Journals

  • International Rast Music Congress

    About the International Rast Music Congress (IRMC)

    The International Rast Music Congress (IRMC) is an annually organized, traditional academic event held in both online and in-person formats. Its primary aim is to become a central platform for the discussion and dissemination of music research worldwide.

    IRMC is proudly supported by several esteemed academic journals, including the Turkish Music (TM) Journal, Rast Musicology Journal, Journal of Music Theory and Transcultural Music Studies (JMTTMS), Turkish Organology Journal (TOD), and the Journal for the Interdisciplinary Art & Education (JIAE). These journals contribute by fostering networking opportunities between authors and readers, enriching the scholarly community.

    In addition, various universities, institutes, and associations actively support IRMC from diverse perspectives, contributing to its interdisciplinary and international spirit.

    IRMC aspires to be the foremost global platform for music research, facilitating meaningful dialogue, collaboration, and innovation in the field.

    Rast Music Awards – Summary

    The Rast Music Awards, established in 2021 by Young Wise Publishing Ltd (London, UK), aim to support and celebrate distinguished and emerging music researchers, artists, and performers, while also contributing to charitable causes through the Rast Musicology Journal Academic Board.

    Organized annually, the awards recognize excellence in art and science in the field of music. Applications are evaluated by an academic and artistic jury selected each year.

    Rast Music Awards - Science Awards Category

    Applicants must submit musicology-focused scientific publications with a strong research design and high academic impact.
    Categories include:

    • Thesis Awards (Turkish, Western, Islamic Civilizations)

    • Article Awards (Most Cited, Jury Special, Interdisciplinary)

    • Book Awards

    • Research Projects

    • Conference Proceedings

    • Innovation Awards (Instrument design, patents, inventions)

    • Rast Musicology Journal Citation Awards

    Rast Music Awards- Art Awards Category

    Recognizing performers and composers in:

    • Turkish Art Music

    • Turkish Folk Music

    • Turkish Religious Music

    • Western Music (including vocal, piano, guitar, strings, winds, percussion)

    • Composition Awards in various traditions

    The Rast Music Awards offer a unique platform that honors outstanding contributions in music, bridges disciplines, and fosters a global network of creativity and scholarship.

  • International Symposium on Interdisciplinary and Progressive Arts & Education

    5th International Symposium on Interdisciplinary and Progressive Arts & Education (ISIPAE) and Virtual Art Works Exhibition at 27-28 December 2025 will be held in Istanbul Turkiye (Zoom Online). Symposium Theme: Art and Humanity

    Journal for the Interdisciplinary Art and Education (JIAE) is an open access biannual journal published by Genç Bilge Publishing House, that publishes articles in the field of Art and Art Education an related interdisciplinary issues, with significant contributions to the understanding, discovering, creating new model, strategies, approaches and improvement of the performing, teaching and learning of arts.

    ISIPAE will be the third symposium where all problems related to the interdisciplinary and progressive arts and education will be discussed. The models, research and opinions of future trends of interdisciplinary and progressive arts & education who study on academicians in this field will be shared regularly on this platform every year. ISIPAE organized by Genc Bilge (Young Wise) Publishing.

    ISIPAE’s topics are opera, operet, contemporary dance, classic dance, vocal training, choir, musical theatre, painting, design, music, graphic, ceramic, art theory, philosophy of art, history of art, sociology of art, ballet, theatre, dance theatre, performing arts, photography, cinema, sculpture, architecture, literature, printmaking, fashion, poetry, contemporary art, postmodern art, progressive art etc.

    We would love to have valuable academicians in the field of art take part in the ISIPAE scientific committee. We expect you and your students to submit your papers. We thank you in advance for your contribution to ISIPAE and hope to meet you at the symposium.

    If you have any questions about ISIPAE, do not hesitate to contact us.

    With our best regards

    Web site: https://isipae.net/

    Email: isipaesecretary@gmail.com

    Phone: + 90 505 383 5795 (Whatsapp)