Musicologist Irina Boga, the symposium coordinator, offered us a detailed description of the two days:

"The Musicology Symposium, taking place within the 6^th and the 7^th of April 2017, within the "Keys" Festival held by the National University of Music in Bucharest, has just come to an end. Designed as a colaboration between the Musicology Department and Educational Sciences, Research, Innovation and Information Department and the website dinulipatti.org, the themes of the event joined 2017's anniversaries with interpretation and analysis issues: Ogive over time: Claudio Monteverdi, Georg Philipp Teleman; The 20^th Century, the dynamics of sputtering: Enrique Granados, Scott Joplin, George Malcolm, Maurice Ravel, Jean Sibelius, Zoltán Kodály, Astor Piazzolla; Novelty, innovation, analysis - John Cage, Olivier Messiaen, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Dan Dediu; Dinu Lipatti centenarium; General problems of musical interpretation. Two topics in particular drew the interest of the participants - the personality of composer Dan Dediu, celebrating his anniversary, and the personality of Dinu Lipatti, celebrating his centenarium this year. Dan Dediu represents a symbol of the academic life in Bucharest, his personality combining the traits of a composer, an artist, an event promoter, a rector, a maestro, has incited a series of honorable guests to conceive effervescent works, investigating the diverse appearances of the musician in the Romanian musical landscape: Prof. Dr. Olguţa Lupu, Corneliu Dan Grigorescu, Dr. Sebastian Androne, Prof. Dr. Grigore Constantinescu, Lect. Dr. Mihai Măniceanu or Prof. Dr. Gabriel Banciu.

În the second day of the symposium, after debating Telemann or Ravel, the discussions peaked while remembering the personality of Dinu Lipatti. Whether we were talking about unknown letters (Prof. Dr. Sanda Maistorovici), controversial traits (Lect. Dr. Veronica Gaşpar) or profound and captivating evocations (Grigore Bărgăuanu, Prof. Dr. Lavinia Coman), Dinu Lipatti proves that he does not cease to arouse the interest of the audience, this year's students being a more than voracious crowd. As a novelty, this year's symposium also addressed the PhD students and the BA and MA students, with the aim of actively involving the students in research and analysis activities, in modern investigations regarding the concept of past and present, thus joining the vision of specialists with growing points of view."