On October 13-15, 2022 at the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice, the 51^st Musicological Conference of the Polish Composers' Union will be held. The theme of this year's symposium is ‘Music and Expression’.

Over 50 participants representing centers of musicology and music theory from all over Poland will attend the event. Special guests who will give plenary lectures will be Karol Berger (Stanford University) and Krzysztof Guczalski (Jagiellonian University).

The conference will also include a discussion devoted to the recently published in Polish translation of Peter Kivy's book The Sound of Feelings, and Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne will present the first volumes of the ‘Res Facta Nova Library’ series. Moreover laureates of the Hieronim Feicht Competition will be awarded.

The conference is co-financed by the Ministry of Education and Science from the ‘Excellent Science’ programme.