Conference Agenda
The Online Program of events for the 2026 AMS Annual Meeting appears below. This program is subject to change. The final program will be published in early November.
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Musical Travels In and Out of Russia Session Chair: Keenan Reesor | |
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Two Hundred Years of Lisa Cristiani: Analyzing Three Performances in East Siberia, 1849 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Information about French cellist Lisa Cristiani (1825-1853) and her travels through Imperial Russia has mainly reached us thanks to two French periodicals published around the first decade since her death. However, at the time, sources prioritized the journey itself, centering the narrative on her travels rather than her musical activities. Recently, interest in Cristiani has resurfaced and research about her has expanded our previously limited knowledge about her life. Scholars like Hoffmann (2011) and Deserno (2018) have focused on biographical and feminist analysis, and Kamer and De Vries (2025) have unveiled have recently unveiled new information regarding her family origins, European travels, and repertoire, still, her musical performances have not been the central focus of research. This presentation focuses on three of Cristiani’s most emblematic concerts in the East Siberian towns and settlements of Petropavlovsk, Ayan, and Yakutsk during the Summer and Fall of 1849. These performances took place while she participated in the expedition to Kamchatka, organized by the Governor-General of East Siberia, Nikolai N. Muravyov. By compiling, contextualizing, and analyzing information from German, Dutch, French and Russian sources, particularly the memoirs of Russian diplomat Bernhard V. Struve (1889), this piece of research places Cristiani’s musical performances center-stage. Analysis of these musical events shows how Cristiani was able to take advantage of the uncommon situation she was in, providing her traveling companions with musical entertainment and morale boosting. She also served as a cultural ambassador of western Europe in a time and place where the Russian Empire was consolidating as a colonial power, all from her unique position as the first professional woman cellist, and without access to traditional concert infrastructure. These accomplishments justified the efforts Muravyov and his subordinates made to accommodate the inclusion of a musician and her invaluable Stradivarius cello into a military reconnaissance expedition. | |