Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia

This event addresses: Dr. Leopold Nosek will discuss his unique interdisciplinary approach for understanding how musical language contains a syntax that can be used to think about psychoanalysis.

Dr. Leopold Nosek will join us in person, on Sunday, April 30th, for an intimate program that will focus on his unique interdisciplinary approach for understanding how musical language contains a syntax that can be used to think about psychoanalysis. This program will involve playing the last movement of Beethoven’s Sonata 32. Dr. Nosek will use literature references as well to consider T. W. Adorno’s argument and the Frankfurt School’s Critical Theory. Dr. Nosek will develop the argument that dreams configure a synthesis of opposites belonging to the past, being substituted today by the identification of a moment of thought. In this presentation, Dr. Nosek will explore the qualities of musical language as distinct from ordinary speech, show how understanding musical language facilitates psychoanalytic work, and furthers the analyst’s capacity to empathize with patients who have musical talents and interests.