Tea & Coffee break

11.30 4. Session

ROZA AMANOVA - Bishkek
Some Features of Kyrgyz National Professional Song Tradition

SHAKHYM GULLIYEV -Taldykurgan
Some Features of Free-metric Shaping in the Turkmen Traditional Music

ILDAR KHARISSOV - Berlin
Tatar and Bashkir‚ ozon köy’: Common and Distinguishing Features

13.00 Lunch Break (at the Mensa of the FU)

14.00 5.Session

STEPHEN BLUM - New York
The Khorasani Dastan of‚ Shah Esma‘il’ as Performed by Moxtar Zambilbaf

AMENEH YOUSSEFZADEH - New York
The Khorasani Dastan of ‚Shah Esma‘il’ as Performed by Rowshan Golafruz

RAZIA SULTANOVA - Cambridge
‚Zikr Arra’ of Hodja Ahmad Yassavi: Metrical Interplay in Ceremonial Performance

15.30 Tea & Coffee break

16.00 6. Session

ALLA SOKOLOVA - Maikop / Adygeya
Free and Regular Metric in the Traditional Male Bordun-singing of the Adyge

ARZIYAT ANZAROKOVA - St. Petersburg
The Free-rhythmic Component of the Vocal Part in the Context of the Instrumental Dance Tradition of
Turkish Adyge

JANOS SIPOS - Budapest
Free-metric Singing among Azerbaijani and Karachay People

Evening : Dinner in a restaurant nearby

Saturday, May 29, 20a 10; Venue: Silberlaube

09.30 7. Session

FEZA TANSUG - Istanbul
Anatolian Vocal Traditions of Singing in Free Meter

HANDE SAGLAM - Vienna
Musical Differences Between Alevi and Sunni‚Âsık’-s in Region Sivas

AYHAN EROL - Izmir
As a Desired Quality of ‚Uzun Hava’ in Turkish Folk Music: ‚Yanık’ (scorched)

11.00 Tea & Coffee break

11.30 Walk to the Ethnological Museum Berlin-Dahlem;
Introduction into the Collections of the Berlin
Phonogramm-Archiv by Dr. Susanne Ziegler

13.00 Lunch at the Cafeteria of the Museum

14.00 Business Meeting of the ICTM SG

15.00 Final discussion

16.00 End of the 2nd Meeting of the ICTM SG
“Music of the Turkic-speaking World”

16.00 Additional program : Guided tours in the City

20.00 Additional program : proposals for cultural events,
like visits of concerts, etc.; guided return to the hotel

Sunday, May 30, 2010 : 09.30 -12.00 Departure

Freie Universität Berlin
Institut für Turkologie
Schwendenerstraße 33
14 195 Berlin
Tel.: +49-30-838 53 955
Fax: +49-30-838 53 823
The conference will be sponsored by the Fritz Thyssen Foundation.
Freie Universität Berlin
Henry-Ford-Bau, I. Stock,
Senatssaal
Garystr. 35
14195 Berlin

Freie Universität Berlin
Silberlaube
Habelschwerdter Allee 45,
Straße J 24/22
14195 Berlin
Ethnologisches Museum,
Abt. Musikethnologie,
Medien-Technik,
Phonogramm-Archiv
Arnimallee 27
14195 Berlin

fotos : © Dorit Klebe
graphic-design : Karin Huhn