Wednesday, 6 November | Thursday, 7 November | Friday, 8 November

2.30 pm | Welcome
Ulrike Anton, Director Arnold Schönberg Center
Markus Böggemann, Director Center for Research on Arnold Schönberg and the Viennese School
Bernhard Günther, Artistic Director Wien Modern

Eike Feß, Introduction

3.00 pm | Lectures (Chair: Eike Feß)
Saskia Jaszoltowski (Graz, AT)
12 Tones for Hollywood

Elizabeth Keathley (Tacoma, USA)
Cleo Laine Performs Schoenberg’s Jazz Masterpiece, Pierrot lunaire

5.00 pm | Keynote
Georg Graewe (Wien, AT)
Schönberg and jazz, or composition vs. improvisation

The theme of the symposium on the occasion of Arnold Schönberg's 150th birthday will focus on forms of Schönberg reception and adaptation across the entire spectrum of popular music. Scholarly lectures on all genres of popular music (jazz, rock, metal, video games, etc.) will address both musical reception and reformulation as well as the interaction with Arnold Schönberg as a historical figure.

The symposium will be streamed live on facebook and YouTube and will be available for seven days afterwards.

Cooperation Arnold Schönberg Center, Vienna, Research Center Arnold Schönberg und die Wiener Schule, Department of Music Sociology, Department of Popular Music, Department of Musicology and Performance Studies (mdw – University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna), and Department of Jazz Research (KUG – University of Music and Performing Arts Graz) and Wien Modern