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«Research in times of corona is more about finishing and working on long-standing projects, less about conceptualising new research ideas — it is not about crisis, but transition.» 

Prof. Dr. Dominik Sackmann, Head of the Institute for Music Research (IMR)
 

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Scientific, Artistic and Creative Output and Impact

Due to coronavirus restrictions, the IMR was unable to offer any lectures, symposia and concerts in 2020.

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Promotion of Talents and Careers

Completed dissertations: Stephan Klarer and Karin Wetzel (KuG), Iris Eggenschwiler (UZH). Ongoing dissertations: Bernhard Rietbrock (UdK) and Martin Zimmermann (HfM Freiburg i. Br.).

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Cooperation and Internationality

German Society for Music Physiology and Musician Medicine, European Society for Dispokinesis, German Association of Musicians, European String Teachers Association, Society for Music Research, German Society for Psychoanalysis and Music, Cantus planus Study Group of the International Musicological Society, International Study Group for Gregorian Chant.

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External Funding

Das Hören der Anderen, Konzepte des Polywerks, SRG composition assignments, Heard Abroad: Perspectives on Fritz Muggler, The Influence of an Instrument’s Dimensions, String Length-dependent Finger Spacing and Position on Muscle Activation and Perceived Effort in Viola Playing

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Reading Tips

  • Jörn Peter Hiekel, ÖFFENTLICHprivat. (Zwischen-)Räume in der Gegenwartsmusik , Mainz: Schott, 2020
  • Helga Váradi / Dominik Sackmann, Stefi Geyer: Materialien zu ihrer Biographie, Bern: Peter Lang, 2020
  • Erich Schmid, Klavierwerke, 2 Volumes, ed. by Christoph Keller (Erich Schmid Edition. Historisch-kritische Edition für die Praxis, ed. by Lukas Näf), Berlin/London: Boosey & Hawkes, 2020

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