See What's On | Fantastic Music

During the meeting, the theme of the role of music in the creation of fantastic literature will be discussed. We will listen to the ballads of the bards telling about heroic deeds, but we will also visit the worlds that were created thanks to music, and those in which music became magic. We will try, by the way, to consider whether modern fantasy writers draw their inspiration from the ancient idea of the music of the spheres, which also attributed supernatural properties to the harmony of sounds.

We invite you to explore the unobvious connections between music and painting, dance and literature. Together we will look at how sounds inspire artists, how music is fixed on canvases, how dance turns into an image, and melodies become a source of magic and literary tales. From the works of old masters and Renaissance visions, to ancient dance performances and fantasy worlds, to the lyrics of pop songs, we will look for traces of music where we don't always expect to find it.

AHEAD OF US FROM THE CYCLE:

February 17, 2027 | 5:30pm | Literature and pop | dr Fryderyk Nguyen