Call for Participation launched - submission deadline: June 10, 2026

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AEC Annual Congress 2026 at the HfMT

The HfMT Hamburg will host the international annual congress of the AEC from November 5-8, 2026. Under the motto "From Institution to Interaction", teachers, students and staff of the HfMT are invited to participate with their own contributions and artistic formats. The Call for Participation is now open until June 10, 2026.

From November 5-8, 2026, the HfMT Hamburg and the Association Européenne des Conservatoires (AEC) will jointly host the international annual congress of the AEC. Under the motto "From Institution to Interaction - Responsive Education and Relevant Practices in the Arts", the congress will address current issues relating to the future of conservatoires, artistic education and social relevance.

The focus is on questions of how conservatoires position themselves in an increasingly diverse, digitalized and networked world, how they shape the exchange with cultural institutions, urban society and international partners and how students can be prepared for a changing artistic professional field. The congress sees conservatoires not as isolated institutions, but as active, responsible and networked players within a cultural ecosystem.

The congress program is made up of contributions from the member universities. In terms of content, the congress is divided into the following topics in particular:

- Innovating Classical Music
- Learning and Teaching Music at all Levels
- Leadership and Strategy in Higher Music Education

In addition to panels, workshops, discussion formats and presentations, short artistic formats, performative contributions and innovative mediation approaches will characterize the congress programme.
The HfMT Hamburg is expressly invited to help shape the content and artistic aspects of the congress. Submissions from all areas of the university are welcome - from teachers, students and staff as well as from ensembles, research projects, classes, institutes and cross-university initiatives. Various formats such as workshops, panels, participative formats, short presentations or artistic-practical contributions are welcome. An interactive component is a mandatory part of the respective formats.

We are particularly looking for contributions on the following topics:

- artistic practice and concert formats
- music education and social participation
- diversity, inclusion and new approaches to music
- artistic research and artistic-scientific projects
- interdisciplinarity and music theater
- digitalization, AI and music technology
- innovative teaching and learning formats
- cooperation with cultural institutions and the independent scene
- questions of excellence, relevance and the future of conservatoires

Further information and the template for the digital submission of conference contributions can be found at:
https://aec-music.eu/event/aec-annual-congress-2026/call-for-contributions/

Submission deadline: June 10, 2026