Symposium: Transforming Musicianship

SYMPOSIUM: Transforming Musicianship: Understanding C19th Historical Style and its Implications for Learning.

Language for the lecture is English.

Program:

9:30-10:00am Welcoming words, and lecture by Dr. Guadalupe López-Íñiguez (Docent of Music Education, Sibelius Academy): Why Do I Play 19th Century Music on Period Instruments? On Agency, Creativity, and Motivation

10:00-10:45 Keynote by Dr. Claire Holden (Oxford University, violinist at the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment): The Long and Short of it: Bowing and Articulation in Beethoven’s Symphonies

10:45-11:00 Coffee break (not provided)

11:00-11:45 Keynote by Dr. Tuija Hakkila (Professor of Piano, Sibelius Academy): Making the Score Come Alive: Reading and Understanding 19th Century Piano Scores

11:45-12:30 Keynote by Dr. George Kennaway (Universities of Leeds and Huddersfield, cellist and conductor): Sliding, on Thin Ice, to Some Conclusions – Fundamental Aspects of Cello Performance in the 19th Century

12:30-13:00 Panel with all speakers, questions from the audience, and discussion