On 16 – 17 June the Royal Historical Society (RHS) Symposium Edges of Europe: Frontiers in Context was held at Lancaster University.
The Plenary Lecture entitled Acoustic Postcards from the Edges of Europe was given by Professor Michael Beckerman, Head of Music at New York University.
His research interests include Czech and Eastern European music, Janacek, Dvorak, Martinu, nationalism, Gypsies, Mozart, Brahms, Gilbert and Sullivan, Schubert, and film music.
He received the Janacek Medal from the Czech Republic and is a Laureate of the Czech Music Council. He lectures widely and writes regularly for the New York Times.
Here you can view a video of his talk.
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