International Conference “Commonness, Specificity, Genesis and Development of Eurasia’s Monophonic Traditions”

The Online Journal “Music of Eurasia. Traditions and the Present”

Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory

Nazib Zhiganov Kazan State Conservatory

Mussorgsky Ural State Conservatory

Topical areas and topics:

1. Initial constructs of the formation of monophonic traditions in Eurasia

• • the unison: its purpose, universality of its manifestation as a form of collective unity and unanimity, various forms of its institutionalization;

• • the solo music-making: its origins and purpose; universality of its existence; types and forms of its implementation;

• • the relationship between unison (choral, instrumental) and solo forms of music-making in various monophonic traditions of Eurasia;

• • artistic potential for the development of the main types of monophony, special features of its formation and implementation.

2. Theoretical aspects of defining the monophony as a phenomenon

• • various approaches and theoretical concepts;

• • a special way of thinking;

• • a type of music-making;

• • the semantic prevalence of the line;

• • issues of multidimensionality of the monophonic way of thinking;

• • the dominating principle of the monophony;

• • problems of classifying the types of monophony;

• • monophony as a developing artistic system;

• • problems of defining the transitional forms between monophony and polyphony.

3. Monophony of the East

• • problems of its genesis and specificity;

• • its regional, national, and genre characteristics;

• • types and forms of monophony in Eastern religious traditions;

• • special features of the formation and development of its professional traditions;

• • today’s compositions in the context of the monophony of the East.

4. Church monophony in Western Europe

• • its Eastern (Middle-Eastern) origins;

• • their transformation and diversification westward and northward;

• • the principles of their structural organization and functioning.

5. Church monophony in Russia

• • its Byzantine and other origins;

• • their transformation;

• • the principles of their structural organization and functioning.

6. Modal structures in monophonic traditions of different types and origins

• • their common and distinct features;

• • problems of their methodology and techniques of analysis;

• • the general theory of monophonic mode in the context of the universals of thought and perception.

7. Monophonic formal structures in the oeuvre of Eurasia’s composers

• • the experience of the reception of traditional monophony in the context of the genres of academic music;

• • various authors’ interpretations of monophonic models;

• • monophony in the subject-like segments of various formal structures.

Applications for participation in the conference have to be forwarded by 10 September 2026 the latest
to mieatis@mail.ru.

The subject line has to say: “Conference: Monophonic Traditions of Eurasia”

The event will be held in the Conference Hall of Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory.

The application has to include information about the speaker, the topic of his/her paper, and an abstract (from
2000 to 2500 characters long), as well as an indication of the presentation format: either in-person or online.