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Interdisciplinary Study Day: Tradition and Transformation in Hofmannsthal's Vienna

Friday 25 April 2025
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Tickets £25 on arrival (£10 students). Registration is required and will close on Thursday 10th April.

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Springing from the multifarious disciplines that characterise the life and works of Hugo von Hofmannsthal, this Study Day brings together the intellectual and natural landscapes of the city of Vienna. Papers also explore the theatrical stage and its modern rival, the gramophone, and Hofmannsthal's engagement with the socio-political world of the time.

Robert Vilain (St Hugh's, Oxford) will give the keynote speech on the novelistic re-tellings of Der Rosenkavalier and Katja Kaluga (Freies Deutsches Hochstift, Frankfurter Goethe-Museum) presents a talk on the wealth of material in the Hofmannsthal archive. Kristina Hammer (President, Salzburg Festival) will give an introduction to the day.

We welcome speakers from more than six countries.

Please note that this event is in-person only. Registration is essential.

Please find the timetable for the day below:

Timetable for the day

Intermezzo Chamber Choir Summer Concert

05 September
The Intermezzo choir will be singing "Songs of Resistance", including eye-opening music from or about the oppressed and unfortunate in South Africa, Haiti, Ireland, the American south, Soviet-occupied Lithuania, Latvia & Estonia, and of course ancient Babylon.

Music in the (sub-)Arctic

07 September to 08 September

Oxford University Open Days

18 September

Tchaikovsky Recitals with Julian Chan

18 September
Join us on Friday evening for our Open Day concert at 6pm where Julian will be performing Tchaikovsky on our Steinway Grand.

Q&A and Recital with Professor Martyn Harry

19 September
Professor Harry will be giving a talk that will feature music throughout, followed by an audience Q&A.

Quantum Universe: Less than Nothing, More than Everything

25 September
Pianist, composer, author and quantum musician Rakhat-Bi Abdyssagin discusses his recent books.