“A day without laughter is a day wasted”, as Charlie Chaplin said. Most people enjoy good humour and search for it in movies, books, and conversations. But do we embrace the humour, fun, and ironic gestures in classical music? It is definitely worth it. So, how is it even possible for the composers to express the joke and make it accessible for the public?

During this lecture we will consider main types of humour that can be anticipated in academic music of different times. More importantly, we will carefully examine music pieces together to train the ability of getting a sense of fun made by big masters. Haydn, Beethoven, Saint-Saëns, Mozart, Schnittke and others – what did they want us to laugh about? Let`s discover together.

Asja Zakhareva
Asja Zakhareva is willing to help people with revealing the potential of classical music. That is what drives her to give talks about academic music and lessons of music theory. Since 2015 Asja held more than 20 interactive sessions on multiple topics of music history and theory. Besides that, in 2020 she held 5 webinars on how classics can help people to increase their emotional awareness (in collaboration with a psychologist). At the same time, Asja is very inspired to initiate and curate interdisciplinary projects that unite music with other medias. The recent project (2021) of reflecting the essence of visual art in sound was held for Van Abbemuseum in Eindhoven (together with the composer Sachit Ajmani).

Asja came originally from Saint-Petersburg (Russia) where she got her university degrees, including Master degree in Music critics and curation. At this moment she has been living in Netherlands and studying Music theory in Maastricht Conservatory for almost 2 years. Her main goal is to open the world of academic music for the broad audience and let people use the power of classics for better state of their emotions and mind.

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