Lecture by Luca Cerchiari at the Faculty

The Department of Musicology, Faculty of Arts, Comenius University, invites you to a series of lectures by Italian professor Luca Cerchiari on the topic George Gershwin: Life, Work, and Critical Editions. The lectures will take place at the Department of Musicology from 13 to 15 October 2025.

Programme:

Monday, 13 October 2025 – 9:45–13:00, Room 309

Tuesday, 14 October 2025 – 11:30–14:45, Room 308

Wednesday, 15 October 2025 – 9:45–13:00, Room 309

Language of the lectures: English

Luca Cerchiari (b. 1957) teaches the history of pop and jazz and directs the postgraduate Master’s programme in Music Publishing and Production at IULM University in Milan. He is editor-in-chief of the Contemporary Music series at Mimesis Publishing Company in Milan. His numerous essays and books include Greensleeves (Stampatori, Turin 1999), Eurojazzland. Jazz and Its European Sources, Dynamics and Contexts (UPNE, Boston and London 2012), Miles Davis (Feltrinelli, Milan 2013), On Record (Odoya, Bologna 2014), Around Jazz (Bompiani, Milan 2016/2017), Scott Joplin’s Treemonisha (Mimesis, Milan 2020), Mina (Mondadori, Milan 2020), Arrigo Polillo (Mimesis, Milan 2021), and Frank Sinatra. "The Voice" tra musica e cinema (Feltrinelli 2024), for which he received the “Eccellenze IULM” Award in 2024. He is currently preparing a musical biography of George Gershwin for Feltrinelli (to be published in 2026), from which he will present selected material during his lectures at the Faculty of Arts, Comenius University.