About IRMC
The International Rast Music Congress (IRMC) is an annually organized, traditional academic event held in both online and in-person formats. Its primary aim is to become a central platform for the discussion and dissemination of music research worldwide.
IRMC aspires to be the foremost global platform for music research, facilitating meaningful dialogue, collaboration, and innovation in the field.
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IRMC Scientific Comittee
Chair
Assoc.Prof.Dr. Gvantsa Ghvinjilia
Advisory Board
Prof.Dr.Walter Zev Feldman
Prof. Dr. Scott Smith
Prof. Dr. Alicia Marvella
Asst. Prof.Dr. Pooyan Azadeh
Vice Chair
Asst.Prof.Dr. Fırat Altun
Asst.Prof. Krenar Doli
Assoc.Prof. Dr. Yakup Açar
Scientific Board Members
Assoc.Prof.Dr. Sehrana Kasimi
Assoc.Prof.Dr. Hüseyin Yılmaz
Assoc.Prof. Rreze Kreyziu-Breznica
Assoc.Prof. Günay Mammadova
Asst.Prof.Dr. Emir Değirmenli
Asst.Prof.Dr. Andre Indrawan
Asst. Prof.Dr. Mehmet Alan
Prof. Dr. Peter Körner
Asst.Prof.Dr. Adam Stanoviç
Gvantsa Ghvinjilia is a musicologist, a member of the Georgian Composers' Union, an Associate Professor at the Tbilisi State Conservatoire, and the Chair of its Dissertation Board. She is also a guest lecturer at the Shota Rustaveli Theatre and Film Georgia State University. She is a scholarship recipient of composer Zakaria Paliashvili and the President of Georgia. She holds a guest senior lecturer position at Shota Rustaveli Theatre and Cinema Tbilisi State University. Dr. Ghvinjilia was a jury member for the prestigious Tsinandali Awards in 2022
From 2006 to 2013, she held the roles of PR Manager and Head of the Literary Department at the Tbilisi Zakaria Paliashvili Opera and Ballet State Theatre. Her research interests encompass interdisciplinary research, transcultural studies, multimedia music, and AI-generated music. Within the framework of the Erasmus+ "Mobility+" program, she participated in working visits to Belgium, France, Poland, and Sweden. She regularly takes part in national and international conferences. Gvantsa Ghvinjilia is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Music Theory and Transcultural Music Studies and the Journal for Interdisciplinary Art and Education. She is also a managing editor of the Rast Musicology Journal. In addition, she serves as the Chair of the Rast Music Congress and the International Symposium on Interdisciplinary and Progressive Arts & Education.
Last publication: The Evolution of Music and Musician Students' Views on Ethical Dilemmas Related to Transhumanistic Music — https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/rastmd/issue/92822/1684433
ResearchGate profile: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Gvantsa-Ghvinjilia?ev=hdr_xprf
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=JvTcsEoAAAAJ&hl=en
Website: https://gvantsaghvinjilia.com/
Dr. Orkun Zafer Ozgelen
Prof.Dr. Azatgul Tashmatova
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