We ask our guest speakers to come with music they like, which is played as seminar attendees grab a sandwich and take a seat. There’s a trick though: title or lyrics of chosen song must include “storm”.
This makes a very decent playlist: our guests have good taste!
15 May 2025
Irina Surdu picked:
The Killers: Spaceman
10 April 2025
Ana Aranda picked:
Gorillaz: Tormenta (feat. Bad Bunny)
13 March 2025
Hyejun Kim picked:
Phildel: Storm Song
13 February 2025
Anne Jacqueminet picked:
Stereophonics: Who’ll Stop The Rain
09 January 2025
Romain Boulongne picked:
Dean Martin: I Wish You Love
05 December 2024
Panikos Georgallis picked:
U2: With Or Without You
10 November 2024
Patrick Haack picked:
Darude: Sandstorm (Apparently a big thing in Switzerland?)
10 October 2024
Yuliya Snihur picked:
AaRON: Birds In The Storm (damn, second time a song is picked twice, what’s the police doing?)
20 September 2024
For our annual Research Festival, Bernard picked:
IDLES: MTT 420 RR
25 June 2024
Yuan Li picked:
Prince: Purple Rain
13 June 2024
Anne-Claire Pache picked:
Otis Redding: That’s How Strong My Love Is
16 May 2024
Mario Amore picked:
Vampire Weekend: My Mistake
14 March 2024
Saverio Favaron picked:
Aretha Franklin & Elton John: Through The Storm
15 February 2024
Francesco Castellaneta picked:
Antonio Vivaldi: Storm (final movement of the Four Season’s “Summer” concerto)
11 January 2024
Anders Krabbe picked:
Stormzy: Own It
18 December 2023
Fabien Accominotti picked:
Georges Brassens: L’Orage
12 November 2023
Farah Kodeih picked:
Burna Boy (feat. Ed Sheeran): For My Hand
12 October 2023
Ilze Kivleniece picked:
AaRON: Birds In The Storm
14 September 2023
For our annual Research Festival, Bernard picked:
Hania Rani: Storm
04 May 2023
Emanuele Bettinazzi picked:
Darude: Sandstorm
13 April 2023
Elisa Operti picked:
Scorpions: Wind Of Change
09 February 2023
Brayden King picked:
Wilco: All Across The World
12 January 2023
Madeline Toubiana picked:
Lenny Kravitz: Storm
15 December 2022
Marjo Siltaoja picked:
Vanessa-Mae: Storm
17 November 2022
Shaz Ansari picked:
R.E.M.: Imitation Of Life
20 October 2022
Maxim Voronov picked:
Michael Romeo: Black
21 September 2022
For our annual Research Festival, Bernard picked:
Of Monsters And Men: Thousand Eyes
16 June 2022
Dror Etzion picked:
Lorde: Yellow Flicker Beat
12 May 2022
Tieying Yu picked:
Arctic Monkeys: She’s Thunderstorm
14 Apr. 2022
Jan Lodge picked:
Snow Patrol: The Lightning Strike (What If This Storm Ends?)
