News

Ingeborg Zechner - Co-organization of the "Musica Mercata" conference

The 7th Sibelius Academy Symposium on Music History provides the opportunity for music-history scholars all over the world to interrogate issues around finance, commodity and the music industry in the history of music from antiquity to the present and in all parts of the globe.

Lecture at the conference "Music and the Moving Image XX"

Ingeborg Zechner will participate in the conference "Music and the Moving Image XX" with the lecture "A Runaway Nun's Story: Fim Music in Hollywood Productions Abroad".

Contribution by Robert Felfe for conference and publication at the Bibliotheca Hertziana

New Publication "Franz Waxman: Between film music and concert hall"

Using the example of Hollywood composer Franz Waxman (1906-1967), the book takes a look at musical careers in the 20th century.

Pop, party, politics - what future does the Eurovision Song Contest have?

Eva Röder discusses with Jan Feddersen, die tageszeitung and ESC expert Prof. Dr. Saskia Jaszoltowksi, musicologist at the University of Graz Jenni Zylka, journalist and author

Lecture at the International Conference of the International Musicological Society

Two lectures by Katrin Nahidi

Open Day

The Department of Art and Musicology took part in this year's Open Day on 04.04.2024 for the first time since the merger of the two departments. Student employees presented the two fields of the  studies Musicology and Art History and gave the numerous prospective students lots of practical tips and insights. Prof. Dr. Cornelia Logemann (Art History) and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Saskia Jaszoltowski (Musicology) gave a joint lecture entitled "Seeing - Hearing - Understanding" to explain the course content. We look forward to welcoming many of the visitors as first-semester students in the coming academic year.