The 21st Century Guitar
VIRTUAL CONFERENCE 2021: MARCH 22-26, 2021
UNCONVENTIONAL APPROACHES TO PERFORMANCE, COMPOSITION AND RESEARCH UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA, PORTUGAL
The 21st Century Guitar (21cguitar.com)

The 2nd edition of the international interdisciplinary conference The 21st Century Guitar will be hosted VIRTUALLY from March 22-26, 2021 by the Centre for the Study of the Sociology and Aesthetics of Music (CESEM) of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities of Universidade NOVA de Lisboa (NOVA FCSH) in collaboration with the International Guitar Research Centre (IGRC, University of Surrey). Memorial University and the Canadian Music Centre. It will take place in the Colégio Almada Negreiros at NOVA’s Campolide Campus (due to COVID the conference will be held virtually).
The goal of this edition is to bring together academics, composers and performers from different fields who are interested in unconventional approaches to guitar research, sound production, composition, performance and pedagogy.
KEYNOTES & SPECIAL GUESTS
KEYNOTE 1: MARCH 23, 2021
PASCALE CRITON & CAROLINE DELUME
MICROTUNINGS, COMPLEXITY, VARIABILITY : A NEW SOUND MAP FOR THE GUITAR LIVESTREAM – 13:30 UTC – SCHEDULE LINK

PASCALE CRITON
Freelance composer

CAROLINE DELUME
Professor of Sight Reading for Guitarists at Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris
Professor of Guitar and Improvisation at Conservatoire de Versailles Grand Parc
KEYNOTE 2: MARCH 25, 2021
ELENA CÀSOLI & MAURIZIO PISATI
LARGO TESO: THE 7STUDI BY MAURIZIO PISATI
LIVESTREAM – 13:45 UTC – SCHEDULE LINK

ELENA CÀSOLI
Professor of Guitar, New Music Interpretation and Chamber Music at Bern University of the Arts

MAURIZIO PISATI
Professor of Composition and Analysis at Conservatorio G. B. Martini, Bologna
Leader of CSR-centro studi e ricerche and INCROCIlab and pactaSOUNDzon
SPECIAL GUESTS:
MARCH 22, 2021:
Hiraeth: Manuel de Falla, Andrés Segovia, and the politics of nostalgia
LIVESTREAM – 16:00 UTC – SCHEDULE LINK

STEPHEN GOSS
Chair of Composition and Director of the International Guitar Research Centre at University of Surrey
Professor of Guitar at the Royal Academy of Music, London

MILTON MERMIKIDES
Reader in Music at University of Surrey
Guitar Professor at Royal College of Music, London