[ALOUD] at Central Library
Tuesday, October 23, 2007 7:00 PM
OLIVER SACKS
In conversation with Ara Guzelimian, Provost and Dean, The Juilliard School
Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain
"The poet laureate of medicine" (New York Times) examines the complexities of our response to music and the particular powers of music to move us physically and emotionally, beneficially or destructively, showing how we humans are a musical species no less than a linguistic one.
Oliver Sacks is the author of nine previous books, including The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat. His work has been supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the Guggenheim Foundation, and the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He lives in New York City, where he is a practicing neurologist.
Ara Guzelimian is the Provost and Dean of the Juilliard School, the distinguished performing arts conservatory, in New York City. Prior to the Juilliard appointment, he was Senior Director and Artistic Advisor of Carnegie Hall from 1998 to 2006. As a writer and music critic, he has contributed to many publications, including Musical America, Opera Quarterly, Opera News, Symphony, and the New York Times. He is editorof Parallels and Paradoxes: Explorations in Music and Society, a collection of dialogues between Daniel Barenboim and Edward Said.
Directions/Parking: Unless otherwise indicated, ALOUD programs take place at the Los Angeles Central Library's Mark Taper Auditorium,
630 W. Fifth Street, Los Angeles, CA 90071.
