TENOR International Conference on Technologies for Music Notation and Representation

The International Conference on Technologies for Music Notation and Representation is dedicated to issues in theoretical and applied research and development in Music Notation and Representation, with a strong focus on computer tools and applications, as well as a tight connection to music creation. "Technology" in the conference name refers to any mean that may contribute to the notation, representation and/or visualisation of the music and sound, for purposes that may include (but not limited to) music composition, performance, representation, transcription, analysis and pedagogy.

Past conferences

• 2026 May 21-24: University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna / Austrian Academy of Sciences Vienna, Austria
• 2025 October 25-27: Central Conservatory of Music Beijing, China
• 2024 April 4-6: ICST - Zurich University of the Arts / Zürcher Hochschule der Künste (ZHdK), Zurich, Switzerland
• 2023 May 15-17: Northeastern University / Longy School of Music at Bard College / New England Conservatory, Boston (MA), USA
• 2022 May 9-11: PRISM Laboratory, Marseille, France
• 2021 May 10-13: Hochschule für Musik und Theater, Hamburg, Germany
• 2019 July 24-27: Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
• 2018 May 24-26: Concordia University / McGill University / UQAM, Montréal, Canada
• 2017 May 24-26: University of A Coruña, A Coruña, Spain
• 2016 May 27-29: Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK
• 2015 May 28-30: Sorbonne Université / IRCAM, Paris, France
• 2014 June 30: London, UK.

The official language of the conference is English.

Call

We invite researchers, composers, scientists, technologists and performers to submit their work to the international conference on technologies for music notation and representation TENOR 2027. This conference in Ghent (Belgium) has a focus on Notation strategies for Electronic Music. The conference is part of the research project Music, Thought and Technology and hosted by Orpheus Instituut, Ghent.

Important dates

• Deadline for papers: 15 December 2026 23:59 CEST
• Deadline for posters, workshops, demos, sonic works: 15 December 2026 23: 59 CEST
• Acceptance notification: 17 February 2027
• Event registration: from 1 March until 1 April 2027