Music Talks 19-20

• Marc Erkens (NL), professor at the Lemmens Instituut, takes place behind the piano and guides you to the secrets of Mahler's music during our concerts in Brussels
  > 6 september: Mahler 5
  > 13 december: Mahler 1
  > 15 december: Mahler 1
  > 21 february: Mahler 6
  
  
  
• Robin Broos & Jeroen Struys (NL), film journalists of De Morgen and De Standaard, and radio hosts of Klara's The Original Soundtrack, on Miloš Forman's cult classic
  > 13 september: Amadeus
  > 14 september: Amadeus
  
  
  
• Hugues Dayez (FR), film journalist of the RTBF, on Miloš Forman's cult classic
  > 13 september: Amadeus
  > 14 september: Amadeus
  
  
  
• Andrea Bardyn (ENG), post doctoral researcher at the KULeuven and author of Wijvenwereld, on the role of women in the Middle Ages
  > 4 oktober: Eötvos & Bartók
  
  
  
• Maarten Boudry (NL), philosopher and author of Waarom de wereld niet naar de knoppen gaat, on pessimism versus decisiveness and progressive thinking
  > 12 october: Ein Heldenleben
  
  
  
• Luk Van Haute (NL), author of Schetsen uit het leven, on Japanese culture: geisha, samoerai, sushi, zen and cherry blossoms... these are still amongst the first associations people have with Japan. In this lecture, Luk Van Haute puts nuances to a few generalisations and cliches, and outlines an image of a Japanese society that is much diverser than some would like to think.
  > 9 november : Paradise Lost
  
  
• Alicja Gescinska (NL), philosopher and author Thuis in muziek, on the role of the artist in the USSR
  > 16 november: Shostakovich 10
  
  
• Hendrik Vos (NL), professor in Political Sciences at the University of Ghent, on the importance of the EU
  > 31 january: Beethoven 9
  
  
• Pascal Cools (NL), managing director of DC, on innovation and creativity in Flanders
  > 21 march: Symphonie fantastique
• Elsa de Lacerda (FR)
• > 16 november: Shostakovich 10
• > 21 maart: Berlioz - Symphonie fantastique
• > 4 april: Ravel - Daphnis et Chloé
• Sjeng Scheijen (NL), author of Sergej Diaghilev, een leven voor de kunst, on the laborious history of Ravel's ballet music
  > 4 april: Daphnis et Chloé
  
  
• Francis Maes (NL), professor in Musicology at the University of Ghent, on Russian music
  > 24 april: Tchaikovsky 4
  

The Music Talks start at 19:30 and are free of charge.