The ERC – funded project
Past and Present Musical Encounters Across the Strait of Gibraltar
proudly presents the following series of online events:
SONIC CONVERSATIONS IN THE WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN
September – December 2020
Informations et inscriptions:
The team are delighted to present the online series Sonic Conversations in the Western Mediterranean. This series seeks to delve into the rich and diverse range of musical genres and sonic practices that criss-cross the Western Mediterranean region and its neighbouring geographies. Through a collection of academic speakers, workshops and concerts, the series explores the interconnected histories and migrations of Mediterranean musics and musicians, addressing creation, performance and reception. Music and sound can connect people, and at times, can divide people. They can reflect and construct collective identities. They are powerful mechanisms through which the past and cultural memory are remembered, performed and negotiated. Through this series we examine how the sonic world is deeply interwoven with the social world, as musicians and audiences from different cultural and religious communities move and interact across and beyond the Mediterranean.
CusCus Flamenco, Al Andalus meets Andalucia
Concert and Q&A
21st September 2020, 14:00 BST
Katharina Schmoll, Listening as Encounter, Empowerment and Contestation: Citizenship and politics in contemporary Morocco
Lecture and Q&A
24th September 2020, 16:00 BST
Phil Bohlman, « And Trumpets Loudly heralded the Holy Secret »:
The Cid, Caesura, and the Death of Heroes across Centuries
Lecture and Q&A
October 2020, time and date TBD
Tamara Turner, Looking South: Imagining « Africa » in Algerian Musics
Lecture and Q&A
17 November 2020, time TBD
Liz Matsushita, Encounters at Africa’s Border:
Music and Colonialism in Tangier, 1900-1956
Lecture and Q&A
3rd December 2020, 16:00 GMT
Alaa Zouiten, My Transcultural Oud Story
Lecture Recital and Q&A
14th December 2020, 14:00 GMT
Coming soon: Dwight Reynolds, February 2021, Hisham Aidi, March 2021