The Melbourne Conservatorium of Music and National Gallery of Victoria are delighted to host a program of specialist talks and music performance, exploring music in the time of Spanish artist Francisco de Goya, and the impact of his art on the emergence of Hispanic musical modernity in the early twentieth century.

Symposium: Goya and Spanish Music (9.30am – 2.45pm)

Speakers: Convened by Michael Christoforidis the speakers include distinguished Spanish scholars Francesc Cortes* (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona), Miguel Ángel Marín (Universidad de La Rioja), Luisa Morales (FIMTE), and local experts from the University of Melbourne and the NGV, including Michael Christoforidis, David Irving, Liz Kertesz, Geraldine Power, and Yolanda Acker.

Download the full program here (pdf)

Tickets: Free, no booking required

Venue: Clemenger BBDO Auditorium Ground level, NGV International 180 St Kilda Rd, Melbourne NB entry via Groups entrance off Arts Centre forecourt

Enquiries: Dr Liz Kertesz

Concert: Music in the Time of Goya (3.00 – 4.00pm)

A recital of chamber music from eighteenth-century Spain, including works by Luigi Boccherini and Fernando Sor, performed and introduced by staff and students of the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music. Further details available here in July.

Tickets: Free, no booking required

Venue: Seventeenth and Eighteenth-Century European Paintings Gallery (Level 2) NGV International, 180 St Kilda Rd, Melbourne

Enquiries: Dr Liz Kertesz

Website: http://vca-mcm.unimelb.edu.au/events?id=931

VCAM are pleased to acknowledge the generous support of the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music’s Master Teacher Program, supported by the Victorian Government through Arts Victoria; the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music’s Louise Hanson-Dyer and Joseph Hanson Bequests; the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions; and the partnership of the National Gallery of Victoria.