Symposium "Physics, Music, Mathematics"
Program
l’Arrivée Hotel, Wittbräucker Straße 565, D-44267 Dortmund, Germany
An interdisciplinary meeting for discussing the relationship between arts and science, focusing on music and physics, as particularly interesting fields when analyzed by mathematical means
Monday, September 21
Welcome: 9:00
Session 1: 9:15-10:45 (chaired by Yongwimon Lenbury)
- The Harmonia Perfecta Maxima- the eternal bond between music and mathematics
Karlheinz Schüffler
- Does a triad always sound pleasant? - Methods and principles in the theory of scale temperaments
Karlheinz Schüffler
- Breaking the Symmetrical Grid in Thai Classical Music
Ahpisit Ungkichanukit and Ora Rangsiman
Coffee break: 10:45 – 11:15
Session 2: 11:15-12:45 (chaired by Yongwimon Lenbury)
- Physics of string instruments
Izumi Iwasa
- Construction of the violin
Anna Barwe and Jonathan Bley
Lunch: 13:00-14:00
Session 3: 14:00-15:00 (chaired by Kinko Tsuji)
- Conducting and répétiteur training
Chie Ishimoto
- With the Choeur de Radio France
Marie Boyer, Celéste Simonet
Intermezzo: Movements 1, 5 and 6 from the Septet op. 20 of Ludwig van Beethoven
played by members of the Dortmund Philharmonic Orchestra
Coffee break: 16:00-16:30
Session 4: 16:30-18:30 (chaired by Kinko Tsuji)
- Factors influencing voice production from a speech-language pathology
Silvia Geiseler
- Shigin: Chanting of Chinese and Japanese poetry
Hiroko Iwasa
- Musical and organizational management of a choir
Claudia Mehring and Raimund Fleiter
- From the opera house to the microphone-Physics of the singing voice
Angela Kerrison
Dinner: 18:30-20:00
Evening session 20:00 -
Musical presentations with various “special” instruments, for example, Turkish saz, Japanese shakuhachi, hne from Myanmar, Peruvian occarina and quena, gong from Thai tempel, drum from Morrocco, ruttle made from cactus stem of Baja California, and many others.
Tuesday, September 22
Chamber music: 8:45-9:30
The String Quartet No. 1 of Peter Tschaikowsky played by the Belisama Quartet
Session 5: 9:30-10:30 (chaired by Izumi Iwasa)
- Room acoustics and concert halls
Stefan Müller
- The pipe organ and cathedral - auralizing the interaction between both instruments
Josep Llorca-Bofi
Coffee break: 10:30-11:00
Session 6: 11:00-12:30 (chaired by Izumi Iwasa)
- *On the Cantus Arcticus
Stefan Müller on behalf of Tomi Mäkelä
- Rhythms in a Songbird brain (chaired by Izumi Iwasa)
Ana Amador
- Quantum music and the logic of sound and silence
Rakhat-Bi Abdyssagin
- From sheet music to musical images
Kinko Tsuji
Lunch: 13:00-14:00
Session 7: 14:00-15:00 (chaired by Stefan Müller)
- Do plants make music?
Andreas Deutsch
- Binaural beats as a target: Digital therapeutics for dynamical diseases
Markus Dahlem
Coffee break: 15:00-15:30
Session 8: 15:30-16:30 (chaired by Stefan Müller)
- Connected
Eliane Hobbing and Keith Powel
- Impression from Mongolia
Johannes Hobbing
Concluding: 17:00 -
- Dialogue between musicians and scientists: How do physics and mathematics contribute to understanding music?
