Promoted Books Printed within the “InMusWB” Tempus Project 

The promotion of books printed in the “Introducing Interdisciplinarity in Music Studies in the Western Balkans in line with the European perspective (InMusWB) Tempus project, took place in the UNSA Rectorate on 23 September 2014.

Prof. Dr. Faruk Mekic, Vice-Rector for Research congratulated to authors on behalf of the University of Sarajevo and pointed out the significant scientific contribution from these works.

Prof. Dr. Jasmina Talam, Tempus InMusWB coordinator, said that it was the first Tempus project in the field of art, which had been launched with the aim of developing an interdisciplinary approach in higher education in the field of music. The project brought together 18 partner academies, cultural organizations and professional associations from five EU countries (Austria, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Slovenia and the Czech Republic), and three Western Balkans countries (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Kosovo), including the University of Sarajevo Music Academy. Professor Talam noted that the Music Academy participates in the project with a number of activities related to the improvement of existing and deployment of new and modernization of existing study programs.

“By participating in this important project, the Music Academy has confirmed its status as the oldest and most important musical institutions of higher education in the country, and achieved the status of a serious partner in any future European projects from the field of arts and science,” said Professor Talam.

At the promotion the following five books were presented: Solfeggio: historija i praksa by Prof. Dr. Senad Kazic, Muzički oblici i stilovi s analizom muzičkog djela by Prof. Dr. Ivan Cavlovic, Narodni muzički instrumenti u Bosni i Hercegovini by Prof. Dr. Jasmina Talam, Zvučni krajolici: Pogled na vokalne fenomene Bosne i Hercegovine by Prof. Dr. Tamara Karaca Beljak and the first volume of Antologije klavirske muzike u Bosni i Hercegovini edited by Prof. M.Sc. Maja Ackar Zlatarevic.

Promoters of the books were Prof. Dr. Ivan Cavlovic, M.Sc. Amra Bosnic, Prof. Dr. Tamara Karaca Beljak, Prof. Dr. Jasmina Talam and Doz. Dr. Merima Puric Causevic.