Marimbist Adilia Yip is the 8th Doctor of the Conservatoire. She examined the West African sounds and musical traditions of the balafon, an ethnic xylophone that is considered the forerunner of the marimba, with gourds hung under the wooden slats.
Book Launch ‘Commonism. A New Aesthetics of the Real’
September 26, 6pm Santiago Cirugeda (Recetas Urbanas) and Antonio Negri will launch the book ‘Commonism. A New Aesthetics of the Real’ (eds Nico Dockx & Pascal Gielen, Valiz Publishers) at the Venice Biennial for Architecture (Giardino Bianco Art Space – Castello, Via Giuseppe Garibaldi, 1814, 30122 Venezia VE, Italy).
From 17 to 19th of August, our researcher Katrien Van Opstal went to Barcelona. She was invited to talk at the Estill Euro Summit about her research project 'Style, Sound and voice production in vocal jazz'. We asked her how it was, what she talked about, and this is what she told us: