Stefan Sunandan Honisch (University of British Columbia) explores Paradis’ musical legacy in relation to the life and work of two blind women pianists who participated in the professional and amateur streams of the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition: Judyth Walker (1973) and Debra Saylor (2005). Despite their historical distance from each other, Honisch considers how capitalist political economy catches the music-making and reception of Paradis, Walker, and Saylor within an adversarial aesthetic that objectifies sensory, physical, and cognitive ability.Barbara Albert (Vienna, Austria) in conversation with Christopher Parton about Licht (2017) - presenting online

Part of the bicentenary symposium "Reframing the Gaze: Maria Theresia Paradis, Blind Musicians, and Musical Culture Before and After Braille" (November 22-23, 2024, Mount Holyoke College and online)