It was in 17th-century Venice<\/strong> that tickets for opera events began to be sold to a wide audience, and in London<\/strong> and Paris<\/strong> in the 18th century that subscription concerts were first held. In centers such as Vienna<\/strong> and New<\/strong> York<\/strong>, orchestras and composers established philharmonic societies to make their art independent of the patronage of the wealthiest. Performers went beyond the walls of palaces and churches to secular concert halls, performing before a bourgeois audience with an ever-growing appetite.<\/p>\n It was in these cities<\/strong> that cultural energy resonated particularly strongly over the centuries, and its impact reached across continents. Spreading throughout the world, it influenced musical fashions and attracted talented composers to the metropolises \u2013 the epicenters of these vibrations<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Our journey will cover such urban phenomena as:<\/p>\n We will also visit cities whose musical image was shaped by great composers: the Prague of Mozart, Smetana, and Dvo\u0159\u00e1k; the Leipzig of Bach, Mendelssohn, and the Gewandhaus; and the Buenos Aires of Astor Piazzolla. We will get to know Warsaw \u2013 though not Chopin\u2019s, but Polish composers\u2019 of the 20th century and… the \u201cgolden\u201d 17th century, when Venetian-style music was heard here. We will experience the music of Armenian Yerevan and Syrian Aleppo, cities with an absolutely inimitable color and sound. Finally, we will treat the city very broadly: as a place inhabited by humanity \u2013 a cosmos, eternally bustling and encouraging exploration. Join this journey and feel the vibration of cities<\/strong>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" CITY VIBRATIONS | 26-29.09.2025 The history of music is closely intertwined with the fate of great cities \u2013 bustling centers of power and money. Culture flourished where the seats of rulers, aristocratic courts, and walls of religious congregations were built. Over time, however, as cities grew and became wealthier, access to music became more democratic. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":49661,"parent":3388,"menu_order":64,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-main-events.php","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\nThe history of music is closely intertwined with the fate of great cities \u2013 bustling centers of power and money. Culture flourished where the seats of rulers, aristocratic courts, and walls of religious congregations were built. Over time, however, as cities grew and became wealthier, access to music became more democratic.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n