Dialogues Online #22

Topic: Wolfgang and Leopold Mozart. A Story of Love and Music: From Harmony to Tragedy

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart would never have become a great genius had it not been for his father, Leopold, an outstanding teacher who sacrificed everything to raise his son. How could it be that Wolfgang, for whom “after God came Papa” during his childhood, grew estranged from his father toward the end of his life?

Participants in the dialogue:

• Oleksandr Pustovit, Ukrainian cultural studies scholar, musician, and lecturer. Candidate of Physical and Mathematical Sciences. Author of the textbooks: *History of European Culture. An Introduction to Cultural Studies,” “Ethics and Aesthetics: The Legacy of the West—A History of Beauty and Goodness,” and “An Introduction to Logic.”
• Olga Kadysheva, psychologist, crisis psychologist, Gestalt therapist, lead trainer at the Ukrainian Gestalt Institute (NAGTU). Ukraine – France
• Mikhail Slutskin, psychologist, accredited Gestalt therapist, and supervisor at the National Academy of Gestalt Therapy “Ukrainian Gestalt Institute.” Ukraine – Germany
• Mikhail Baitalsky, philosopher, Candidate of Philosophical Sciences, EAGT-accredited Gestalt therapist. Ukraine – France

When: November 16, 2026

Duration of the meeting: 3.5 hours, from 6:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. (Kyiv time).

Event agenda:
Introduction: 5 minutes.
Panel discussion: ~1 hour.
Q&A session: 15 minutes.
Break: 15 minutes.
Breakout group discussions: 55 minutes.
Questions and exchange of views in the plenary session: 1 hour.