International Council for Traditional Music

The International Council for Traditional Music (ICTM) is non-governmental organization in formal consultative relationship with UNESCO, an academic organization focused on music and. Founded in London on 22 September 1947, it publishes the Yearbook for Traditional Music once a year, and the Bulletin of the ICTM^[1] three times a year. Since 2013, its president has been Dr. Salwa El-Shawan Castelo-Branco, Director of the Instituto de Etnomusicologia – Centro de Estudos em Música e Dança, Universidade Nova de Lisboa. The organization was previously known as The International Folk Music Council (IFMC). In 1949, it helped found the UNESCO International Music Council.

Conferences

ICTM World Conferences have been held since 1948 and are presently biennial. In 2009, the site of the ICTM World Conference was Durban, South Africa, in 2011 it was St. John's Newfoundland, in 2013 Shanghai, China, in 2015 Astana, Kazakhstan, in 2017 Limerick, Ireland^[2], and in 2019 it will be Bangkok, Thailand^[3].

Nr	Conf.	Time	Location	Host institution
44.	ICTM	13-19 July 2017	Limerick  Ireland	Irish World Academy of Music and Dance, University of Limerick
43.	ICTM	16-22 July 2015	Astana  Kazakhstan	Kazakh National University of Arts
42.	ICTM	11-17 July 2013	Shanghai  China	Shanghai Conservatory of Music
41.	ICTM	13-19 July 2011	St. John's  Canada	Memorial University of Newfoundland
40.	ICTM	1-8 July 2009	Durban  South Africa	University of KwaZulu-Natal
39.	ICTM	4-11 July 2007	Vienna  Austria	Austria ICTM National Committee and the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, in partnership with the Institute of Musicology at Vienna University, the Phonogrammarchiv of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, and the Austrian Commission for UNESCO
38.	ICTM	3-10 August 2005	Sheffield  United Kingdom	University of Sheffield
37.	ICTM	4-11 January 2004	Fuzhou & Quanzhou  China	Fujian Normal University & Quanzhou Normal University
36.	ICTM	4-11 July 2001	Rio de Janeiro  Brazil	School of Music, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Universidade do Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO), Universidade Estadual do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), and Conservatório Brasileiro de Música (CBM)
35.	ICTM	19-25 August 1999	Hiroshima  Japan	ICTM National Committee for Japan, The Society for Research in Asiatic Music, Tôyô Ongaku Gakkai, in cooperation with Hiroshima City University, Hiroshima University, and the Elizabeth Music College
34.	ICTM	25 June - 1 July 1997	Nitra  Slovakia	Institute of Musicology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences Bratislava
33.	ICTM	5-11 January 1995	Canberra  Australia	Canberra School of Music, Australian National University
32.	ICTM	16-22 June 1993	Berlin  Germany	International Institute for Traditional Music
31.	ICTM	3-9 July 1991	Kowloon  Hong Kong
30.	ICTM	23-30 July 1989	Schladming  Austria
29.	ICTM	30 July - 6 August 1987	Berlin  East Germany
28.	ICTM	30 July - 7 August 1985	Stockholm  Sweden & Helsinki  Finland
27.	ICTM	8-15 August 1983	New York  United States	Columbia University
26.	IFMC	25 August - 1 September 1981	Seoul  Korea
25.	IFMC	28 July - 4 August 1979	Oslo  Norway
24.	IFMC	13-18 August 1977	Honolulu  United States	University of Hawaii at Manoa
23.	IFMC	14-21 August 1975	Regensburg  Germany	University of Regensburg
22.	IFMC	26 July - 1 August 1973	Bayonne  France
21.	IFMC	27 August - 3 September 1971	Kingston  Jamaica
20.	IFMC	6-13 August 1969	Edinburgh  United Kingdom
19.	IFMC	28 July - 3 August 1967	Ostend  Belgium
18.	IFMC	26 July - 3 August 1966	Legon Accra  Ghana
17.	IFMC	17-25 August 1964	Budapest  Hungary
16.	IFMC	5-9 August 1963	Jerusalem  Israel
15.	IFMC	13-21 July 1962	Gottwaldov  Czechoslovakia, now Zlín  Slovakia
14.	IFMC	28 Aug - 3 September 1961	Québec  Canada
13.	IFMC	24-29 July 1960	Vienna  Austria
12.	IFMC	11-17 August 1959	Sinaia & Bucharest  Romania
11.	IFMC	28 Jul - 3 August 1958	Liège  Belgium
10.	IFMC	22-27 August 1957	Copenhagen  Denmark
9.	IFMC	25-31 July 1956	Trossingen & Stuttgart  Germany
8.	IFMC	29 June - 5 July 1955	Oslo  Norway
7.	IFMC	16-22 August 1954	São Paulo  Brazil
6.	IFMC	9-15 July 1953	Biarritz  France & Pamplona  Spain
5.	IFMC	14-19 July 1952	London  United Kingdom
4.	IFMC	8-14 September 1951	Opatija  Yugoslavia	Unions of Societies for Culture and Education of Yugoslavia.
3.	IFMC	17-21 July 1950	Bloomington  United States
2.	IFMC	7-11 September 1949	Venice  Italy	Ente Nazionale Assistenza Lavoratori — Comitato Italiano Arti e Tradizioni Popolari
1.	IFMC	13-18 September 1948	Basel   Switzerland	Société Suisse des Traditions Populaires and the Fédération des Costumes Suisses

Publications

• Yearbook for Traditional Music (originally known as the Journal of the International Folk Music Council from 1949–1958)
• Bulletin of the ICTM (originally known as Bulletin of the IFMC)

World Network

The Council is represented by individuals, called Liaison Officers, and representatives of organisations, called National and Regional Committees. They all act as links between the Council and the community of individuals and organizations involved with traditional music and dance in their country or region.

As of August 2017, the International Council for Traditional Music is officially represented in 128 countries or regions^[4].

Presidents

• Salwa El-Shawan Castelo-Branco (2013-2021)
• Adrienne L. Kaeppler (2005-2013)
• Krister Malm (1999-2005)
• Anthony Seeger (1997-1999)
• Erich Stockmann (1982-1997)
• Poul Rovsing Olsen (1977-1982)
• Klaus P. Wachsmann (1973-1977)
• Willard Rhodes (1967-1973)
• Maud Karpeles, Honorary President (1963-1976)
• Zoltán Kodály (1961-1967)
• Jaap Kunst (1959-1960)
• Ralph Vaughan Williams (1947-1958)

References

External links

• Official site