Choosing the ten records of the century: the conference by Enrico Merlin (who wrote a “definitive” book) on Thursday in Trento – Culture and Entertainment

TRENT. If they told you to choose ten records that, in your opinion, represent a century of music, which ones would you choose? A great expert could give you some advice: Enrico Merlin, author of the monumental book «1000 records for a century» published with Il Saggiatore.

In fact, a calendar of meetings on music, emotions, family and autonomy begins on Thursday 18 April, at 8.30 pm, in Sala Nones at Palazzo Benvenuti in via Belenzani in Trento.

«Cultural events which – explain the promoters – give the capital and its citizens opportunities for personal growth», organized by the Members’ Council and the Youth Association of the Bank for Trentino-Alto Adige.

The “Author Conversations” event offers a meeting on 18 April at 8.30 pm to discover the extraordinary worlds of the history of twentieth-century music. A century that was anything but short if you look at it from the point of view of the seven notes. Enrico Merlin, music historian, composer and guitarist, among the leading experts on Miles Davis with “Are 10 records for a century enough?” will propose a journey through time: ten milestones to try to trace one of the possible routes of the evolution of the sound of the 20th century.

Author of the book “1000 records for a century” published with Il Saggiatore, Merlin takes a sonic journey on the grooves of the records that have marked and revolutionized the way of conceiving and making music. An overview full of surprises with “confirmations, ruptures and continuous evolutions, reversals of styles and genres, technological innovations and new cultural currents”.

The next three meetings will begin at 6 pm and will always take place in Sala Nones.

April 23rd an opportunity to delve deeper into the significant topic of emotions, how to know them, how to manage them. Antonella Giannini, psychologist and psychotherapist, will talk about it.

May 16th the appointment is with Alessandro Della Santunione, author of the book “Poco mossi gli altri mari” published by Marcos y Marcos in the Gli alianti series, a book that won the Giuseppe Berto Prize in 2023. The book deals with the theme of family.

The fourth and final meeting of this first cycle, scheduled on May 21st, will record the presence of the Valsuganotto author Mario Cerato. He will present the book “Autonomia contesa” published by Saturnia.