Anna Vilenskaya: about music in an accessible way
Musicologist Anna Vilenskaya is able to captivate even the most distant from music with her stories. After all, she talks about the subject of her research in an accessible language. You can see for yourself when you attend the musicologist's lectures in Hamburg, Munich, Amsterdam and Berlin, which will take place at the end of October 2024.
Anna Vilenskaya: about music in an accessible way
Musicologist Anna Vilenskaya is able to captivate even the most distant from music with her stories. After all, she talks about the subject of her research in an accessible language. You can see for yourself when you attend the musicologist's lectures in Hamburg, Munich, Amsterdam and Berlin, which will take place at the end of October 2024.
Anna Vilenskaya: about music in an accessible way
Musicologist Anna Vilenskaya is able to captivate even the most distant from music with her stories. After all, she talks about the subject of her research in an accessible language. You can see for yourself when you attend the musicologist's lectures in Hamburg, Munich, Amsterdam and Berlin, which will take place at the end of October 2024.
A graduate of the Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory of Music. Anna Vilenskaya, a graduate of the Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory, is a musicologist of a new generation, or, as she is often called, "the musicologist of the Zoomer generation." Her stories about music are far from boring academicism, but, on the contrary, are emotional, vivid, and, most importantly, understandable. She uses visual images in her lectures and emphasizes practical benefits for her listeners.
At the Hamburg meeting Anna Vilenskaya will present her lecture "Minimalism: perfect music or not at all".
Is there a recipe for perfect music? Yes, and it was invented in the last century. Her "Secret Ingredients": a piano, a few chords, gentle overdubbing, repetitions. This is what distinguishes the compositions of Ludovico Einaudi, Fabrizio Paterlini, Jan Tiersen and other contemporary composers. Such music accompanies advertising and social commercials and is often used in movies (remember "Amelie" or "1+1") - that is, where it is important to influence people's feelings. This musical style is called "sentimental minimalism". There has been no extensive research into this genre so far, so Anna Vilenskaya has decided to remedy this. In her lecture, she will talk about how such compositions affect the listener, why they are so heartwarming, and how a composer can avoid turning his sentimental work into a musical stamp.
From the lectures "How Electronic Music Smoothly Changed People's Hearing", which Anna Wilenska will give in Munich, Berlin and Amsterdam, listeners will learn about how electronic instruments were invented and how this influenced people's change to timbre and rhythm. Anna Wilensky will break down this topic with examples of specific songs, as well as talk about the first drum machine, rap, computer games, the Beatles' "White Album", Steve Reich, The Prodigy and Radiohead.
Please note that no prior musical training is required.
