11th European Music Analysis Conference
Barcelona. Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya (ESMUC)
7 – 10 September 2026
GENERAL
We are pleased to announce that EuroMAC 11, the Eleventh European Music Analysis Conference, will take place in Barcelona from 7 to 10 September 2026. Most venues will take place at the Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya (ESMUC). This major event, promoted by several scientific societies within the European Network for Theory and Analysis of Music (T&AM), comes to the Iberian Peninsula at the initiative of three of its member organisations in the region: ATAM (Associació de Teoria i Anàlisi Musical), SATMUS (Sociedad de Análisis y Teoría Musical), and SPIM (Sociedade Portuguesa de Investigação em Música), through its Music Theory Research Group.
JOINT ORGANIZATION
In 2017, during EuroMAC 9 in Strasbourg, T&AM was born as a network gathering nine European societies for music theory and analysis. As of today, the consortium has incorporated five more scientific societies, including the three ones organizing EuroMAC 11. This growth shows the health of our scientific field but also warns us about the risk of scattered actions. For this reason, ATAM, SATMUS, and SPIM decided to jointly work for EuroMAC 11, after a fruitful work meeting held at ESMUC in April 2024. In addition to the geographical reasons mentioned above, the Iberian Peninsula countries share a strong historical link with Latin America due to our colonial past. We hope that our shared initiative for EuroMAC 11 will also help to reinforce bridges of scientific friendship and collaboration with our peers from the other side of the Atlantic Ocean.
MAIN VENUE
ESMUC will celebrate its 25th anniversary in September 2026. During these days, it has not only consolidated its role as a higher education center in music—the only publicly funded institution of its kind in Catalonia—but has also gained significant international recognition and projection.
ESMUC is currently engaged in a range of international initiatives and programs, notably the European University Alliance In.Tune—the only alliance dedicated to music and the arts—together with seven other universities from Northern, Eastern, and Western Europe. The institution is also a member of the European Association of Conservatoires, Academies and Schools of Music (AEC); ELIA, the European network for higher arts education and research; and the International Benchmarking Group (IBG), a global network of eleven conservatoires, music schools, faculties, and universities of the arts with two primary objectives: to share best practices and to provide global leadership in music education and training. In addition, ESMUC takes part in Musethica, an international network of projects and concert programs aimed at making classical music accessible to individuals facing personal or social challenges.
Thus, ESMUC’s projection beyond its regional context—at the European and even global level—is one of the school’s core principles. Achieving this requires a combination of many factors in multiple directions: presence in forums, networks, and projects; internationalization of its academic offer, faculty, and student body; and active participation in debates on the future of music education.
In addition, the participation in and organization of high-level academic events, such as the EuroMACconference, reflects the institution’s commitment to scientific research, which is increasingly consolidated at an institutional level.
More informations on the EuroMac 2025’s website: https://euromac11.sciencesconf.org/?lang=en