EPARM 2026 – Call for proposals

The Call for Proposals is open for the 2026 edition of the European Platform for Artistic Research in Music (EPARM).

The upcoming EPARM conference welcomes music researchers, educators, performers and composers to a three-day exploration of Artistic Research in music at the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo (Norway) on 9 – 11 April 2026.

Presentations relating to any aspect of Artistic Research in music are welcomed, but the peer review panel will prioritise presentations that give some consideration to one or more of the following:

• Artistic perspectives on climate crisis, the Anthropocene, and the ‘more-than-human’ world
• Improvisation in diverse contexts
• Research co-created with other researchers and artists, with diverse ‘publics’, or with Artificial Intelligence
• Research that explores transdisciplinary, transcultural or trans-traditional concerns
• Research that problematizes the concepts of interdependence and cooperation and highlights the functions, values, power and relations between solo research work and larger cooperations

Two calls for proposals are now open to the public:

Proposals for Research Presentations

Proposals for a 20-minute presentation (including any performance or examples) followed by 10 minutes of facilitated audience discussion should address a clear question or questions that are rooted in practice.

Proposals for Research Performances

To reflect the centrality of performance and musical creation in AR, the EPARM conference will also include a special programme of performances and artistic presentations. Proposals should clearly address the relationship between the proposed performance and the artistic research of which it is an outcome. The performance should include up to 10 minutes of spoken introduction and/or contextualization of the performance with a total presentation time (introduction and performance) of 30 minutes; the performance will then be followed by 10 minutes of facilitated audience discussion. Performance may be live or, if appropriate, presented by means of high-quality video.

To support the development of excellent Artistic Research at the master’s and doctoral levels, joint applications from students and their supervisors (or other institutional representatives) are welcome for both Research Presentations and Research Performances, where the supervisor will engage in a dialogue with the student. Such applications should be focused on the research process, rather than the results and participants opting for this format should indicate this in their proposal; students may also apply to present ‘solo’ in formats described above.

Deadline: 18 November 2025

All proposals must be submitted in Word format using the provided template (available below) and should be sent to AEC Events Manager Beatriz Laborda at the following email address: beatrizlaborda@aec-music.eu not later than 18th of November.