Appel de conférences pour le colloque « Pierre Boulez Centenary in Cleveland: « Boulez in America » », Cleveland State University, 13-16 novembre 2025.

« In partnership with the Cleveland Orchestra and the Cleveland Museum of Art, the School of Music at Cleveland State University celebrates Pierre Boulez’s centenary on the weekend of November 13 to 16, 2025. Planned are a scholarly conference, a chamber music concert dedicated to Boulez’s music, an exhibition displaying manuscripts, letters, and photographs, and a panel discussion with musicians and colleagues who had worked with Boulez.

Cleveland is the ideal place to celebrate Boulez’s life and his work, as Cleveland deemed to be a pivotal city in North America for his career. Boulez cultivated close ties to Cleveland, especially to the Cleveland Orchestra of whom he was the Principal Guest Conductor from 1969 to 1971. He further held annual residencies at the Cleveland Orchestra from 1992 to 2006, debuted his conducting career in the United States with this orchestra in 1965, and completed with the Cleveland Orchestra a series of legendary recordings for Deutsche Grammophon. He was further awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the Cleveland Institute of Music in 2005.

For the scholarly conference, which will take place at Cleveland State University from Thursday, November 13 to Saturday, November 15, we invite contributors to submit papers on any topics concerning Boulez. While papers on sketch studies and score analyses are welcomed, we are especially interested in receiving proposals with historical and socio-cultural approaches shedding light, in a broader sense, on « Boulez in America. » »

Date limite de soumission : 15 mai 2025.

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