Investigation and research on:

1. Forgotten repertories and music
2. Creative performance and improvisation
3. Connections between East and West
4. Connections between North and South
5. Connections between the Old World and the New World
6. Instruments
7. Musical style and language
8. Relations between popular music and classical music
9. Interaction between religious and secular music
10. Music and history
11. Analysis, study and reappraisal of great masterpieces by outstanding composers