14 Mar. 2022
Exequiel (Zeke) Hernandez picked:
Imagine Dragons: Walking the Wire
10 Feb. 2022
Nuno Oliveira picked:
Ana Moura: Dentro Da Tempestade
13 Jan. 2022
Johanna Mair picked:
Deep Purple: Stormbringer
16 Dec. 2021
Joel Gehman picked:
Traitrs: Ghost And The Storm
18 Nov. 2021
Abhinav Gupta picked:
AC/DC: Thunderstruck
21 Oct. 2021
Daphne Demetry picked:
Kacey Musgraves: Rainbow
23 Sep. 2021
For our annual Research Festival, Bernard picked:
Siskiyou: Twigs And Stones
24 June 2021
Giada Di Stefano picked:
Mumford & Sons: After The Storm
27 May 2021
Anna Kim picked:
Scorpions: Eye Of The Storm
29 Apr. 2021
Jung-Hoon Han picked:
John Legend: Refuge (When It’s Cold Outside)
25 Mar. 2021
Grace Augustine picked:
Cast: Sandstorm
25 Feb. 2021
Jelena Brankovic and Leopold Ringel picked:
Django Django: Storm
28 Jan. 2021
Caroline Flammer picked:
Sergio George’s Salsa Giants: Bajo la Tormenta
1 Oct. 2020
For our annual Research Festival, Bernard picked:
PJ Harvey: Victory
4 June 2020
Amandine Ody-Brasier picked:
Doves: Jetstream
13 February 2020
Tünde Cserpes picked:
Count Basie: Thunderball
23 January 2020
Nina Granqvist picked:
Fleetwood Mac: Storms
19 December 2019
Massimo Maoret picked:
A Tribe Called Quest: Check The Rhime
28 November 2019
Gino Cattani picked:
Led Zeppelin: Fool In The Rain
24 October 2019
Pascual Berrone picked:
Victor Crone: Storm
26 September 2019
Mitali Banerjee picked:
Adele: Turning Tables
12 Sep. 2019
For our annual Research Festival, Bernard picked:
Radio Kaizman: Taking The World By Storm
20 June 2019
Charlene Zietsma picked:
Lukas Graham: Take the World By Storm
16 May 2019
Noah Askin picked:
Sigur Rós: Stormur (Icelandic for Storm)
11 April 2019
Frédéric Godart picked:
Arctic Monkeys: Brianstorm
11 March 2019
Eric Zhao picked:
Imagine Dragons: Thunder
14 February 2019
Isabel Fernandez Mateo picked:
Idina Menzel: Let It Go
17 January 2019
Nel Dutt picked:
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Storm in a Teacup
13 December 2018
Bryant Hudson picked:
Gov’t Mule: About To Rage
15 November 2018
Majken Schultz picked:
Eric Clapton: Stormy Monday
18 October 2018
Juliane Reinecke picked:
Crowded House: Weather With You
27 September 2018
Kamal Munir picked:
Atif Aslam: Baarish
25 June 2018
Raghu Garud picked:
Aamir Khan | A.R. Rahman: Ghanan Ghanan – Lagaan
15 June 2018
Amelia Compagni picked:
Tre Allegri Ragazzi Morti: La Tempesta
31 May 2018
Christian De Cock and Daniel Nyberg picked:
Steve Earle & The Dukes: Acquainted With The Wind
26 Apr. 2018
Tal Simons picked:
Nathan Goshen: סערה (Seara, Hebrew for Storm)
22 Mar. 2018
John Amis picked:
Gerry & The Pacemakers: You’ll Never Walk Alone
8 Mar. 2018
Stine Grodal picked:
Lena Horne: Stormy Weather
1 Mar. 2018
Emilie Feldman picked:
Classics IV: Stormy
15 Feb. 2018
Giovanni Valentini picked:
U2: Electrical Storm
18 Jan. 2018
Tim Rowley picked:
The Rolling Stones: Gimme Shelter
30 Nov. 2017
Julien Jourdan picked:
Galaxie 500: Snowstorm
25 Oct. 2017
Martina Montauti picked:
Creedence Clearwater Revival: Have You Ever Seen The Rain
29 Sept. 2017
For our yearly kick-off Research Festival, Bernard picked:
Godspeed You! Black Emperor: Storm (Live In Paris)
11 May 2017
Stoyan Sgourev picked:
Simple Minds: Alive And Kicking
06 Apr. 2017
Maurizio Zollo picked:
Robert Zimmerman: Shelter From The Storm
(yes, we know this is cheating, but it’s a great song. Also, we thought that if we found a variant, that would be okay.)
09 Mar. 2017
Candace Jones picked:
Bob Dylan: Shelter From The Storm
09 Feb. 2017
Tammar Zilber picked:
Smokey Robinson: Quiet Storm
08 Dec. 2016
Renate Meyer picked:
Richard Wagner: Die Walküre, “Prelude” (Wilhelm Furtwängler, Wiener Philharmoniker)
08 Dec. 2016
Roy Suddaby picked:
The Doors: Riders On The Storm
10 Nov. 2016
Stefan Jonsson picked:
The Cardigans: You’re The Storm
20 Oct. 2016
For our Inaugural Research Festival, Bernard picked:
LNZNDRF: Mt. Storm
Listen to the full playlist on Spotify:
