The AEC Annual Meeting for International Relations Coordinators is meant for administrative or teaching staff members in Conservatoires who deal with international relations and European programmes (such as ERASMUS), as well as for institutions not familiar with these programmes, but with an interest in becoming involved.
The meeting is important for networking, exchanging useful information and for developing partnerships. With this annual meeting, the AEC is bringing together a growing community of International Relations Coordinators. The programme of the meeting, as well as other important documents and policies on the field of international relations of conservatoires, are the result of the collaboration between the AEC office and the IRCs Working Group.
Meet the AEC International Relations Coordinators (IRC) Working Group
Dimitrios Marinos – Chair, Athens Conservatoire, Greece
Sara Primiterra – Coordinator, AEC Office
Iveri Kekenadze Gustaffson – Student representative, Malmoe Academy of Music Lund University, Sweden / Georgia
Riccardo Mascia – Conservatorio Arrigo Boito Parma, Italy
Anika Stiawa – Kunstuniversität Graz (KUG), Austria
Veronika Kuželová – Music and Dance Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts (HAMU), Prague, Czech Republic
Linn Eriksen – University of Adger, Norway
Sarah Low – Royal Academy of Music, London, UK
Ivana Mijanović – Faculty of Music, University of Belgrade
Junta Arakawa – College of Music, Mahidol University
Massimiliano Mainolfi – IRC of the Hosting Institution 2026 – Conservatorio “Bonporti” di Trento, Italy
The AEC working groups members work on the preparation of AEC events on voluntary basis. The AEC Preparatory Working Groups are all formed by coopting active individuals in the relevant field of specialization within AEC member institutions. Proactivity, as well as geographical and gender balances are the applied criteria to guarantee the diverse and dynamic character of the groups, who should ideally recreate the diversity of AEC members institutions.
