Anna Vilenskaya in Amsterdam 29 October 2024

Anna Vilenskaya is a musicologist, lecturer and researcher of contemporary music. She has changed the approach of storytelling about music towards visualization, simplicity, emotionality and practical benefits for the listener.

The topic of the lecture: How electronic music has seamlessly changed people's listening experience

This lecture will talk about how people invented electronic instruments, and how that changed people's relationship to timbre and rhythm. We will talk about specific music, the first drum machine, rap, computer games, the Beatles' "White Album", Steve Reich, The Prodigy, and Radiohead favorites. No prior knowledge of any music is necessary.