Times are given in local conference time (JST).
Program Overview:| Tuesday, 26 May 2026: Workshops & Opening |
| Wednesday, 27 May 2026: Conference Day 1 |
| Thursday, 28 May 2026: Conference Day 2 |
| Friday, 29 May 2026: Unconference & Community Meeting |
Tika Simone
Iverna Island, CanadaCarlos Cancino-Chacón1, Jiyun Park2, Silvan Peter1, Yigitcan Özer3, Suhit Chiruthapudi1
1: Johannes Kepler University Linz, AustriaAnna Plaksin1, David M. Weigl2, Werner Goebl2
1: KreativInstitut.OWL, Paderborn University, GermanyFrithjof Bömcke-Vollmer2, Silvan Peter1, Patricia Hu1, Yucong Jiang3, Carlos Cancino-Chacón1, Werner Goebl4, Lars Engeln2, Andreas Münzmay2, Johannes Hentschel5, David M. Weigl4, Axel Berndt2
1: Johannes Kepler University, AustriaMasatoshi Hamanaka1, Gou Koutaki2
1: RIKEN, JapanLaurent Pugin, Andrew Hankinson
RISM Digital Center, SwitzerlandTorsten Roeder, Fabian C. Moss
Universität Würzburg, GermanyLocation: First Forum (B1)
Location: First Forum (B1)
Ingrida Alondere
Vilnius city municipality choir Jauna Muzika, LithuaniaDavid M. Weigl1, Chanda VanderHart2, Werner Goebl1
1: mdw – University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, AustriaJessica Grimmer1, Joshua Neumann2, Tim Duguid3
1: University of Maryland, United States of AmericaNico Schüler
Texas State University, United States of AmericaLocation: First Forum (B1)
Tobias Bachmann, Anna Plaksin, Adrian Nachtwey
Paderborn UniversityEgor Polyakov, Martin Pfleiderer, Pia Steuck
University of Music FRANZ LISZT WeimarTim Eipert, Adrian Nachtwey
University of Würzburg, Paderborn UniversityRafael Ramirez
UPF BarcelonaJohannes Hentschel, Emmanouil Karystinaios, Gerhard Widmer, Markus Neuwirth
ABU & JKU, LinzBofan Ma, Hongshuo Fan, David De Roure, Emily Howard, Wiebke Thormählen
RNCM Manchester, Texas A&M University, University of OxfordRisa Kobayashi, Nami Iino, Masaki Matsubara
University of Tsukuba, Seitoku University, RIKENAnne Schmid, Torsten Roeder
University of WürzburgKun Fang, Ziyu Wang, Ichiro Fujinaga
McGill University, NYU, MbZUAISilke Reich
Goethe University FrankfurtXinhui Liu, Zeming Li
MacauDavid Rizo, Laurent Pugin, Cristina Alís-Raurich, Martha Thomae Elías, Eliseo Fuentes-Martínez, Jorge Calvo-Zaragoza
University of Alicante, RISM Digital, CESEM LisbonNicholas Harley, Geraint Wiggins
BrusselsClemens von Cramon, Joshua Neumann
Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur MainzMai Takahashi, Michikazu Kobayashi, Ikki Ohmukai
Kyoto University, Kochi University, University of TokyoAnne Ferger, Leonie Hofstetter, Aleksander Marcic
Paderborn UniversityNami Iino, Akinaru Iino
University of Tsukuba, RIKEN, NiigataEmiliano Ricciardi, Craig Sapp
Amherst College, Stanford UniversityKosuke Suzuki, Toshie Matsui
Toyohashi University of TechnologyJan-Martin Gebert
Columbia UniversityLocation: First Forum (B1)
dr. Imantas Jonas Šimkus
Kaunas University of Technology, LithuaniaAnna Plaksin, William Lepp, Annabelle Mueller, Nils Jesse Schäfer, Sophie Stremel
Paderborn University, GermanyLiang Lee
National Taiwan Normal University, TaiwanShintaro Seki
RIKEN, JapanLocation: First Forum (B1)
Johannes Kepper1, Richard Sänger2
1: Beethovens Werkstatt, Paderborn University, GermanyWerner Goebl1, David M. Weigl1, Iacopo Cividini2, Laurent Pugin3
1: University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, AustriaAlexander Nguyen1,2, Nikolaos Beer2
1: Institute for Music Informatics and Musicology, Karlsruhe University of Music, GermanyLiam Pond1,2, Tace McNamara3, Ichiro Fujinaga1,2
1: McGill UniversityLocation: First Forum (B1)
Adam Štefunko1, Carlos Eduardo Cancino-Chacón2, Jan Hajič jr.1
1: Charles University, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Czech Republic (Czechia)Joshua Stutter
Newcastle University, United KingdomYifan Huang, Eto Sun, Ichiro Fujinaga
McGill University, CanadaKarim Ratib
Not affiliated, CanadaLocation: First Forum (B1)
Erik Bergwall1, Marnix van Berchum2
1: Uppsala University, SwedenDaniel Jettka, Hizkiel Alemayehu, Daniel Röwenstrunk, Kristin Herold
Universität Paderborn, GermanyJulia Maria Jaklin1, Henning Burghoff2, David M. Weigl3
1: TU WienAndrew Hankinson, Rodolfo Zitellini, Laurent Pugin
RISM Digital Center, SwitzerlandLocation: First Forum (B1)
Hanwen Zhang1, Lele Liu2, Ichiro Fujinaga1
1: McGill University, CanadaSilvan Peter, Patricia Hu, Gerhard Widmer
Johannes Kepler University, AustriaAnıl Çamcı, Zeynep Özcan
University of MichiganSuhit Chiruthapudi1, Adam Štefunko2, Silvan Peter1, Patricia Hu1, Jan Hajič jr.2, Carlos Eduardo Cancino-Chacón1
1: Institute of Computational Perception, Johannes Kepler University, AustriaMark Saccomano
Paderborn University, GermanyPatricia Hu, Silvan Peter, Gerhard Widmer
Institute of Computational Perception, Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria, AustriaLocation: First Forum (B1)
Christina Crowder, Clara Byom
Klezmer Institute, United States of AmericaSpeaker Bio:
Christina has been performing and researching Jewish music for thirty years, beginning in Budapest, Hungary in 1993 as a founding member of Di Naye Kapelye, and continuing with a Fulbright grant to Romania to document Jewish music in 1999, and since 2002 with an active research, teaching, and performing career in the US. She is Executive Director of the Klezmer Institute, which has been awarded three NEH Grants for Institute projects (2021-2025). Christina lives in New Haven, Connecticut, and performs with the Zamlers Trio. She also performs with Michael Winograd and the Honorable Mentschen, the Dave Levitt Klezmer Trio and many others. She has been a guest instructor in klezmer accordion and ensemble performance in the US, Canada, and Europe, and was both musical director and performer in the 2019 Oregon Shakespeare Festival and the 2020 ART Portland productions of the Broadway play “Indecent.” With the Klezmer Institute, Christina edited the Levitt Legacy music folio, is curating a player folio of KMDMP music, and has led KMDMP artist residency programs in Arizona, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Mexico, Oregon, Washington, France, and Belgium.
Annual meeting for the Music Encoding Initiative community.