PhD defense
4 April 2022, 10.30
Sonic Silhouettes Musical Movement
Investigating the Musical-Gestural Perspective
Artistic presentation and defence of the PhD research ‘Sonic Silhouettes Musical Movement’, conducted by Winnie Huang between 2018 and 2022 through the docARTES programme (Orpheus Institute), the Royal Conservatoire Antwerp (AP Hogeschool) - within the research group CREATIE-, and ARIA (UAntwerp).
15 December 2021 (13.45)
PhD Defense Nizar Rohana
‘Ūd Taqsīm as a Model of Pre-Composition
On December 15, Nizar Rohana will defend his PhD thesis ‘Ūd Taqsīm as a Model of Pre-Composition at Leiden University.
This research discusses the creation of several finished works for solo ‘ūd. These pieces take the improvisation practice of two pillars of modern Arabic music, namely the Egyptians Muḥammad al-Qaṣabjī and Riyāḍ al-Sunbāṭī, as a reference model and as a source of inspiration.
28 April 2021 (11.15)
PhD Defense Franziska Fleischanderl
Vestito a ponti d'oro e a cento corde in seno
On April 28, Franziska Fleischanderl will defend her PhD thesis Vestito a ponti d'oro e a cento corde in seno - 'History, repertoire and playing-techniques of the Italian salterio in the eighteenth century' at Leiden University. It is an elaborate research project on the performance practice of the Italian 18th-century salterio.
28 January 2021 (13.45)
PhD Defense Elizabeth Dobbin
In search of a politesse du chant - Rediscovering salon vocal performance practice through the lens of the airs sérieux in the Recueils d’airs serieux et à boire de differents autheurs, 1695-1699
This dissertation examines the airs sérieux contained within the Recueils d’airs serieux et a boire de differents autheurs published by the Ballard printing house in Paris between 1695 and 1699 inclusive.
7 January 2021 (16.15)
PhD Defense Mark Edwards
Moving Early Music: Improvisation and the Work-Concept in Seventeenth-Century French Keyboard Performance.
How can historically-informed performers step outside the confines of the work-concept?
At present, historically-informed performance (HIP) functions simultaneously as an established musical tradition and as a method for artistic inquiry and renewal. HIP’s capacity to effect change within artistic practice is, however, constrained by its own doxa. This study therefore asks the question: what kinds of new practices might have once been, and might still become possible without the influence of the work-concept?
11 June 2020 (13.45)
PhD Defense Kevin Fairbairn
Poiesis and the Performance Practice of Physically Polyphonic Notations
On June 11, trombonist Kevin Toksöz Fairbairn will receive his doctorate for his research “Poiesis and the Performance Practice of Physically Polyphonic Notations.” He has conducted this research in recent years through the docARTES program and under the supervision of promoters Marcel Cobussen and Richard Barrett, both affiliated with Leiden University at the Academy of Creative and Performing Arts (ACPA), the research institute for artistic research.
11 December 2019 (15.00)
PhD Defense Ilya Ziblat Shay
Between Freedom and Fixity: Artistic Reflections on Composition and Improvisation
On December 11 Ilya Ziblat Shay will publicly defend his thesis at the University of Leiden.
30 October 2019 (11.15)
PhD Defense Emlyn Stam
In Search of a Lost Language
On October 30 Emlyn Stam will publicly defend his thesis at the University of Leiden.
In Search of A Lost Language: Performing in Early-Recorded Style in Viola and String Quartet Repertoires
Supervisor: Prof. F. de Ruiter
6 June, 2019 (10.00)
PhD Defense Susan Williams
Finding Focus
On June 6 Susan Williams will publicly defend her thesis at the University of Leiden.
31 October 2018 (18.00-22.30)
PhD Defense Adilia Yip
In the dawn of change
On October 31 Adilia Yip will publicly defend her thesis at the Antwerp Conservatoire.
June 13, 2018 (11.15)
PhD Defense Elske Tinbergen
On June 13 Elske Tinbergen will publicly defend her thesis at the University of Leiden.
February 1, 2018 (14.00)
PhD Defense Lucia D'Errico
Powers of Divergence - An experimental approach to written music
On February 1st Lucia D'Errico will publicly defend her thesis at the Orpheus Institute.
