Latest Past Events

Voicing Innocence: Trauma, Memory, and Contemporary Opera in the Work of Kaija Saariaho

CUNY Graduate Center 365 5th Ave, NY

Voicing Innocence is an international public conference to be presented in April 2026 that explores how music and sound give voice to trauma, vulnerability, and ethical responsibility in contemporary culture. It brings together scholars, composers, performers, and cultural thinkers for a series of lectures, panel discussions, and performances designed for both specialist and general audiences. […]

Music, Migration, and the Exchange of Knowledge: Spain – North America – Latin America

Institut d'Estudis Catalans Carrer del Carme, 47, Ciutat Vella

The Spanish presence in the Americas spans from the Early Modern period to the age of mass Atlantic migrations from the mid-nineteenth century onwards. Likewise, interest in Spanish culture and arts led people from the Americas to travel and establish links and alliances with Spain, and many Spanish musicians and/or intellectuals went to work in […]