CFP: Prokofiev symposium, Manchester, UK, February 2003 (fwd)

[Geoffrey Chew]

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PROKOFIEV AND 20TH-CENTURY CULTURE
Manchester, Royal Northern College of Music
Friday 7 - Monday 10 February 2003

Organised by the Serge Prokofiev Association and Archive at Goldsmiths
College, London, in partnership with the Royal Northern College of Music
and the University of Manchester - UK; and the Observatoire Musical
Francais (OMF) - France, this international symposium is an integral part
of the "Manchester Prokofiev 2003 Festival" (31 January - 10 February
2003).

Keynote speaker: Sir Peter Ustinov

GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS

Fifty years after Prokofiev's death, his work, life and the many worlds in
which he operated are of increasing interest to performers and scholars.
Although Prokofiev's best-known scores are the product of a co-operation
with other art forms from literature to dance and film, there has been no
systematic study of the contribution that these various forms of
collaboration made to his artistic achievement as a whole.  This
international symposium seeks to open up this line of enquiry and we
therefore invite papers from specialists in the fields of music, dance,
film, theatre, literature, cultural and social history.  The symposium
will focus predominantly on two phases of Prokofiev's career, looking at
his work and that of his associates among the Russian emigre circles in
Paris, and in Soviet Russia.

PAPERS
We are inviting formal papers, thematic sessions, and performance-based
contributions. Papers from practitioners (composers, choreographers,
theatre directors, performers) as well as scholars are warmly welcomed.
Papers from postgraduate students will also be given serious
consideration.

Areas currently under consideration as the subject of thematic sessions
include:
Prokofiev and opera
Russia's post-Soviet interpretation of Prokofiev
Prokofiev and the French school
Russian artistic circles in Paris in the 1920s
Prokofiev's work for children
Prokofiev's associates

Suggestions for other topics are welcomed.

PRACTICAL DETAILS OF CONTRIBUTIONS:
Languages: English; Russian and French (print-outs of abstracts to be
provided in English translation).
Duration:
20' for individual papers
60' for thematic sessions (3 to 4 people)
30' for performance-based papers

PROPOSALS: to arrive no later than 11 July 2002

* Proposals for papers should be submitted in the form of a title followed
  by an abstract of no more than 200 words.
* Proposals for sessions should be submitted in the form of an overall
  title followed by titles of individual papers, plus indications of
  contributors and abstracts if possible.
Proposals should be sent to Noelle Mann by e-mail, NOT as attachment:
n.mann at gold.ac.uk
Contributors will be informed by 25 August 2002.

Conference Organiser: Noelle Mann, The Serge Prokofiev Archive, Goldsmiths
College, University of London, London SE14 6NW; tel: +44 (0)20 7919 7558;
fax. +44 (0)20 7919 7255; n.mann at gold.ac.uk  (Please use e-mail whenever
possible.)
Local co-ordinator: David Fanning, University of Manchester, Department of
Music, Denmark Road, Manchester M15 6HY; tel: +44 (0)161 275 4987
Programme Committee:
Chair: Noelle Mann (Goldsmiths College, University of London)
David Fanning (University of Manchester)
Rosamund Bartlett (University of Durham)
Walter Zidaric (Universite de Nantes & OMF, France )

ENQUIRIES
Details of accommodation, fees and registration will be announced in the
autumn, along with the full programme of the symposium and the Festival.

THE MANCHESTER PROKOFIEV 2003 FESTIVAL will offer a richly varied
programme of concerts and public events, with the participation of the BBC
Philharmonic Orchestra (concerts on 31 Jan, 7 and 10 Feb); the Manchester
Camerata (8 Feb); The Halle Orchestra (9 Feb) and the RNCM's various
performing groups (8 - 10 Feb).  For further details regarding Prokofiev
2003 and the Manchester Festival, see:
http://www.sprkfv.net/association/2003home.html

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