Eugenia Cheng

"The Sum of the Score: Math in Music" Talk with baritone, Peter Wesoloski, Kavli IPMU Tokyo
2025-04-10 16:00 - 17:30 (Asia/Tokyo)
from the event webpage:

Speaker:
Eugenia Cheng (School of Art Institute of Chicago) joined by Peter Wesoloski

Title:
The Sum of the Score: Math in Music

Date (JST):
Thu, Apr 10, 2025, 16:00 – 17:30

Place:
Media Hall in Kashiwa Library

Abstract:
Math and music are often said to be related, but does this go any deeper than the fact that they both involve counting? In this lively hybrid of talk and concert, mathematician and pianist Eugenia Cheng uncovers mathematical structures in some of her favourite pieces of classical music. Joined by baritone Peter Wesoloski, she will perform works by Bach, Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, Wagner, Ravel, Debussy and Vaughan Williams. The music will be interspersed with discussion of a wide range mathematical concepts in the music including lowest common multiples, prime numbers, fractions, fractals, braids and more.

Remarks:
The venue is Media Hall, located in Kashiwa Library on the Kashiwa Campus.
