30 September–3 October 2026
Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre, Central Building (Gedimino Ave. 42, Vilnius), Julius Juzeliūnas Spatial Sound Sphere (IIIrd floor)
Lithuanian Composers’ Union (A. Mickevičiaus st. 29, Vilnius)
Wednesday, 30 September
LMTA Julius Juzeliūnas Spatial Sound Sphere (Gedimino Ave. 42, Vilnius, 3rd floor)
12:30 Welcome words from Agustín Castilla-Ávila
PRESENTATIONS I (ONLINE)
Chair: Agustín Castilla-Ávila
12:45 Danilo Alvarado (BRA): “Microtonality and Performance in the Guitar Quartet Repertoire: A Comparative Analysis of The Thinker of the Small by Agustín Castilla-Ávila and Tuning Exercise No. 7 by Navid Bargrizan”
13:30 Christian Klinkenberg (BEL): “Sonascore: Integrating Microtonal Music Notation and Playback in a Contemporary Score Editor”|14:15 Pantelis Lykoudis (GRC): “Leroux-Adamek-Lévy: Microtonal Parallels in Homage to Gérard Grisey”
15:00–15:30 Coffee break
15:30 Luis da Costa (PRT): “Microtonal Expansions: the Different Techniques in Luís Neto da Costa’s Pieces from 2016 to 2021”
16:15 Ali Balighi (IRN): “Beyond Tonal Center: Shāhed, Modal Character and Pitch Organization in Microtonal Music”
17:00 Che (DEU): “Omnitonality, a Lecture-Demonstration”
17:45–19:00 break
CONCERT
The Lithuanian Composer’ Union (A. Mickevičiaus st. 29)
19:00 Kai and Andrus Kallastu (EST): LOOMINE JA LÕPP (“Creation and End”)
Thursday, 1 October
LMTA Julius Juzeliūnas Spatial Sound Sphere (Gedimino Ave. 42, Vilnius, 3rd floor)
9:30 Registration
10:00 Welcome words from Agustín Castilla-Ávila, Rūta Stanevičiūtė-Kelmickienė, Vytautas Germanavičius
PRESENTATIONS II
Chair: Agustín Castilla-Ávila
10:15 Hans-Gunter Lock (EST): “Some Examples of Vocal Microtonality in Traditional Music of Southern Benin (Africa)”
11:00 Orlando Zavala Galindo (MEX): “Toward a Universal System for the Reading and Writing of Microintervals: The Urgency of Standardization in Contemporary Microtonal Practice” (online)
11:45–14:00 Lunch break
PRESENTATIONS III
Chair: Gerhard Bruno Erich Lock
14:00 Vytautas Germanavičius (LTU): “Pitch, Pattern, and Perception: Integrating Lithuanian Folk Music, Textile Heritage, and Artificial Intelligence”
14:45 Agustín Castilla-Ávila (ESP): “4 Different Microtonal Approaches in the Guitar in Le Fay, Hurrian Song, Cerises and Annatavindriya”
15:30 Ralph Lewis (USA): “A Manageable Horror: Finding A Personalized Practice While Composing for a Harry Partch Specialist”
Friday, 2 October
LMTA Julius Juzeliūnas Spatial Sound Sphere (Gedimino Ave. 42, Vilnius, 3rd floor)
PRESENTATIONS IV
Chair: Agustín Castilla-Ávila
10:15 Gerhard Bruno Erich Lock (EST): “Penrose Tilings and Moments of Symmetry as Principles for STEAM Education and Microtonal Music Creation”
11:00 Simon Kaplan (FRA): “The Kaplanophone: A Quarter-Tonal Virtual Keyboard Instrument”
11:45–14:00 Lunch break
PRESENTATIONS V
Chair: Gerhard Bruno Erich Lock
14:00 Leonid Galaganov (USA): “The Intonophone: Ready-to-Hand Extended Just Intonation”
14:45 Richard Whalley (GBR): “Text Setting, Moss, and False Relations: a Depiction of the Forest for Ensemble in 19 EDO”
15:30 Dina Kitrossky (ISR): “Quarter-Tone Piano as a Bridge Between Arabic Maqam and Contemporary Jazz: A Lecture-Recital”
Saturday, 3 October
LMTA Julius Juzeliūnas Spatial Sound Sphere (Gedimino Ave. 42, Vilnius, 3rd floor)
PRESENTATIONS VI
Chair: Agustín Castilla-Ávila
9:30 Stefan Pohlit (DEU): “The Microtonal Mandal Santur”
10:15 Navid Bargrizan (USA): “Urban Listening in Manfred Stahnke Microtonal Street Music and Harbor Town Love at Millennium’s End” (online)
11:00 Manfred Stahnke (DEU): “On Tones – Beyond Limits Between Just Intonation and Extended Temperament. An Organ Project”
11:45–14:00 Lunch break
PRESENTATIONS VII
Chair: Navid Bargrizan
14:00 Diether Soyka (AUT): “Composition and Recording Techniques in LALASA”
14:45 Eleni Ralli (GRC): “Beyond 43 Tones? New Compositional Approaches to the Musikfabrik Partch Instrumentarium”
We look forward to seeing everyone!