A fascinating story about European emigre composers and their lives in Los Angeles
Lecture by DR. KARIN WAGNER
Date: Friday, February 19,2010
Time: 3:30-4:30 PM
Place: Popper theater, Schoenberg Music Building
Karin Wagner, Mag. art., Dr. Phil, studied piano at the Bruckner Conservatory in Linz and at the University for Music and Performing Arts, Vienna, and received her diploma with honor and distinction from the Ministry of Sciences. For several years she has been a teacher in the Upper Austrian System of Music education, including the creation and heading of projects for the state-wide Upper-Austrian Association Zeit.Tasten (Pupils play music of the 20th and 21st centuries). Since 2001, Karin Wagner has taught piano as well as didactic courses related to piano at the Vienna Music University. In addition, she has been an Assistant Professor in the field of higher education and music pedagogy for teachers, working in conjunction with various institutions. Dr. Wagner has also participated in and been featured in chamber music concerts.
Dr. Wagner’s dissertation was in the field of Musicology at the University for Music and Performing Arts, Vienna, at the Institute for Music History, with a minor in Contemporary History. Dr. Wagner wrote the first German language biography of the exile composer Eric Zeisl , “Fremd bin ich ausgezogen,” (Czernin, Vienna, 2005), and she was the editor of the Zeisl correspondence “…es gruesst Dich Erichisrael” (Czernin, Vienna, 2008). Other publications in the field of music in exile include “Musik im Exil,” (u.a.Böhlau). Dr. Wagner has curated several exhibitions, for institutions including The Jewish Museum of Vienna, the Upper Austrian State Exhibition (St. Wolfgang) and the Linz Cultural Capital City 09. She has taken part in numerous international conferences and symposia and lectures, as well as served as moderator at concerts. Dr. Karin Wagner lives in Linz, Austria.
The lecture will conclude with the performance of the Zeisl Quartet by Boryana Popova, Margaret Wu, Danny Sheu, and Bryan West.