Cimbalom World
Association
H-1660 Budapest Pf. 331, Hungary
Welcome to the CWA webpage, for those interested in cimbalom, dulcimer,
santoor, yangqin, salterio, hackbrett....
About the CWA
The Cimbalom World Association (CWA) aims to bring together artists who
play cimbalom and similar instruments like yangqin, santur, hackbrett,
hammered dulcimer, tympanon, qanun, kantele, etc. as well as interested
organisations and individuals.
The CWA exists to support and promote cimbalom music in the world
and to develop and increase the popularity of this whole family of
instruments. It helps members to obtain scores, parts, records and
other musical material. It also supports young and beginner cimbalom
artists, including concert promotion, international exchange visits,
and many other activities.
We publish a newsletter about twice a year, with news of artists,
events, scores and recordings, technical and research articles, and
other information and articles provided by its members.
Click to see an extract from the CWA News.
Founded in Hungary on Nov. 3rd, 1991, the CWA now has members from
24 countries of Europe, the Middle East, Asia, America and Australia.
There are professional artists, amateur players, instrument
manufacturers, music publishers, scientists of music and many more.
The board of the CWA is currently as
follows:
- President: Viktoria Herencsar cimbalom
artist and teacher, Hungary. Tel/fax: (361) 256-7371
- Vice President: Xiang Xuhua, yangqin artist and teacher, China.
- Secretary:
Istvan Horvath, engineer, Hungary.
- Board Members:
- Dr. Prof. Ludvik Kunz, Scientist of Music,
Czech Republic.
- Dr Michael Mantz, lawyer, Netherlands.
- Karl-Heinz Schickhaus, hackbrett artist
and teacher, Germany,
- Beata Ceckova, cimbalom teacher, Slovakia.
- Jevgenyij Gladkov, cimbal artist and
teacher, Belarus.
- Reinhard
Tafferner, C/O Musicverlag Preissler Gmbh,Germany.
- Sally
Whytehead, software engineer, amateur hammered dulcimer
player, England.
- Gillian
Alcock, instrument maker, hammered dulcimer artist and teacher,
Australia.
The CWA Congress
The CWA holds a World Congress every two years, each time in a
different country, as agreed by the assemblies held at previous
Congresses. So far there have been 6 congresses:-
You can see a selection of photos from previous congresses in the CWA Photo Gallery.
The next CWA Congress will be held in Appenzell,
Switzerland on October 8 - 13th 2003.
You can download the congress information and application forms as
microsoft word files in German or English.
Future Congresses are planned in 2005, 2007.