Tuning up! The Innovative Potential of Musikvermittlung

Sarah Chaker is assistant professor at the Department of Music Sociology at mdw - Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien. In her dissertation at Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, she researched how black and death metal fans in Germany interact with their music. Her research interests include the fields of street music, popular music (especially metal) and music mediation. In 2023, she was awarded the Austrian State Prize »Ars Docendi« for excellent teaching.Axel Petri-Preis is senior scientist and deputy director at the Department for Music Education Research, Music Didactics and Elementary Music Making (IMP) at the mdw - Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien. Previously, he worked as a freelance music mediator for institutions such as Neue Oper Wien, Philharmonie Luxemburg, Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern or Tonkünstler-Orchester Niederösterreich. He is co-founder and editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Music Medition (IJMM), co-spokesperson of the Forum Music Mediation at colleges and universities, and sounding board member for the IG Musikvermittlung. His research focuses on the education and training of musicians, on the social-transformative potential of music mediation, and on diversity-sensitive and power-critical music mediation.