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Ethnomusicology is the study of the performance – music, dance and theatre – of the people of the world in its social and cultural contexts. Ethnomusicologists primarily employ ethnographic methods, whether their analytical focus is on performance details or on cultural contexts and social meanings. A dynamic discipline, ethnomusicology is persistently expanding, developing new ideas and practices.

21/09/2026

AUS DER FORSCHUNG!
From the Research Desk ! 🔎

Women in leadership roles are still underrepresented in Styrian brass bands, shaped by traditional gender roles, demanding volunteer work, and a lack of female role models. Yet many women take on these responsibilities out of their commitment to music and their communities, finding the experience both challenging and deeply rewarding.

Published in summer 2026, this article shows a glimpse of the broader Master research contucted by Bernadette Planner, a woman in a leadership position in a Styrian brass band herself.

Want to dive deeper into the findings? Check out the 2/2026 issue of VIERZEILER for the full article!
Additionally, further results from this project will be published in another academic journal soon - we'll let you know in time.

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We're happy to keep you updated on the exciting research happening at our institute.
Stay tuned! ✨️

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Kunstuni Graz (KUG)
steirisches_volksliedwerk

28/07/2026

The group from KUG‘s Gamelan Rara Saraswati is in Java on a study trip and helped to sponsor a wayang by Ki Purbo Asmoro in Surakarta. Li Purbo and his troop performed in Graz in 2023.
As foreign guests at the performance we were invited to sing something from Austria and so we sang the Austrian canon : Wenn der Frühling kommt. We also played some Javanese music in the middle third of the event.

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Kunstuni Graz (KUG)

02/07/2026

Semester endings are for recaps:

One major highlight in concluding this summer semester 2026 was again the Doctoral Forum, taking place 12–13 June. We were delighted to have four presenters from our Institute this time: Petra Andrenšek and Maria Kardash gave their first Doctoral Forum presentations, Sumedha Bhattacharyya delivered her second, and Talieh Wartner-Attarzadeh gave her final presentation before her rigorosum. We are more than proud of all of you and of the entire team at the Institute for Ethnomusicology, including all PhD students, supervisors, and colleagues.

We are especially happy to share that Talieh received the Best Practice Award from the KUG Doctoral School for PhD Program on this occasion – heartfelt congratulations on this well-deserved recognition!

And last but certainly not least, we were joined by our newest member adding ethno-vibes to the team and the world: our mascot Bruno the Cheetah (you will definitely see more of him soon!). 🐆

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24/06/2026

🎉 Semester End Party @ ethnomuskug 🎊

Let’s celebrate the end of the semester and the academic year in style! Join us for an evening of good music, great food, and awesome community-vibes.

On the program:
• Gamelan beleganjur
• Persian Singing with the Akademie
• Java Gamelan
• Mexican Marimba

✨ After the concert, there’ll be delicious food, snacks, drinks and a great party at our institute – guaranteed! 💯

📅 June 25, 2026
⏰ 6:00 PM
📍 Gamelan Room, Reiterkaserne
Leonhardstraße 82-84, 8010 Graz

See you there! 🙌✨

16/06/2026

Meet4Music präsentiert Gamelan aus Java mit Sarah Weiss - eine einzigartige Erfahrung!
Mittwoch 17. Juni um 17.00 Uhr in Zi 141 am Institut für Ethnomusikologie.
Achtung: das ist in der Reiterkaserne hinten im ersten Stock!
Alle sind willkommen!

15/06/2026

BEWEGTES KONZERT is coming up fast!

We warmly invite you to the "Bewegtes Konzert"!

Come along, listen, and move in whatever way feels right to you: dance, walk, sit, stand, or simply follow the sound. This concert is meant to be experienced without the need to sit still — it offers a space to feel the music, movement, and shared presence in your own unique way.

• Wednesday, 17 June 2026
• 19:00 (be around latest at 18:45)
• György-Ligeti-Saal, MUMUTH
• Free Entry - Registration required

Please register by email at: [email protected]

Note: There may also be open spots available at the door.

Feel free to spread the word and come by!
Kunstuni Graz KUG
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09/06/2026

𝕄𝕦𝕎𝕚 𝕒𝕜𝕥𝕦𝕖𝕝𝕝 @ DokForum

Friday, 12 June 2026 & Saturday, 13 June 2026

Ira-Malaniuk-Saal
Reiterkaserne

As many as four doctoral students from the Institute of Ethnomusicology are sharing their research at the DokForum Summer 2026.
With Maria Kardash and Petra Andrenšek, we welcome two first-time speakers who will introduce us to their topics.
Sumedha Bhattacharyya will provide insights into her progress during her second appearance, and
Talieh Wartner-Attarzadeh has already reached her final DokForum talk, where she will showcase her journey and results as she approaches the finish line of her doctoral journey.

Therefore, let's support all our this weekend and show up for the DokForum!

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05/06/2026

Lecture Workshop by Sumedha Bhattacharyya
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Wednesday, 10 June 2026
14:00, SR 150 (Reiterkaserne)
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GLIDING HISTORIES : Meend and the Choreomusical Memory of Kathak

Gliding Histories explores the concept of meend — the glide between notes in Hindustani music— as a framework for thinking through the oral musical memory of Kathak and its layered histories of sound, movement, and transmission. Meend in Kathak is also transition between two motifs.

Drawing from ethnomusicology, choreomusicology, embodied practice, and personal archival inquiry, this lecture-workshop examines how movement and music carry traces of continuity, silence, erasure, and inheritance within the form.

Situating Kathak within its interconnected histories of court performance, hereditary lineages, and the often-overlooked contributions of “tawaif” cultures, the session approaches the dance form as a living archive shaped through oral transmission, repetition, musicality, and embodied memory.

Central to the workshop is the figure of the courtesan woman embodying the interconnected artistic practice of poetry, music, gesture, rhythm, and dance existed not as separate disciplines, but as intertwined modes of knowledge-making and performance.

As a trained Kathak dancer working through intergenerational learning, the lecture workshop reflects on how dancers inherit histories through the body, often without direct access to the absences and silences embedded within national narratives. How do sound and movement remember what archives omit?

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📸 Sumedha Bhattacharyya

Kunstuni Graz KUG

02/06/2026

𝕄𝕦𝕎𝕚 𝕒𝕜𝕥𝕦𝕖𝕝𝕝

!! Thursday !!,
11.06.2026 - 11:30 Uhr - SR150

Dr. Rebeka Kunej (Institute of Ethnomusicology, ZRC SAZU, Ljubljana, Slovenia)
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Negotiating Dance Heritage in the Slovenian Countryside

This lecture examines how dance heritage is constructed, performed, and negotiated in a small Slovenian community. Focusing on a folk dance ensemble in Horjul, it explores the staged representation of heritage in the absence of extensive historical documentation. By contrasting ensemble performances with socially embedded dance practices at veselicas, the lecture analyses how ethnochoreological research contribute to local identity, ideas of tradition and contemporary heritage discourse.
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01/06/2026

🐆 The Cheetahs are awaiting you! 🐆

🗓 3 June 2026
🕰 13:30
📍SR150 Reiterkaserne, Leonhardstraße 82-84, 8010 Graz

Find the article here: https://ethnomusikologie.kug.ac.at/veranstaltungen/symposien-tagungen-konferenzen/cheetah-lounge-ss26

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📹 by Kathi Weinhappel
Edit by Julija Novosel (& Magdalena Maria Wolf)
In video also Rachel Ong Shu Ying)

Adresse

Leonhardstraße 82-84/I
Graz

Telefon

+433163893130

Webseite

https://ethnomusikologie.kug.ac.at/

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