Professor Tunbridge to present keynote speech

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Professor Laura Tunbridge

Professor Laura Tunbridge

Professor Tunbridge will be keynote speaker at the first international workshop on The Tradition of Hungarian String Quartet Performance taking place at Reok Palace, Szeged, Hungary, on Thursday 23 May 2024. A collaboration between the Reok Palace (Szeged), the Art Theory Institute at the Faculty of Arts at the University of Szeged, and the Institute of Art Theory and Methodology at the Hungarian Academy of Arts other speakers include Eszter Kiss from the Vujicsics Tihamér Music School, Emese Sófalvi from Babeş-Bólyai University, László Gombos and Zsombor Németh from the HUN-REN Institute for Musicology, and Balázs Szabó from the University of Győr, Róbert Nátyi, the Dean of the Béla Bartók Faculty of Arts at the University of Szeged, and Ákos Windhager from the Hungarian Academy of Arts Research Institute of Art Theory and Methodology.

Professor Laura Tunbridge delivering lecture, with student musician on stage behind

'Everyday Beethoven' - Professor Laura Tunbridge

Professor Laura Tunbridge repeated her inaugural lecture as Heather Professor of Music at this year's Meeting Minds weekend for alumni. As the 200th anniversary of his death approaches in 2027, Ludwig van Beethoven remains ubiquitous, his music still dominating concerts, films and advertising. In 'Everyday Beethoven', Professor Tunbridge explores the friendships, collaborations and musical relationships that enabled the composer to come to prominence. A recording of the lecture is now available to watch online.
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