December 20, 2017 (13.45)
PhD defense Joost Vanmaele
On December 20th Joost Vanmaele will publicly defend his thesis at the University of Leiden.
November 21, 2017 (16.15)
PhD defense Dick de Graaf
On November 21st Dick de Graaf will publicly defend his thesis at the University of Leiden.
April 21 2017 (13.30)
PhD defense Jan Schacher
On April 21st Jan Schacher publicly defended his thesis at the University of Antwerp.
December 14 2016 (10.00)
PhD defense Maria Christina Cleary
On December 14th Maria publicly defended her thesis "harpe organisée", 1720-1840. Rediscovering the lost pedal techniques on harps with a single-action pedal mechanism in the Senate Chamber of the Academy building in Leiden.
December 14 2016 (13.45)
PhD defense Niels Berentsen
On December 14th Niels Berentsen publicly defended his thesis in the Senaatskamer in the Academiegebouw in Leiden.
June 22 2016 (15.00)
Andrew Wright's PhD defense
On Wednesday 22 June 2016 docARTES researcher Andrew Wright will finish his PhD trajectory with the public defence of his thesis 'The Polyphonic Touch - Coarticulation and polyphonic expression in the performance of piano and organ music'.
December 8, 2015 (13h45)
Donna Agrell's PhD defense
On Tuesday December 8, 2015 Donna Agrell publicly defended her thesis Repertoire for a Swedish Bassoon Virtuoso. Approaching early nineteenth-century works composed for Frans Preumayr with an original Grenser & Wiesner bassoon at Leiden University.
September 9, 2015 (13h45)
Nicoleta Paraschivescu's PhD Defense
On Wednesday 9 September Nicoleta Paraschivescu publicly defended her thesis The Partimenti of Giovanni Paisiello: Towards Their Understanding in Context at Leiden University.
July 2nd, 2015 (15h00)
Inês de Avena Braga's PhD Defense
Inês de Avena Braga publicly defended her thesis Dolce Napoli: Approaches for performance; Recorders for the Neapolitan Baroque repertoire 1695-1759 on Thursday July 2nd at 15h00, at the Academiegebouw Leiden.
May 5, 2015 (16h00)
Bart Vanhecke's PhD defense
On Tuesday May 5 2015, Bart Vanhecke defended his doctoral dissertation titled Elements of an Aesthetic Universe. Systematisation of Atonality and Dissonance in Amotivic Serial Music Composition at Leuven University.
December 15th, 2014 (13h45)
Hendrik Vanden Abeele's PhD Defense
On Monday December 15th 2014 at 13h45, at the Academiegebouw Leiden, Rapenburg 73, docARTES-PhD candidate Hendrik Vanden Abeele publicly defended his thesis What late medieval chant manuscripts do to a present-day performer of plainchant.
December 11, 2014 (16h15)
Barbara Varassi Pega's PhD defense
Barbara Varassi Pega publicly defended her PhD dissertation Creating and Re-creating Tangos: Artistic Processes and Innovations in Music by Pugliese, Salgán, Piazzolla and Beytelmann on Thursday December 11, 2014 at Leiden University.
December 11, 2014 (11h15)
Anna Scott's PhD Defense
On Thursday December 11 at 11h15, at the Academiegebouw Leiden, docARTES-PhD candidate Anna Scott publicly defended her thesis: Romanticizing Brahms: Early Recordings and the Reconstruction of Brahmsian Identity.
December 3, 2014 (11h15)
Anil Camci's PhD defense
On Wednesday, December 3, 2014, Anıl Çamcı publicly defended his doctoral dissertation The Cognitive Continuum of Electronic Music at Leiden University.
December 2nd, 2014 (16h15)
Juan Parra Cancino's PhD defense
On Tuesday December 2nd at 16h15, at the Academiegebouw Leiden, Rapenburg 73, docARTES-PhD candidate Juan Parra Cancino publicly defended his thesis: Towards a Performance Practice in Computer Music.
November 25th 2014 (13h45)
Miguelángel Clerc's PhD defense
On Tuesday November 25th at 13h45 at the Academiegebouw Leiden, Rapenburg 73, docARTES-PhD candidate Miguelángel Clerc publicly defended his thesis: (De)Composing Immersion.
