Programme 6 - Placing Music with Professor Akeo Okada (University of Kyoto)

Programme 6 - Placing Music with Professor Akeo Okada (University of Kyoto)

Akeo reads the history of the western classical music tradition through its relationship with the environment, giving light to the musicological sound of places. In doing so, he questions the future of listening within concert spaces and of listening to places beyond 2020.

In the background, during the interview, we hear a late summer sunset from the top of one of Memu Meadows’ experimental buildings: In Nest We Grow, whose concept is centred on agriculture and the outdoors. After the interview we enjoy sunrise from another of the experimental structures, Inverted House, an inside-out home reimagined so all activities take place outdoors. These bring back the sound of the outdoors which was phased out of western classical music concerts since the 18th century.

First broadcast on 3rd October 2020