When:
Friday, October 2, 2015
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM CT
Where: Alice Millar Chapel, Room 122 - Use Parkes Hall entrance on Chicago Ave., 1870 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208 map it
Audience: Faculty/Staff - Student - Public
Cost: *free
Contact:
Martha B. Witwer
(847) 491-5636
Group: Slavic Languages and Literatures
Category: Fine Arts
The Chopin Competition (founded in 1927) is an international piano competition held every 5 years in Warsaw. The International Tchaikovsky Competition (founded in 1958) is held every 4 years in Moscow, featuring piano, violin, cello and voice. Van Cliburn, an American, won the first Tchaikovsky Competition at the height of the Cold War, making him an instant celebrity in the U.S. Northwestern alum Tony Lin, PhD (BA Slavic/Psychology; BM Piano, 2005) describes how these musical contests have at times embodied a tug of war between various political and cultural ideologies, with outcomes undermining the objectives of the host nations. While much of the literature on these events is limited to lists of winners and judges, Lin has explored this fascinating history, revealed through memoirs of attendees and jury members as well as documents from the inaugural competitions.