How to Play a Planet Space and Music II

Following on from last year’s lecture at the Festival of Musical Ideas, Professors Lintott and Mermikides will present, demonstrate and critique the idea of ‘astro sonification’, using sound and music to represent the astronomical patterns seen in the sky. A particular focus will be on representations of the diverse exoplanet systems now found around other stars, and on musical representations (historical and contemporary) of the worlds of our Solar System.  

This event was on Fri, 25 Sep 2026

Milton Mermikides

Professor Milton Mermikides

Gresham Professor of Music

Milton Mermikides is a composer, guitarist, technologist, academic and educator in a wide range of musical styles and has collaborated with artists and scientists as...

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Professor Chris Lintott

Professor Chris Lintott

Gresham Professor of Astronomy

Professor Chris Lintott is a Professor of Astrophysics at the University of Oxford, and a Research Fellow at New College.

Having been educated at Magdalene...

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