Shostakovich symposium--University of Illinois

[mcfinke]

The Dept. of Slavic Langs. and Lits. at the University of Illinois at  
Urbana-Champaign is pleased to announce a major interdisciplinary  
conference devoted to Dmitry Shostakovich, "The Quartets in Context,"  
which will take place in Urbana, IL the days of February 21-22, 2011.

Keynote talks by: Richard Taruskin, Laurel Fay, Simon Morrison.
Panels with papers by Katerina Clark, Henry Fogel, William Hussey,  
Julie Kuhn, Wendy Lesser, Gerard McBurney, and a number of University  
of Illinois faculty and advanced graduate students.
Roundtable discussion with the performers of the Pacifica Quartet,  
moderated by Henry Fogel.

The conference, free and open to the public, has been organized in  
connection with the performance this year--in Urbana, Chicago, and  
New York--of the complete cycle of Shostakovich Quartets by the award  
winning Pacifica Quartet, which is in residence at the University of  
Illinois.  The conference will culminate with the Pacifica's  
performance of Quartets 11, 13, 14, and 15 the evening of February 22.
(On Pacifica Quartet, see: http://www.pacificaquartet.com/)

For more information on the conference, see the website of the U of I  
Slavic Department: < http://www.slavic.illinois.edu/ >, where the  
full conference program will be posted soon.
Or e-mail us at < slavic at illinois.edu >.  If you wish to attend the  
symposium, we can try to help you with arrangements.


Michael Finke, Professor and Head
Dept. of Slavic Languages and Literatures
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
3072 FLB, MC-170
707 S. Mathews Ave.
Urbana, IL  61801

mcfinke at illinois.edu
(217) 244-3068






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