16th Symposium FIMTE - CALL FOR PAPERS
'Scarlatti 40 years on’
24-26 October 2025
Vera, Almeria, Andalusia, Spain
To commemorate the 250th anniversary of the renowned royal harpsichord maker Diego Fernandez (1775-2025), FIMTE will host its 16th international symposium at the Auditorium of Vera in Almería, Andalusia, from October 24 to 26, 2025.
This event is part of the 26th International Festival of Spanish Keyboard Music, which will feature concerts, expert lectures, and workshops.
Since the 1985 tercentenary, substantial research has advanced regarding Scarlatti and his creative environment.
This symposium will delve into the keyboard works of Scarlatti and his contemporaries, highlighting the transnational networks that enabled the circulation of their music, its reception, instruments, and performance between the 1730s and 1800.
Specific themes include, but are not limited to:
•Scarlatti's sonatas: analysis of sources and variations, styles, performance practices
•Music printing and the trade of keyboard music: the role of collectors and amateurs
•The circulation and trade of keyboard instruments
•The circulation of composers
Keynote Speakers:
Michael Latcham
John Koster. University of South Dakota (emeritus)
Barry Ife. Research Professor at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama
Official languages: English and Spanish.
Papers from the symposium will be considered for publication in a volume of the FIMTE series.
We welcome 200-250-word abstracts for 20-minute papers, as well as proposals for lecture-concerts (30-minutes). Abstracts should be signed at the bottom with the author’s name, institutional affiliation or city of residence and full return address, including e-mail address.
Deadline for abstracts: 10 June 2025
Presenters will be notified of participation in the symposium by 20 June 2025. Please advise us if earlier notification is required.
Program Committee: Luisa Morales, Barry Ife
Symposium fee (including Symposium dinner) EUR 185
For further information, please contact: Luisa Morales: fimteinfo@gmail.com
CALL FOR PROPOSALS
FIMTE Young - FIMTE Joven
FIMTE welcomes proposals for concerts (solo or chamber) related to Spanish and Italian keyboard music repertoire from any period. FIMTE will contribute up to 250€ for travel expenses and two nights accommodation.
Instruments at the musiciens disposal:-
2-manual harpsichord (FF-g''')-Clavichord-Grand Piano
FIMTE also welcomes proposals from young keyboardist-composers working with electronic keyboards.
Concerts will take place during the Festival, October 20-26 at several places in Mojácar, Vera and Garrucha (Almería). Please, send a video recording (10 ms. max.) together with a CV and a concert proposal to FIMTE organization before JULY 10 .