Aim and Scope

The 14th International Symposium celebrates the 40th anniversary of Hisarlı Ahmet’s death, this time with the theme Memory, Space and Music, organically associated with his folk music heritage.

Symbol of Kütahya city, Hisalı Ahmet is directly related to the concepts of memory and space by performing local folk songs in an original style, faithfully preserving their essence and propagating the vitality of the regional tradition.

The relation of memory and space can be done from various perspectives, as both concepts exist in distint contexts, and they represent aspects of our undestanding and interprepretation of the world we interact with. However, with Industry 5.0, all the boundaries of the concepts of memory and space, from the conditions of storing and transmitting information to the spatial perceptions determined by virtual environments, entered a continuous process of change. Contrasting the solid world, well-defined structures and stable social institutions of the past; the period in which we live according to Zygmunt Bauman is defined as liquid modernity, marked by change, uncertainty and instability.

Following the tradition of focusing on human and society, the 14th International Hisarlı Ahmet Symposium is honored to invite all academics to investigate how music and musicians act and adapt in the liquid world of human life, and how they interact in within the vast concepts of memory and space.

Subtopics

  • category Acoustics
  • category Perception
  • category Composition
  • category Brain and Music
  • category Philosophy of Science and Physics
  • category Individualism and Collectivism
  • category Instruments Technology
  • category Online Media Cognition
  • category Electroacoustic System Design
  • category Industry 5.0
  • category Different Learners
  • category Film and Music
  • category City and Public Space Relationship
  • category Musical History and Cultures of Cities
  • category Individual and Family Memory
  • category Cultural Planning
  • category Chronology and Anachrology
  • category Music Education
  • category Music Museums and Collections
  • category Music Production and Design
  • category Popular Music and Cultural Memory
  • category Virtual Environment
  • category Design and Music Relationship
  • category Artificial Intelligence
  • category Performance

14th Symposium Gallery

  • Hisarlı Ahmet was commemorated at his grave by the Symposium team on the 40th anniversary of his death...
  • The Symposium team is in the Kütahya Train Station square, in front of the Hisarlı Ahmet statue made by the President of the Kütahya Fine Arts Association - Symposium Executive Board Member and Sculpture Artist Mr. Mustafa Kemal Altınsoy (second from the left)...
  • A shot from the 14th Symposium Opening Ceremony. Mustafa Hisarlı, son of Hisarlı Ahmet, makes his speech.
  • The historic handover ceremony at the Symposium Opening Ceremony. Uğur Türkmen, who has been the chairman of the symposium organizing committee for 14 years.He is transferring his duty to Filiz Yıldız, who is also the secretary of the 14th Symposium.
  • Opening Ceremony of 14th Symposium
  • The concert of the Opening Ceremony of 14th Symposium...
  • Speeches of Kütahya Dumlupınar University Rector Prof Dr Süleyman KIZILTOPRAK at the Opening Ceremony
  • Speeches of Kütahya Health Sciences University Rector Prof. Dr. Ahmet TEKİN at the Opening Ceremony
  • Speeches of the President of Kütahya Fine Arts Association Mustafa Kemal ALTINSOY at the Opening Ceremony
  • Speeches of Prof. Dr. Lilian Maria Tonella TÜZÜN, the chair of the scientific committe of the 14th Symposium, at the Opening Ceremony
  • Thank you speech by Mr. Nafi Güral, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Kütahya Porselen Inc., after the Symposium Symbol presented to him by Mustafa Hisarlı (right) at the Symposium Opening Ceremony for his valuable contributions to the symposium.
  • At the Symposium Opening Ceremony, Kütahya Deputy Mayor Mr. Haşim Ertekin (right) presented the Symposium Certificate to businessman Mr. Nihat Delen for his valuable contributions to the Symposium…
  • Short speech made by Mustafa Hisarlı, son of Hisarlı Ahmet, at the Opening Ceremony.
  • In the lobby after the 14yh Symposium Opening Ceremony.
  • From the 14th Symposium Opening Conference. Invited speaker Ersin Antep, while giving his speech titled 'The Space of Music is the Work'...
  • The artworks from the group exhibition that lasted throughout the Symposium
  • The artworks from the group exhibition that lasted throughout the Symposium
  • From Mustafa Hisarlı's conversation on the first day...
  • From the first day sessions: The chair of session Fırat Kutluk and speakers...
  • From the sessions: The chair of session Metin Baş and speakers...
  • From the sessions: The chair of session Emel Funda Türkmen and speakers...
  • From the sessions: The chair of session Lilian Maria Tonella Tüzün and speakers...
  • From the sessions: The chair of session Dilek Zerenler and speakers...
  • The conversation (music performance) of Mustafa Hisarlı on the first day of 14th Symposium...

