Joint Symposia of ICTMD Study Groups Iconography and Musical Instruments 

17-21 MARCH 2027,  in Guangxi Arts University

Musical instruments are often displayed in museums. Both the museums and the instruments themselves may serve specific purposes. Displaying these objects reveals only a small part of the truth about these musical instruments, some of which may already be extinct or exist only in museum collections. We welcome contributions on studies of museum concepts, organological details, iconographic presentations, and modern musical instruments, which can vary in shape or include certain features—considerations that also apply to dance patterns. What matters is their originality and relevance in terms of timing. In other contributions to SIMP, we have already seen musical instruments as symbols of nations or nationalities. However, cases where these instruments hold significance for an entire region, beyond a national context, have not yet been thoroughly explored. Some musical instruments no longer exist outside museums but still carry symbolic meaning. Furthermore, iconographic support is often crucial to musical talents. We invite studies of such cases.