International Council for Traditional Music

Non governmental music organization

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International Council for Traditional Music

ICTM

Abbreviation| ICTM
Formation| 22 September 1947
Type| INGO

Region served

| Worldwide

Official language

| English

President

| Svanibor Pettan

Parent organization

| UNESCO
Website| www.ictmusic.org

The International Council for Traditional Music (ICTM) is a scholarly non-governmental organization which focuses on the study, practice, documentation, preservation, and dissemination of traditional music and dance of all countries. Founded in London on September 22, 1947, it publishes the Yearbook for Traditional Music once a year and the Bulletin of the ICTM[1] three times a year. The organization was previously known as The International Folk Music Council (IFMC). In 1949, it helped found the UNESCO International Music Council and remains a non-governmental organization in formal consultative relations with UNESCO.

As a non-governmental organization in formal consultative relations with UNESCO and by means of its wide international representation and the activities of its Study Groups, the International Council for Traditional Music acts as a bond among peoples of different cultures and thus contributes to the peace of humankind.[2]

## Conferences

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ICTM conferences have been held since 1948 and are presently biennial. In 2009, the site of the ICTM World Conference was Durban, South Africa, in 2011 it was St. John's Newfoundland, in 2013 Shanghai, China, in 2015 Astana, Kazakhstan, in 2017 Limerick, Ireland,[3] and in 2019 it was in Bangkok, Thailand.[4] The 2021 conference was postponed until July 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The 47th ICTM World Conference was held between July 13, 2023 and July 19, 2023 at the ultra-modern Cedi Conference Center University of Ghana, Legon.[5]

# | Conf. | Time | Location | Host institution

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47  | ICTM  | 13–27 July 2023  | Legon Accra  Ghana | The Cedi Conference Center, University of Ghana, Legon
46  | ICTM  | 21–27 July 2022  | Lisbon  Portugal | NOVA School of Social Sciences and Humanities, New University of Lisbon (NOVA-FCSH)
45  | ICTM  | 11–17 July 2019  | Bangkok  Thailand | Chulalongkorn University
44  | ICTM  | 13–19 July 2017  | Limerick  Ireland | Irish World Academy of Music and Dance, University of Limerick
43 | ICTM | 16–22 July 2015 | Astana  Kazakhstan | Kazakh National University of Arts
42 | ICTM | 11–17 July 2013 | Shanghai  China | Shanghai Conservatory of Music
41 | ICTM | 13–19 July 2011 | St. John's  Canada | Memorial University of Newfoundland
40 | ICTM | 1–8 July 2009 | Durban  South Africa | University of KwaZulu-Natal
39 | ICTM | 4–11 July 2007 | Vienna  Austria | Austria ICTM National Committee and the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, in partnership with the Institute of Musicology at Vienna University, the Phonogrammarchiv of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, and the Austrian Commission for UNESCO
38 | ICTM | 3–10 August 2005 | Sheffield  United Kingdom | University of Sheffield
37 | ICTM | 4–11 January 2004 | Fuzhou & Quanzhou
China | Fujian Normal University & Quanzhou Normal University
36 | ICTM | 4–11 July 2001 | Rio de Janeiro  Brazil | School of Music, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Universidade do Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO), Universidade Estadual do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), and Conservatório Brasileiro de Música (CBM)
35 | ICTM | 19–25 August 1999 | Hiroshima  Japan | ICTM National Committee for Japan, The Society for Research in Asiatic Music, Tôyô Ongaku Gakkai, in cooperation with Hiroshima City University, Hiroshima University, and the Elizabeth Music College
34 | ICTM | 25 June – 1 July 1997 | Nitra  Slovakia | Institute of Musicology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences Bratislava
33 | ICTM | 5–11 January 1995 | Canberra  Australia | Canberra School of Music, Australian National University
32 | ICTM | 16–22 June 1993 | Berlin  Germany | International Institute for Traditional Music
31 | ICTM | 3–9 July 1991 | Kowloon  Hong Kong |
30 | ICTM | 23–30 July 1989 | Schladming  Austria |
29 | ICTM | 30 July – 6 August 1987 | Berlin  East Germany |
28 | ICTM | 30 July – 7 August 1985 | Stockholm  Sweden &
Helsinki  Finland |
27 | ICTM | 8–15 August 1983 | New York  United States | Columbia University
26 | IFMC | 25 August – 1 September 1981 | Seoul  Korea |
25 | IFMC | 28 July – 4 August 1979 | Oslo  Norway |
24 | IFMC | 13–18 August 1977 | Honolulu  United States | University of Hawaii at Manoa
23 | IFMC | 14–21 August 1975 | Regensburg  Germany | University of Regensburg
22 | IFMC | 26 July – 1 August 1973 | Bayonne  France |
21 | IFMC | 27 August – 3 September 1971 | Kingston  Jamaica |
20 | IFMC | 6–13 August 1969 | Edinburgh  United Kingdom |
19 | IFMC | 28 July – 3 August 1967 | Ostend  Belgium |
18 | IFMC | 26 July – 3 August 1966 | Legon Accra  Ghana |
17 | IFMC | 17–25 August 1964 | Budapest  Hungary |
16 | IFMC | 5–9 August 1963 | Jerusalem  Israel |
15 | IFMC | 13–21 July 1962 | Gottwaldov  Czechoslovakia,
now Zlín  Czech Republic |
14 | IFMC | 28 Aug – 3 September 1961 | Québec  Canada |
13 | IFMC | 24–29 July 1960 | Vienna  Austria |
12 | IFMC | 11–17 August 1959 | Sinaia & Bucharest  Romania |
11 | IFMC | 28 Jul – 3 August 1958 | Liège  Belgium |
10 | IFMC | 22–27 August 1957 | Copenhagen  Denmark |
9 | IFMC | 25–31 July 1956 | Trossingen & Stuttgart
Germany |
8 | IFMC | 29 June – 5 July 1955 | Oslo  Norway |
7 | IFMC | 16–22 August 1954 | São Paulo  Brazil |
6 | IFMC | 9–15 July 1953 | Biarritz  France &
Pamplona  Spain |
5 | IFMC | 14–19 July 1952 | London  United Kingdom |
4 | IFMC | 8–14 September 1951 | Opatija  Yugoslavia | Unions of Societies for Culture and Education of Yugoslavia.
3 | IFMC | 17–21 July 1950 | Bloomington  United States |
2 | IFMC | 7–11 September 1949 | Venice  Italy | Ente Nazionale Assistenza Lavoratori — Comitato Italiano Arti e Tradizioni Popolari
1 | IFMC | 13–18 September 1948 | Basel  Switzerland | Société Suisse des Traditions Populaires and the Fédération des Costumes Suisses

