5th IRMC Congress Program
29 November 2025, Saturday
Central European Time (CET)
Zoom link
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86563968879?pwd=zMzJajy747V47kxtkPGvvwgIQ74itd.1
09.30-09.40 Registration
09.40-10.00 Opening Speech
Congress Organization Committee Chair: Dr. Hasan Said Tortop, Young Wise Publishing, UK
Host of IRMC-Institute of Albanology: Asst. Prof. Dr. Krenar Doli
Congress Chair: Assoc. Prof. Gvantsa Ghvinjilia, Vano Sarajishvili Tbilisi State Conservatoire, Georgia
10.00-11.00 1st Day 1st Keynote Speech: Prof. Dr. Stefan Lorenz Sorgner
Leisure in Posthuman times
Prof. Dr. Stefan Lorenz Sorgner
11.00-11.15 Session Break
1st Day – 1st Session: Session Chair: Assoc.Prof.Dr. Rreze Kryeziu-Breznica
11.15-12.45 Proceeding Presentation:
Do we still need harmony? Personal reflections on the crisis of contemporary studies of music harmony
Dr. Dr Nikola Komatović
Kosova’s traditional sounds
Assist. Prof. Dr. Valon Shkodra
Music, technology, and humanity: a decolonial artistic framework for reclaiming African intangible heritage
Nana Amowee Dawson
Characteristics of Tarzan Kamil Ahmedov in instrumental mugham teaching
Assist. Prof. Dr. Telman Ganiyev and Assist. Prof. Dr. Afaq Ganiyeva
12.45-13.00 Session Break
The introduction of the Journal of Music Theory and Transcultural Music Studies (JMTTMS)
Editor-in-Chief- Assoc. Prof. Gvantsa Ghvinjilia
13.00-13.45 1st Day 2nd Keynote Speech: Prof. Baiba Jaunslaviete
Concept of musical dichotomy and its manifestations in 20th- and 21st-century music
Prof. Baiba Jaunslaviete
13.45-14.00 Session Break
The introduction of the Journal of Kosovo Music and Culture (JKMC)
Assoc. Editor- Assoc. Prof. Rreze Kryeziu-Breznica
1st Day – 2nd Session: Session Chair: Assist.Prof.Dr. Krenar Doli
14.00-15.30 Proceeding Presentation:
Humana as an important part of the aheng in city of Gjakova
Assist. Prof. Dr. Krenar Doli
Comparative analysis of Uzbek and Chinese national musical instruments
Prof. Dr. Azatgul Rakhimovna Tashmatova
«The Fifth Kharkiv»: from dream to mission. Public musicology in wartime: meanings and action
Dr. Yuliia Nikolaievska
The influence of improvisation on Chopin’s Piano Concerto Op. 21
Dr. Izabela Jutrzenka-Trzebiatowska
15.30-16.00 Session Break
The introduction of the Journal of Turkish Organology (JTO)
Editor-in-Chief- Asst.Prof.Dr. Emir Değirmenli
1st Day – 3rd Session: Session Chair: Assoc.Prof.Dr. Besa Luzha
16.00-17.30 Proceeding Presentation:
The Demystifying Chopin’s Préludes Op. 28: Thoughts on a musical genre of the late 18th and early 19th centuries and its theoretical contexts
Dr. Stephan Lewandowski
Building cultural bridges: ChopinPianoFEST Prishtina as a platform for participation, inclusion, and human connection through music
Assoc.Prof.Dr. Besa Luzha
The role of human senses in ınstrument making: traditional craftsmanship and modern acoustic analysis of string instruments
Assist.Prof.Dr. Emir Değirmenli
Al Teuta: The reconstruction of an Illyrian linguistic and musical culture
Asst.Prof. Liburn Jupolli and Prof. Bardh Rugova
Article introduction: “Environmental activism and music: An environmental communication perspective on Gojira and its Turkish audience”
Özgür Polat
17.45 Closing
November 30, 2025 Sunday
Central European Time (CET)
Zoom link
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88072426922?pwd=kMOrsw3bLCRxgcxpnoTRzUQak3jKxG.1
10.30 Opening
10.30-11.30 2nd Day 3rd Keynote Speech: Prof. Marianna Chernyavska
Decolonization of music education in Ukraine: The wartime experience of Kharkiv musicians
Prof. Marianna Chernyavska
11.30-12.00 Session Break
The introduction of the Rast Muzikoloji Dergisi (RMD)
Editor-in-Chief- Asst. Prof. Dr. Fırat Altun
2nd Day – 4th Session: Session Chair: Assoc. Prof. Sehrana Kasimi
12.00-13.30 Proceeding Presentation:
The expression of humanity through the motif of Besa [word of honour] in Albanian songs
Dr. Angjelina Hamza Hasanaj
A Musical Evaluation of the Works of Aşık Sadık Doğanay
Asst. Prof. Dr. Cevahir Karaca
Scientific analysis of the musical culture of Turkic-Speaking peoples: problems and perspectives
Assoc. Prof. Sehrana Kasimi
Underrepresented twice: spotlighting unknown soviet viola repertoire by female composers and ethnic minorities
Nethanel Pollak
13.30-14.00 Session Break
14.00-15.00 2nd Day 2nd Keynote Speech: Prof. Wojciech M. Marchwica
A The rock music in Poland in the 1980s – a forerunner of cultural changes after the collapse of the Soviet system in Poland
Prof. Wojciech M. Marchwica
15.00-15.15 Session Break
2nd Day – 5th Session: Session Chair: Assoc.Prof.Dr. Rreze Kryeziu-Breznica
15.15-16.45 Proceeding Presentation:
The composer’s inner voice as a bridge between musical creation and human experience
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Rreze Kryeziu-Breznica and Dea Ahma
Zeqirja Ballata: style and creative identity
Jetmir Zaganjori and Assoc. Prof. Silvana Skënderi
Some features of the structure of the concerto for voice and orchestra "Fabule – 4" by F.Yanov-Yanovsky
Mashkhura Rajabova
Radif of Iranian music for piano
Assist. Prof. Dr. Pooyan Azadeh
From science fiction to reality: exploring a new paradigm in music education through the metaverse
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Gvantsa Ghvinjilia
16.45-16.55 5th Rast Music Awards Announcement
Hasan Said Tortop
16.45-17.00 Session Break
17.00-18.00 2nd Day 3rd Keynote Speech: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sylwia Makomaska
The power of Chopin’s music in marketing
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sylwia Makomaska
18.00-18:05 Closing Ceremony
Assoc. Prof. Gvantsa Ghvinjilia
