Activity Type:
Lecture
Presenter:
Theodora Kelly Trimble, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures
Date:
Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - 12:00 to 13:30
Event Status:
As Scheduled
Location:
4217 Posvar Hall
Contact Person:
Anna Talone
Contact Email:
crees@pitt.edu
Cost:
Free
After the arrival of MTV in the 1990s, Eurovision also influenced trends in Russian popular music. A performance by the Russian band, t.A.T.u., in the song contest in 2003 triggered international controversy and, at the same time, set the model for emerging patterns and trends in the popular music community. Russian popular music and music video aesthetics are still influenced by the performance at Eurovision ten years ago. It is worth examining, therefore, the ways in which the politics of Eurovision still influence Russian popular music and music video aesthetics.
UCIS Unit:
Center for Russian East European and Eurasian Studies
European Studies Center
European Union Center of Excellence
Non-University Sponsors:
Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures
World Regions:
Russia/Eastern Europe