 | ISMA26: International Symposium on Musical Acoustics 2026 Helsinki, Finland, June 15-17, 2026 |
| Conference website | http://isma2026helsinki.org |
| Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=isma26 |
| Abstract registration deadline | December 21, 2025 |
| Submission deadline | February 28, 2026 |
ISMA is a conference gathering scholars around musical acoustics to present their work every 2-3 years. The last ISMA 2025 was organised in New Orleans, USA, and the one before was ISMA 2019 in Detmold, Germany. ISMA 2026 invites scholars to Helsinki, Finland between June 15-17, 2026.
Submission Guidelines
All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. The submission process is as follows:
Abstract submission until December 21, 2025
Notification on abstract acceptance January 15, 2026
Initial paper submission for review April 1, 2026
Results of the paper review May 1, 2026
Camera-ready papers May 25, 2026
Conference June 15-17, 2026
Topics include, but not limited to:
- Acoustics of musical instruments
- Instrument building and 3D prototyping
- Modelling and sound synthesis in musical acoustics
- Measurement techniques
- Signal processing in musical acoustics
- Performance science related to musical instruments
- Room acoustics and musical instruments
- Preservation of musical heritage, musical instruments, and musical instrument making
Special focus themes:
- Open questions in musical acoustics
- Acoustics of very large instruments
- Archaeomusicology and acoustics
- AI/Machine learning in musical acoustics
- Self-oscillating systems in musical instruments
- Perception of musical instruments, timbre
Committees
Technical Committee
- Mark Rau, MIT, USA
- Claudia Fritz, Sorbonne University & CNRS, France
- Vasileios Chatziioannou, University of Music & Performing Arts Vienna, Austria
- Vincent Freour, Yamaha Europe
- Charalampos Saitis, Queen Mary University of London
- Vesa Välimäki, Aalto University
- Hanna Järveläinen, Zurich University of the Arts
- Gary Scavone, McGill University
- Mirco Pezzoli, Politecnico di Milano
- Masanobu Miura, Kunitachi College of Music
Organizing committee
- Chair Henna Tahvanainen, University of the Arts Helsinki
Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to isma2026helsinki@gmail.com