Reports from ICTM National and Regional Representatives

Since 2005, he has also served as the head of the Koizumi Fumio Memorial Archives of world musical instruments at the Music Department at Tokyo University of the Arts. [...]the symposium opened up a space for the discussion of contemporary composition in dialogue with traditional sounds and environmental issues, with presentations by flautist Ana María Hernández and composers Carlos Carrillo and Joel Rust, among The Latin American Branch of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music (IASPM-AL) celebrated its 13th Congress in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on 11-16 June 2018. [...]Marisol Berrios addressed salsa music in its relationship with the Puerto Rican-New York migration experience. [...]it is imperative for me to express our heartfelt thanks to Mwesa Mapoma, has served as ICTM Liaison Officer for Zambia for a considerable number of years, and whose contribution to the development of traditional music and academics in the country remains unequalled.