Program

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Abstracts Book

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Invited Speakers

Ersin Antep
Marcus Alessi Bittencourt
Panayiotis Kokoras

Chair of Scientific Board

Lilian Maria Tonella Tüzün

Scientific Committee

Lilian M. Tonella Tüzün (Chair)

Anadolu University (Turkey)

Alev Fatoş Parsa

Ege University (Turkey)

Bahadır Çokamay

Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University (Turkey)

Bertan Rona

Afyon Kocatepe University (Turkey)

Dilek Zerenler

Selçuk University (Turkey)

Duygu Sökezoğlu Atılgan

Afyon Kocatepe University (Turkey)

Elif Özbek

Anadolu University (Turkey)

Erhan Tekin

Hatay University (Turkey)

Ersan Çiftçi

Malatya Turgut Özal University (Turkey)

Felipe Magdaleno

Wisconsin University (United States of America)

Filipe Pinto Ribeiro

Bragança ClassicFest (Portugal)

Flavio Apro

State University of Parana at Maringa (Brazil)

Göktan Ay

İstanbul Teknik University (Turkey)

Hanafi Hussin

Malaya University (Malaysia)

Junrong Ban

Nanjing University (China)

Kadir Güler

Dumlupınar University (Turkey)

Levent Mercin

Dumlupınar University (Turkey)

Malgorzata Zarebinska

University of Rzeszow (Poland)

Marcos Alessi Bitencourt

State University at Maringa (Brazil)

Nilgün Sazak

Sakarya University (Turkey)

Oğuz Karakaya

Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University (Turkey)

Oscar Macchioni

University of North Texas (United States of America)

Osman Demirbaş

Işık University (Turkey)

Özge Gülbey Usta

Ege University (Turkey)

Selin Oyan Küpeli

Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University (Turkey)

Thank You For Your Contribution

  • Republic of Turkey Minister of Culture and Tourism, Mehmet Nuri Ersoy
  • Governor of Kütahya, Musa Işın
  • Mayor of Kütahya, Eyüp Kahveci
  • Rector of Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Prof. Dr. R. Cüneyt Erenoğlu
  • Rector of Anadolu University, Prof. Dr. Fuat Erdal
  • Rector of Afyon Kocatepe University, Prof.Dr. Mehmet Karakaş
  • Rector of Dulumpınar University, Prof.Dr. Süleyman Kızıltoprak
  • Rector of Kütahya Health Sciences University, Prof.Dr. Ahmet Tekin
  • Director of Kütahya Provincial of National Education, Hasan Başyiğit
  • President of Kütahya Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Esin Güral Argat
  • Director of Kütahya Provincial Culture and Tourism, Zekeriya Ünal
  • Director of Kütahya Municipality's Culture and Social Affairs, Yıldırım Akgül
  • Director of Kütahya Ahmet Yakupoğlu Fine Arts High School, Mustafa Demir
  • Kütahya Fine Arts Association
  • Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University State Conservatory
  • Afyon Kocatepe University State Conservatory
  • Association of Culture and Art of Kutahya for Mevlana Researches
  • Afyon Kocatepe University State Conservatory Alumni Association
  • Çatık Mining Company, İsmet Çatık (MAIN SPONSOR)
  • Kütahya Seramik, Nafi Güral
  • Delen Trade Company Inc., Nihat Delen
  • Kırdar Bilgiören College, Rafet Kırdar
  • Kaşi Ahmet Tile Ceramic Company, Ahmet Özmutaf
  • Başkent Music Store
  • İzge Publication