Film Screening Oct. 26: The Voice of Hagia Sophia

Friday, October 26
5:30 pm
Oshman Hall, McMurtry Building

Sponsored by: Department of Art & Art History

The recreation of the soundscape of Hagia Sophia, built in Istabul in the sixth century, is the focus of the documentary film The Voice of Hagia Sophia, highlighting Stanford’s interdisciplinary project “Icons of Sound”, led by Bissera Pentcheva (Art History) and Jonathan Abel (CCRMA) and in collaboration with the foremost choir for Byzantine chant in North America, Cappella Romana. 

Q&A with Duygu Erucman and Bissera Pentcheva after the screening.