ART AND EDUCATION 

 

International Conference

 

ICAE 2026

 

 

 

 

FROM SOUND TO SELF THROUGH INTERDISCIPLINARY EDUCATION

 

The National Academy of Music Gheorghe Dima in Cluj-Napoca, in collaboration with the Cluj-Napoca Education Cluster C-EDU and the Romanian Society for Musical Education RoSME, organizes the ART AND EDUCATION International Conference FROM SOUND TO SELF THROUGH INTERDISCIPLINARY EDUCATION, the 18th edition, in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, May 6th-8th, 2026.

  • TOPICS of the conference:

Professional Musician Training: Education and Skills
a. Professional Music Education
b. Musician Training and Skill Development
c. Music in Higher Education

Bridging Theory and Practice: Research Methodologies in Music Education and Social Sciences

a. Research methodologies
b. Sociology of Music Education
c. Psychology of Music Education
d. Practice and research in integrated Music Education

 

Music and Music Technology
a. Music Technology
b. Digital Tools in Music Education
c. Technology-Enhanced Music Creation and Performance

Music as a Bridge: Community Engagement and Collective Expression
a. Community Music and Cultural Management
b. Leadership in Music Education
c. Copyright and specific legislation in the artistic field

ADDRESSABILITY: teaching staff from university and pre-university education, researchers, professionals and students in fields that fall under the general themes of the conference.

  • SECTIONS within the conference:

Interactive Workshops of Music Didactics

Workshop for Students in Management and Musical Entrepreneurship

Scientific Symposium

Information and Communication Technology in the Musical Field
Music Cognition
Management and Musical Entrepreneurship

Workshops

Music Therapy
Musical Entrepreneurship

Plenary sessions by:

Rafael Fernandez-Maximiano – University of Valencia
Joy Gravestock – University of the West of England, Bristol
Catherine Warner – University of the West of England, Bristol
Sissy Thammer – Young Artists Festival Bayreuth

 

CONFERENCE LANGUAGES: English and Romanian.

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: March 31st, 2026, e-mails This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. /  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  /  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

Conference participation fee- 30 euro; paper publication fee- 50 euro. Account National Academy of Music Gheorghe Dima, Cluj-Napoca RO43BTRL0130420291965603

 

Selected papers will be published in a conference volume:

       - Information and Communication Technologies in the Musical Field, indexed in WOS-ESCI, ERIH+, CEEOL, RILM

         http://tic.edituramediamusica.ro/

       - Music Cognition, indexed in RILM, CEEOL, EBSCO http://cognitiemuzicala.edituramediamusica.ro/

       - Romanian Journal of Music Management and Entrepreneurship https://www.maestro-journal.ro/

 

Location: National Academy of Music Gheorghe Dima, Bucium street no.2, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.