A four-day festival of concerts, conversations, performances, film premieres, a lego workshop and a dinner party. Hosted by the IAS and the European Institute.
The festivalÌýcelebrated this year'sÌýMusic FuturesÌýactivities, dedicated to thinking, writing and performing music -Ìýjointly hosted by the MyAV·¶ European Institute and the MyAV·¶ Institute of Advanced Studies, with support from MyAV·¶ Grand Challenges. It was a chance to learn about thisÌýyear's projects,Ìýhear some live music andÌýsocialise with likeminded people.
Programme
Singing Cultural Memories of Places and Spaces | IN PERSON
A conversation-recital around selected English art songs, exploring their agency as cultural memory with soprano Harriet Burns, pianist Ian Tindale, music historian Professor Daniel Grimley and Nordic scholarÌýAnnika Lindskog.
17 June 2022, 11:00am-1:00pm
Visit to PEARL | IN PERSON
Come see theÌýworking environment of PEARL, MyAV·¶'s newÌýPerson-Environment-Activity Research Lab,Ìýin Dagenham – we'll walk you through its malleable laboratory.
20ÌýJune 2022, 10:30am-12:00pm
Playing with Purpose – instruments for (more than) music | HYBRIDÌý
A half-day workshop and networking opportunity for LEGO® music makers and researchers.
20 June 2022, 2:00 pm–5:00 pm
Italian Opera in Global and Transnational Perspective | HYBRIDÌý
We welcome the editors Axel Körner and Paulo M. Kühl for the launch of their new book. Respondents: Professor Susan Rutherford (Cambridge), and Professor Roger Parker (KCL).
20ÌýJune 2022, 5:00pm-7:00pm
Singing Truth to Power: Politics, Opera, and the Russian State | NOW ONLINE
Conversation & premiere of aÌýshort film about directing, performing and seeing the opera "The Life & Death of Alexander Litvinenko". With director Stephen Medcalf, mezzo soprano Olivia Ray, writer-journalist Owen Matthews, anthropologist Michal Murawski, Russian politics expert Ben Noble, and filmmaker Graham Riach.Ìý21ÌýJune 2022, 10:00am-11:00am
PERFORMANCES:ÌýRe-imagining the Musical Bandstand | IN PERSON
Musical performances around the Bloomsbury campus and neighbouring outdoor spaces. Book your own personal concert on campus!
21ÌýJune 2022, 12:00pm-6:00pm
What Constitutes Music?
An interdisciplinary conversational workshop for MyAV·¶ staff, exploring ontological questions in music at MyAV·¶.Ìý
21ÌýJune 2022, 11:30am-16:00pm
Josephine Morcashani: Playing with Gender and Race in Music across EuropeÌý| CANCELLED
Conversation and video shortÌýpremiere with Jeff Bowersox and Graham Riach.
21ÌýJune 2022, 4:00-5:00pm
MyAV·¶ Anthrobeats – Data Dance: The Sound of Space and Mobility | IN PERSON
Utilising the medium of sound/music through the process of sonification, we transform data into sound, developing a DJ set of the dataset.
22ÌýJune 2022, 4:00pm-8:00pm
TALK:ÌýRe-imagining the Musical Bandstand | POSTPONEDÌý
Talks, rare-book display and music performances exploring the social history of outdoor music performance in spaces local to MyAV·¶.
Postponed (new date TBC)
CONVERSATION -ÌýThe Vinteuil Centenary: Music, Memory and Repetition in Proust | IN PERSON
This conversationÌýis one of twoÌýlinked events exploring music, identity and memory in Proust’s great novel, In Search of Lost Time. Combine with the CONCERT in the evening!
23 June 2022, 2:00pm-4:00pm
POSTPONED: The Conference of the Birds
A Sound Art Performance, by Jason Singh with Liz Hanks, followed by a brief discussion.ÌýPostponed until the autumn (date t.b.c)
CONCERT -ÌýThe Vinteuil Centenary: Music, Memory and Repetition in Proust | IN PERSONÌý
Concert featuring music inspired by 'In Search of Lost Time' and the music of the salons of the time, and a new composition by Alex Hills.ÌýLinked toÌýthe CONVERSATIONÌý2pm-4pm.
23 June 2022, 7:00pm-8:30pm
Ukrainian-themed Closing Buffet | IN PERSON
Join us for a bite and drink to celebrate the Music Futures festival and the end of the academic year.
23 June 2022, 8:30-11:00pm
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