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

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25 April 2025 09:00
Sophia Sheppard Room, Magdalen College, High Street, OX1 4AU
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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

Faculty of Music Lunchtime Recital Series

20 November
Piano in Focus

Public seminar: Alexander Rehding (Harvard University)

24 November

Migration, Performance & Policy study day

26 November
A day for interdisciplinary thinking about the nexus between migration, policy and performance.

Faculty of Music Lunchtime Recital Series

27 November

Horn and brass masterclass with Professor Beth Randell

02 December
A masterclass with guest visiting artist Beth Randell, Deputy Head of Wind, Brass & Percussion (Brass) at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama and Horn Tutor for the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain.

Masters Composers and Performers Concert

02 December
A celebration of collaboration - join us for this special event in which our students completing a Master's degree in Composition write music for their peers completing the same course in Performance.