2026 全国民族器乐创作学术研讨会

Hosted by SHCM, the 2026 National Symposium on Chinese Instrumental Music Composition will take place December 19–20, 2026, in Shanghai. The symposium addresses the historical development, artistic concepts, compositional techniques, theoretical frameworks, talent development, and disciplinary development of Chinese instrumental music composition.

The symposium is more specialized than a general music education conference and is primarily relevant to composition, musicology, and Chinese instrumental music research. It may nevertheless be valuable to educators working with Chinese repertoire, curriculum development, composition pedagogy, or traditional music education.

The call is open to music scholars, composers, university faculty and students, and other researchers. Papers should generally be 8,000–12,000 Chinese characters, with a 300–500-character Chinese abstract. Submissions are due November 20, 2026, at midnight. Authors whose papers pass review will be invited to participate and present their work, and selected papers may be included in the conference proceedings.

Musicology and ethnomusicology students; composers; Chinese instrumental music researchers; university faculty; and scholars interested in composition, pedagogy, and disciplinary development.