Siegfried Mauser
Siegfried Mauser (born 3 November 1954) is a German pianist and music manager.
Education
Siegfried Mauser was born in Straubing (Bavaria). He studied piano with Rosl Schmid and Alfons Kontarsky. In Munich and Salzburg, his academic subjects were musicology, philosophy and art history.
Functions in German and Austrian Musical Life
From 1981 to 1983 Mauser was lecturer in musicology and piano in Munich, subsequently professor of piano at the Hochschule für Musik Würzburg and of musicology in Salzburg (Austria), then President of the Hochschule für Musik München;[1] he has been Rector of the University Mozarteum Salzburg since 2014.[2][3] Philosopher Peter Sloterdijk in 2011 made a case that "Siegfried Mauser, not [Alexander] Pereira, should have become new director of the [Salzburg] Festival".[4] In October 2015, the City of Salzburg appointed Mauser director of its festival Biennale; the first Biennale programme planned by Mauser will run in 2017.[5]
References
- ↑ "Prof. Dr. Siegfried Mauser: Präsident der Musikhochschule München" (in German). Bayerischer Rundfunk. 2010-07-22. Retrieved 2011-04-22.
- ↑ http://diepresse.com/home/bildung/universitaet/1565854/Mozarteum_Siegfried-Mauser-ist-neuer-Rektor
- ↑ http://derstandard.at/1392685944007/Siegfried-Mauser-zum-neuen-Rektor-der-Universitaet-Mozarteum-gewaehlt
- ↑ Peter Sloterdijk, Zeilen und Tage: Notizen 2008 — 2011 (Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp, 2012): "man hätte Siegfried Mauser, nicht Pereira, zum neuen Leiter der Festspiele berufen [sollen]".
- ↑ https://www.stadt-salzburg.at/internet/service/aktuell/aussendungen/2015/siegfried_mauser_neuer_kuenstlerischer_l_432301.htm
External links
- Personal page at the Musikhochschule München (German)
- Personal page at the University Mozarteum Salzburg (German)
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