BIP “HarMA Week for Student”
Intensive Training Week in Music Theory

1. General Information for participants

 

The Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music in Budapest will host the first HarMA Week for Students BIP in Music Theroy. Solfège and music theory classes will be organized during 5 days with the participation of students from HMEI’s in EU countries, from 9/11/2026 to 13/11/2026.

The 5-days intensive programme will gather students to experiment, transfer and apply content of the project together with them, working from the tools developed in peers in a view to broaden their perception of Music Theory as it is taught in other EU countries and contexts.
The primary goal of the programme is to meet different educational habits and methods at a practical level: ultimately, that different music pedagogic techniques could cross-fertilize each other.

All backgrounds of musicians are welcome ! Just make sure you’re ready to follow an intensive week of music theory training !

A dedicated and contributive comparative analysis comparative training session will be organized on the second day.

One-page-programme is available here

2. Registration Form

 

We have now opened the registration form for eligible participants (please, contact first your International Relations coordinator, Erasmus coordinator). Registrations will be processed on a strictly first-come, first-served basis. Please note that, as the number of participants is limited, we strongly recommend sending one or two representatives per institution.

 If you have any queries about the HarMA Week, please email
erasmus@conservatoire.be (Salvatore Gioveni, Chair of the HarMA projects, Conservatoire royal de Bruxelles)
 

3. Costs and practical information

 

This BIP project is supported by the Erasmus+ Programme and allows participants to receive an Erasmus+ grant. Please first contact your Erasmus+ coordinator to apply and to ensure that you are eligible for financial support and authorized to participate.

The FL Academy of Music – Budapest will provide you all the necessary documents.

Programme
Mobility Agreement for BIP (training mobility)
Certificate of attendance (digital document)

Accommodation will be organized and supported by the FL Academy of Music. Your Erasmus grant should cover your indivual costs and travel costs.

Students must arrive on 8 November 2026 and depart on 14 November 2026 in order to receive the certificate of attendance.

4. BIP protocol

Our event is designed to be as interactive and smooth as possible. All speakers and participants are encouraged to participate in their own personal capacity. Discussion in all sessions is ‘off the record’ and no individual speaker or participant should be quoted without that individual’s express permission. Should a speaker wish or agree to talk ‘on the record’, the Chair will make this clear at the beginning of the session. In such cases, the speaker may be identified and quoted. All subsequent collective discussion reverts to the standard ‘off the record’ format.

Individuals attending HarMA Event may be video recorded or photographed during the course of a meeting. These media may be used for promotional purposes through broadcast, webcast or publication by other means. If you do not consent to your comments or likeness being used,please notify the Chair of the event (salvatore.gioveni@conservatoire.be).

Journalists, and other participants, are welcome to seek individuals’ agreement to conduct ‘on the record’ interviews with speakers or participants for which we shall provide space and facilities.

Participant lists will be circulated only beyond registered participants.

 

5. Social media

The protocol also applies to all uses of digital and social media, both before, during and after the event. If you do not consent to this protocol, please notify the Chair of the event (salvatore.gioveni@conservatoire.be)

 

6. Conference room

All plenary sessions take place in different Conference Rooms of the Conservatoire. Speakers usually stay seated for their presentations. There is sound equipment for amplification; the sessions might be recorded.

 

7. Venues

 

MAIN BUILDING (LISZT ACADEMY)
1061 Budapest, VII. Liszt Ferenc tér 8.
 
Transportation
 
In general, public transportation in Budapest by bus or tramway is quite efficient.
 
 
 
Lunches
 
All the lunches will take place in a close place or in the Academy. Depending on the weather, we will eat indoors or outdoors. Please inform us about intolerances, allergies or any food restriction you might have.
 
 
Cultural activities
Will be announced.

 

 

Training Session: Comparative Analysis Session

Isaac Albéniz, Prelude (“Evocación”), from Iberia, book 1

Chaired by Marc GARCIA VITÒRIA
Conservatori Superior de Música “Joaquín Rodrigo” de València

Led by John Koslovsky (KULeuven, Belgium) and Alberto Martín Entrialgo (The Purcell School, U.K.).

Score to use
Audio
Deadline to submit your analysis : March 14th, 2025

The overall objective of this session is to compare various methodological and didactic
approaches to music analysis. To do this, we have selected the opening piece from the first
book of Isaac Albéniz’s famous piano suite, Iberia (1905-08). Written in Paris in 1905 and
originally construed as a prelude, “Evocación” is a work saturated with impressionistic
sonorities and scales. At the same time, the piece bears clear traces of classical form, phrase
structure, schemata, and cadence; not only that, but the work is also strongly evocative of
Spanish folk music through its incorporation of elements from the fandanguillo and the jota.
All told, Albéniz offers us a rich panoply of compositional and stylistic elements, and in
doing so invites us to approach his music from numerous analytical vantage points.
 
In order to facilitate discussion at the session, we ask that participants submit their own
analysis of the piece in advance (due date: 14 March). You are free to use any methodology
and terminology you see fit to approach the music, especially as you may use them in various
pedagogical settings (whether for a general music analysis course, for more advanced
analysis seminars, or for specific target groups or other music-educational settings). The
analysis can take the form of an annotated score, diagrams, and/or a short accompanying text.
You may elect to discuss structural and stylistic elements; aspects of performance; the
listening experience; or any other analytical modality you deem appropriate. You may choose
to provide an analysis of the entire movement, or you can decide to focus your attention on
specific passages for more detailed assessment. Most importantly, we are looking for your
analytical and didactic insights into the music, ones that will foster friendly debate and
collegial discussion among the HarMA participants. More detailed questions about the piece
will follow at a later date.

During the session a selection of analyses will be picked out for comparison, and audience
members will have ample opportunity to discuss their own findings. A performance of the
piece will be offered by Nicolás Puig Esteban of the Conservatori Superior “Joaquin
Rodrigo” de València.