ESCOM Conferences

The ESCOM conferences take place every three years in Europe. Every other conference (every 6 years) is jointly organised with ICMPC, the International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition.


2012 Thessaloniki, Greece, July 23–28, joint conference:
12th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition (ICMPC) and 8th Triennial Conference of the European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music (ESCOM)
Organisers: Emilios Cambouropoulos (chair), Costas Tsougras (co-chair)
Call for papers – Website


2009 Jyväskylä Finland, August 12–16:
7th Triennial Conference of European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music
Organisers: Jukka Louhivuori, Tuomas Eerola, Tommi Himberg, Suvi Saarikallio and Päivi-Sisko Eerola
Webpage – Proceedings online


2006 Bologna, Italy, August 22–26, joint conference:
9th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition (ICMPC) and 6th Triennial Conference of the European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music (ESCOM)
Organisers: Mario Baroni; Anna Rita Addessi, Roberto Caterina, Marco Costa
WebsiteProceedings edited by Mario Baroni, Anna Rita Addessi,
Roberto Caterina, Marco Costa, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Bologna; ISBN 88-7395-155-4


2003 Hanover, Germany, September 8–13:
5th Triennial Conference of European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music
Organisers: Reinhard Kopiez, Andreas Lehmann, Irving Wolther
Website – Proceedings edited by Reinhard Kopiez, Andreas Lehmann, Irving Wolther, Christian Wolf, ISBN 3-931852-67-9


2002 Liège, Belgium, April 5–8:
10th Anniversary Conference: Musical Creativity
Organiser: Irène Deliège, Proceedings edited by Irène Deliège (CD-ROM)


2000 Keele, U.K., August 5–10, joint conference:
6th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition (ICMPC) and 4th Triennial Conference of the European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music (ESCOM)
Organisers: John Sloboda and Dr Susan O'Neill;
Proceedings: Edited by Chris Woods, Geoff Luck, Renaud Brochard, Fred Seddon, and John Sloboda. Psychology Department, Keele University, Keele, ISBN 0-9539909-0-7


1997 Uppsala; Sweden, June 7–12:
3rd Triennial Conference of European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music
Organiser: Alf Gabrielsson; Proceedings, edited by Alf Gabrielsson, Uppsala: Uppsala University, Department of Psychology; 729 pages, ISBN 91-506-1230-1


1994 Liège, Belgium, 23.–27.7. joint conference:
3rd International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition (ICMPC) and 2nd Triennial Conference of the European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music (ESCOM)
Organiser: Irène Deliège; Proceedings edited by Irène Deliège


1991 Trieste, Italy, 27–29 October:
1st ESCOM COLLOQUIUM and General Assembly of ESCOM, organised by Irène Deliège