## Publications

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* Yearbook for Traditional Music (originally known as the Journal of the International Folk Music Council from 1949–1958)
* Bulletin of the ICTM (originally known as Bulletin of the IFMC)

## World Network

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The Council is represented by individuals, called Liaison Officers, and representatives of organisations, called National and Regional Committees. They all act as links between the Council and the community of individuals and organizations involved with traditional music and dance in their country or region.

As of January 2019, the International Council for Traditional Music is officially represented in 129 countries or regions.[6]

## Presidents

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* Svanibor Pettan (2021–2025)
* Salwa El-Shawan Castelo-Branco (2013–2021)
* Adrienne L. Kaeppler (2005–2013)
* Krister Malm (1999–2005)
* Anthony Seeger (1997–1999)
* Erich Stockmann (1982–1997)
* Poul Rovsing Olsen (1977–1982)
* Klaus P. Wachsmann (1973–1977)
* Willard Rhodes (1967–1973)
* Maud Karpeles, Honorary President (1963–1976)
* Zoltán Kodály (1961–1967)
* Jaap Kunst (1959–1960)
* Ralph Vaughan Williams (1947–1958)

## References

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1. ^ "Bulletin of the ICTM | International Council for Traditional Music". www.ictmusic.org. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
2. ^ "Home | International Council for Traditional Music". ictmusic.org. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
3. ^ "Past ICTM World Conferences | International Council for Traditional Music". www.ictmusic.org. Retrieved 2017-09-01.
4. ^ "45th ICTM World Conference, 11–17 July 2019, Bangkok, Thailand | International Council for Traditional Music". www.ictmusic.org. Retrieved 2017-09-01.
5. ^ "International Council for Traditional Music | 47th ICTM World Conference, 13–19 July 2023, Legon, Ghana". www.ug.edu.gh. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
6. ^ "World Network | International Council for Traditional Music". www.ictmusic.org. Retrieved 2017-09-01.

## External links

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* Official site

Authority control databases

International|

* ISNI
* VIAF

National|

* United States
* Czech Republic
* 2
* Israel
* Finland

Academics|

* CiNii

People|

* Trove

Other|

* IdRef