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Peruvian opera and music of the Incas: the legacy of José María Valle-Riestra
We have received the following from Giancarlo Carreño Arce (Universidad Nacional de Música, Lima, Peru). (Spanish translation at the bottom of the article) November 9, 2026 marks the 168th birthday of José María Valle-Riestra, who is considered one of the most important composers in Peruvian history. He was among the...
5 November 2026
9th International Conference on Watermarks in Digital Collections at the Bavarian State Library
From 15 to 17 October 2026, experts in the humanities, information technology, and materials science met at the Bavarian State Library for this year’s Bernstein Conference, the 9th International Conference on Watermarks in Digital Collections. One of the inspirations for this conference was the approaching completion of a project funded...
29 October 2026
The new RISM Consortium
Since its foundation in 1952, the structure of RISM has seen several adjustments, but the past few years proved especially eventful in this regard. In 2021 the Swiss working group was reorganized as a Digital Center, and as such became the closest partner of the long-standing Editorial Center (Zentralredaktion). The...
1 October 2026
Joint Workshop of the Four "R-Projects" in Budapest
On 17–18 September 2026, Budapest was home to a workshop offering students of the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music a chance to learn more about the four so-called ‘R-projects’: RISM, RILM, RIdIM, and RIPM. Each of the ‘Rs’ were set up several decades ago under the auspices of the International...
24 September 2026
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Happy Anniversary, IAML!
The following text appeared in the April–June 2026 issue of Fontes Artis Musicae, celebrating the 75th anniversary of the International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres (IAML). Just like in 2001, for a Fontes special issue dedicated to IAML’s 50th anniversary, the head of the RISM Editorial Center...
20 August 2026
European Capitals of Culture 2026
Similar to earlier years, we would like to call to your attention the European Capitals of Culture. The host cities for 2026 are Oulu in Finland and Trenčín in Slovakia. Offering a varied program, each city is focusing on a specific theme throughout the year, while showcasing its unique cultural...
6 August 2026
RISM at the 2026 IAML Congress in Thessaloniki, Greece
This year’s annual congress of the International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres will take place in Thessaloniki, Greece. Please look at the IAML Thessaloniki page on our website for the RISM events during the week: a RISM session, meetings of the Coordinating Committee, Commission Mixte, and RISM...
11 June 2026
The month of May in music
“In the beautiful month of May” – thus goes the first line of a well-known poem by Heinrich Heine, which Robert Schumann set to music to open his song cycle “Dichterliebe.” This Lied is arguably one of the best known of its kind and would certainly rank among the most...
21 May 2026
The “Bußpsalmencodex” of Albrecht V exhibited in Munich on 20 and 21 May
It is too large to be considered a typical devotional book. Too precious to be used in church services. Too sophisticated in its illustrations to serve merely as a representative work, and too unsystematic in its presentation of knowledge to meet the standards of an encyclopaedia. (Andrea Gottdang in...
7 May 2026
Mozart Treasures from Salzburg on Exhibition in New York
The International Mozarteum Foundation in Salzburg owns one of the world’s most significant Mozart collections, which originated from gifts and bequests from the Mozart family. For a remarkable exhibition, a significant part of this collection has traveled to the United States for the first time. They are on display at...
16 April 2026