June 11, 2014 (15.00)
PhD Ceremony Claire Genewein
Leiden University
DocARTES-PhD candidate Claire Genewein publicly defended her thesis Vokales Instrumentalspiel in der zweiten Hälfte des 18. Jahrhunderts at Leiden University on June 11th, 2014.
December 17 2013 (16h15)
Cathy van Eck's PhD defense
On Tuesday December 17 at the Academiegebouw Leiden, Rapenburg 73, Cathy van Eck defended her thesis: Between Air and electricity. Microphones and loudspeakers as musical instruments.
December 10th, 2013 (16h15)
Marlon Titre's PhD defense
On Tuesday December 10th 2013, Marlon Titre defended his doctoral dissertation Thinking through the guitar: the sound-cell-texture chain at Leiden University.
November 13th, 2013 (11h15)
Falk Hübner's PhD defense
On Wednesday November 13th 2013, Falk Hübner publicly defended his doctoral dissertation Shifting Identities, The Musician as Theatrical Performer at Leiden University.
March 13th, 2013 (13h45)
Mark van Tongeren's PhD Defense
Leiden University
Mark van Tongeren defended his thesis Grenzen van het hoorbare; over de meerstemmigheid van het lichaam.
December 13th, 2012 (13h45)
PhD Ceremony Juan Sebastian Lach Lau
Leiden University
Juan Sebastian Lach Lau defended his thesis Harmonic duality; From interval ratios and pitch distance to spectra and sensory dissonance. This research delves into contemporary approaches to musical harmony on the basis of algorithmic composition tools derived from psychoacoustics and microtonality.
December 4, 2012 (16h15)
Annemarie Dragosits' PhD defense
On Tuesday, December 4 2012 Annemarie Dragosits publicly defended her doctoral dissertation Giovanni Girolamo Kapsperger (ca. 1581 - 1651): Betrachtungen zu seinem Leben und Umfeld, seiner Vokalmusik und seinem praktischen Material zum Basso continuo-Spiel at Leiden University.
November 14, 2012 (11h15)
Arne Deforce's PhD defense
On November 14 2012, Arne Deforce publicly defended his doctoral dissertation LABORINTH Π - Denken als experiment - 472 'Meditaties' over de noodzaak van het creatief denken en experimenteren in het uitvoeren van complexe muziek van 1962 tot heden.
17 oktober 2012 (14h00)
Thomas De Baets's doctoral defense
On October 17th, 2012 Thomas De Baets defended his doctoral dissertation On-the-spot Music teaching. De muziekleraar in onmiddellijke muzikale interacties.
May 7 2012 (16h00)
Alessandro Cervino's doctoral defense
Alessandro Cervino publicly defended his doctoral dissertation Mapping the performer's creative space. An exploration in and through piano playing.
6 december 2011 (10h00)
Yolande Harris's PhD defense
On December 6th, 2011, Yolande Harris defended her doctoral thesis titled Scorescapes, On Sound, Environment and Sonic Consciousness.
13 oktober 2011 (13.45)
Kathryn Cok's PhD defense
Leiden University
Kathryn Cok defended her doctoral dissertation on October 13th, 2011 called Basso Continuo Sources from the Dutch Republic c. 1620-1790.
29 maart 2011 (16h15)
PhD defense Paul Craenen
Leiden University
Paul Craenen defended his dissertation Gecomponeerde uitvoerders: het musicerende lichaam vanuit compositorisch perspectief on Tuesday 29 March 2011 at 16.15.
9 december 2010 (11.15)
PhD Ceremony Jed Wentz
Leiden University
Baroque flautist Jed Wentz followed two years of dancing classes in order to develop the right feeling for the gestures required for the Baroque French opera genre ‘tragédie en musique’. On December 9th, 2010 Wentz defended his PhD thesis on the subject at the University of Leiden.
22 december 2009 (16h15)
PhD Ceremony Luk Vaes
Leiden University
Luk Vaes publicly defended his doctoral thesis Extended piano techniques: in theory, history and performance on December 22nd, 2009.