Anna Vilenskaya with a Lecture in Frankfurt am Main 15 March 2025

Anna Vilenskaya is a musicologist, lecturer and researcher of contemporary music. She has changed the approach of telling about music towards visualization, simplicity, emotionality and practical benefits for the listener.

The topic of the lecture: How electronic music has seamlessly changed people's listening experience

This lecture will talk about how people invented electronic instruments and how that changed the way people think about timbre and rhythm. We will talk about specific music, the first drum machine, rap, computer games, the Beatles' "White Album", Steve Reich, The Prodigy, and Radiohead favorites. No prior knowledge of any music is necessary.