Prof. dr. Peter Peters’s farewell lecture ‘New variations: on innovating classical music’

Prof. dr. Peter Peters, director of the Maastricht Centre for the Innovation of Classical Music from 2018 to 2026, gave his valedictory lecture ‘New variations: on innovating classical music’ at the Aula of Maastricht University on 16 April 2026. 

In his valedictory lecture, Peters looks back on the work of MCICM over the past years where he reflects on how experimentation means going beyond marking strategies or new concert forms. The Maastricht Centre for the Innovation of Classical Music is a collaboration between Maastricht University, Zuyd University of Applied Sciences and Philzuid. The lecture also reflected on the career of Prof. dr. Peter Peters.

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Click here for the live stream.