We invite everyone to join us on Saturday, 19 September at 12:00 PM at Narva Castle to discuss how music influences our thinking and cultural identity.
How does music influence our way of thinking and our cultural code? Why have certain musical phenomena been considered acceptable in some periods, while others were viewed as dangerous or ideologically alien?
In the Middle Ages, certain musical intervals were regarded as incompatible with harmony and were even associated with the devil. During the Soviet era, avant-garde music was criticized as formalist, anti-people, and ideologically foreign.
Topics of discussion:
- How powerful a tool of propaganda music can be;
- How music has shaped worldviews throughout the centuries;
- Why propaganda is especially effective where knowledge is lacking.
Petr Sushkov, journalist at Radio 4 and author and host of cultural programmes, is a graduate of the Music Department of the Viljandi Culture Academy and holds a Master’s degree in Jazz and Improvisational Music from the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre.
The event will be held in Russian.
Admission is free, but registration is required. Places are limited.
