Faculty of Music
University of Oxford
Book Launch - Luxembourg Court Cultures in the Long Fourteenth Century: Performing Empire, Celebrating Kingship
Karl Kügle, Ingrid Ciulisova, Václav Žůrek (eds)
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You are invited to celebrate the publication of:
Karl Kügle, Ingrid Ciulisova, Václav Žůrek (eds)
Luxembourg Court Cultures in the Long Fourteenth Century:
Performing Empire, Celebrating Kingship
(Woodbridge: Boydell Press, 2024)
Speakers: Zoë Opačić (Birkbeck), Mark Whelan (Queen Mary), Václav Žůrek (CAS Prague)
If you wish to attend, please RSVP to karl.kuegle@music.ox.ac.uk.
<speaks> | Tomomi Adachi
Adachi will talk about his wide-ranging practice spanning music, poetry and visual art. Topics will include human voice, composition, improvisation, performance technique (and its absence), site-specific work, technology and artificial intelligence. The talk may also include a short performance designed for the online format.
Phantom Melodies and Tangerine Trees: A voyage through the psychedelic musical experience
Using musical illusions, perceptual experiments and examples from The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Tchaikovsky, Steve Reich and beyond, Prof. Milton Mermikides explores how music can evoke altered perceptions of time and self, the blending of senses and moments of transcendence, and why music relies on the very same perceptual mechanisms for its extraordinary power.