June 1, 2023
International Shakuhachi Festival Prague 2023 Symposium
Organised by NEIRO Association for Expanding Arts in cooperation with the Music Theory Department, Music and Dance Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague
MUSIC AND ALTERED STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS
One-day conference
June 1st , 2023, Academy of Performing Arts
Prague, Czech Republic, and online
9:00 Registration
9:30 – 10:00 Opening, introductory presentation
Tomáš Reindl – Music and Altered States of Consciousness (principles and experiences)
10:00 – 12:00 Morning session| Music & Psychedelic Therapy
Mendel Kaelen – keynote speaker
Oldřich Poděbradský – „Is it really psychedelic?” Psychedelic rock music and altered states of mind: a Prague case
Klara Böhm – The Role of Music in Altered States Of Consciousness
13:30 – 15:00 Afternoon session I | TBA
Veronika Seidlová – Mantra behind the iron curtain
Matthew Noone – The Sound Beyond Imagination: a transcultural meditation on music, affect and magic.
Balakrishnan Raghavan – Performing Utopia: South Asian Heterodox Spi/ritual Song as a Site of Hope for the Marginalized
15:30 – 18:00 Afternoon session II | TBA
Gunnar Jinmei Linder – Tracing Spirituality and Popularity of Shakuhachi Music in the Edo Period
Lydia Snyder – Trance-Forming Music: Healing Through Communal Drumming
Saikawa Buntai – Tendaishu Shomyo, 1200 years liturgical tradition from the marathon monks of Mt. Hiei
About International Shakuhachi Festival Prague
The International Shakuhachi Festival Prague 2023 (ISFP 2023, www.isfp.cz), June 1 – 5, is an event dedicated to cultural and artistic exchange between Japanese and European contemporary music. Over the thirteen years of its existence, it has become an important artistic, networking and educational platform for musicians, composers, scholars and artists. Its long-term goal is to expand its audience perception for sound.
Symposium website: https://isfp.cz/2023/en/symposium-program/
Symposium venue:
Music and Dance Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (HAMU)
Malostranské náměstí 258/13,
118 00 Prague 1