Central European Musicians and the Birth of French Piano Virtuosity

International Conference 

CENTRAL EUROPEAN MUSICIANS AND THE BIRTH OF FRENCH PIANO VIRTUOSITY

Rome, Istituto Storico Austriaco and Villa Medici

11-13 October 2012 

Call for paper: luigiboccherini.org/frenchvirtuosity.html 

Organized by: Centro Studi Opera Omnia Luigi Boccherini, Lucca/Pistoia; Istituto Storico Austriaco, Roma; Acadèmie de France Rome - Villa Medici 

In association with: Palazzetto Bru Zane - Centre de musique romantique française, Venice; Haute École de Musique de Genève.

Scientific Committee:

Richard Bösel, Rome

Rémy Campos, Genève/Paris

Éric de Chassey, Rome

Alexandre Dratwicki, Venice

Pierre Goy, Genève/Fribourg

Roberto Illiano, Lucca

Annick Lemoine, Rome

Fulvia Morabito, Lucca

Massimiliano Sala, Pistoia

Rohan H. Stewart-MacDonald, Leominster (UK)

Keynote Speakers

Leon Plantinga (Yale University, New Haven, CT)

Rémy Campos (Haute École de Musique de Genève /

Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris)

Pierre Goy (Haute École de Musique de Genève /HEMU, Vaud Valais Fribourg)

The official languages of the conference will be English, French and Italian. Papers selected will be published in a miscellaneous volume.

All proposals should be emailed to operaomnia at luigiboccherini.org by no later than Sunday 25 April 2012.