Music Research Today 2026

[Stefan Östersjö]

Dear all, 

Organized by the Swedish Society of Music Research, the Music Research Today 2026 conference is held on October 7th - 9th at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm, under the theme of Musical Performance. 

Thematic approaches, within the area of Musical Performance, can for example include the following: 

● Musical expertise and interaction, gesture research, improvisation, performance praxis and technologies for music creation, such as augmented and intelligent instruments ● Music research on and in higher music education, such as: ○ Methodological development in the education of musicians ○ Practice-based music theory ○ The higher music education’s history and future, and music research as an institutional critique. ● Phonogram, recording and sound production ● Performative perspectives in historical musicology ● Historical and sociological perspectives on musical practices and the institutions of musical life ● Cross-disciplinary perspectives on musicians’ health ● Multimodal methods in music research on performative practices ● Inclusion in higher music education and research

Deadline for abstracts is May 1st. 

For further information please follow this link to the call for proposals:

https://musikforskning.se/sites/default/files/styrelseprotokoll/MusikforskningIdag-2026_CfP-en-1.pdf

Many thanks,

All best wishes!
Stefan Östersjö, head of the Swedish Society of Music research

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Stefan Östersjö, PhD

Chaired professor of Musical Performance at Luleå University of Technology, Piteå School of Music

email: stefan....@ltu.se