De-Composing Classical Music: Decoloniality and Resistance

13 October 2025 09:30 – 13 October 2025 17:15

Location: Maastricht University (exact location to be announced at a later date)

MCICM will host the event ‘De-Composing Classical Music: Decoloniality and Resistance’ on 13 October at Maastricht University. The event will include keynote speakers such as Erin Johnson-William and Layan Nijem and a listening exercise from Liang-Kai Yu. The event will also showcase ongoing FASoS research projects by Pieter du Plessis and Jorge Lozano Diaz Granados. The event will close with a lecture performance by Eliz Gökdere followed by dinner and drinks.

9:30 – 10:00              Arrivals, coffee & tea

10:00 – 10:15             Introduction & Welcome dr. Denise Petzold, MCICM/Maastricht University

10:15 – 10:45             Keynote I    

‘De-Composing and Decolonising Music: Towards a Sustainable Future’

Prof. dr. Erin Johnson-Williams (she/her),

University of Southampton

10:45 – 11:15             Keynote II

‘Decolonizing Southeast Asian Sound Archives’

Layan Nijem (they/them)

11:15 – 11:45             Discussion and Q&A

12:00 – 13:00            Lunch

13:00 – 14:00            Listening Exercise

‘Listening Otherwise’

 dr. Liang-Kai Yu (he/him),

Jan van Eyck Academie

14:00 – 14:15             Coffee break

14:15 – 15:15             Research Projects FASoS incl. Q&A

‘Thinking through the Hollandsch Zuid-Afrikaansche Liederbundel: Whiteness, Affect and Music’

Pieter du Plessis (he/him),

Maastricht University

‘Beethoven in the Andes: A Story of Love, Empire, and Resistance’

Jorge Lozano (he/him),

Maastricht University

15:45 – 16:30            Lecture-performance at Conservatorium Maastricht Eliz Gökdere

16:30 – 16:40            Closing of Symposium    Prof. dr. Peter Peters

18:00                          Dinner and drinks

To register, please visit https://www.aanmelder.nl/167464

For questions, email us at mcicm-fasos@maastrichtuniversity.nl