Vienna Talk 2010 on Music Acoustics "Bridging the Gaps"      September 19–21

Welcome

On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Institute of Musical Acoustics (Wiener Klangstil) of the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna,  we are honoured to invite researchers, instrument makers, conservators and musicians to the Second Vienna Talk on Music Acoustics.

The idea, "Bridging the Gaps", means to focus on the dialogue between scientists, musicians, instrument makers and conservators. Scientists will be encouraged to present their papers in a generally understandable way, and instrument makers and musicians will be able to communicate their observations, hypotheses and problems to an interested scientific audience. This way, research might be directed towards new questions, while manufacturers, musicians, instrument conservators and collectors will have the opportunity to find answers and get access to new methods and tools.

The two-day symposium on music acoustics will start at 17:00 on Sunday, September 19th with a a keynote address, the poster craze and the welcome party at the campus of our university. The date has been chosen such that participants of the EAA EUROREGIO 2010 in Ljubliana can travel to Vienna directly after the conference there has closed.

The topical sessions will be scheduled for Monday, September 20th and Tuesday, September 21st from 8:30 until 18:30, including the oral and poster presenations, the keynote addresses and the coffee and lunch breaks.. Presentations will cover all aspects of music acoustics, particularly including the following fields:

• Special topic: Nonlinear effects in wind instruments (M. Campbell)
• Special topic: Wall vibrations and the sound of wind instruments (T. Moore, W. Kausel)
• Special topic: Optical imaging for musical acoustics (T. Rossing)
• Percussion instruments (T. Rossing)
• Singing voice (M. Kob, N. Amir)
• Stringed instruments (E. Schoonderwaldt)
• Timbre synthesis and perception (Chr. Reuter)
• Physical modeling, optimization and bore reconstruction
• Measurement and instrumentation technology for musical instruments
• Applications of musical sound analysis/synthesis including timbre perception (J. Beauchamp, S. Carral)
• Music performance and playing technique (W. Goebl, G. Widmer)
• Acoustics and organology (St. Carter, H. Vereecke)

Abstract submission and registration is now closed. The extended abstract submission ended on May 31th.

The detailed Vienna Talk Conference Programme is now online.