HERTA AND KURT BLAUKOPF AWARD

FOR OUTSTANDING DISSERTATIONS AT THE MDW

 

The Rector of the mdw – University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna regularly presents the “Herta and Kurt Blaukopf Award for Outstanding Dissertations at the mdw”. This award was created in order to make visible special achievements within the scholarly doctoral studies programme at the mdw as well as to provide early-stage researchers with support for their further academic careers.

First issued in 2019, the Herta and Kurt Blaukopf Award for outstanding dissertations at the mdw is granted by a transdisciplinary internal jury, chaired by the Dean of Research Programmes, on the basis of independent external evaluations. The first award was presented by the Rector during a festive event on 16 December 2019. A recording of the second award ceremony on 8 June 2022 is accessible via the mdw-Mediathek. The award was presented for the third time on 19 June 2024.

 

© Daniel Willinger: award ceremony 2024

 

We congratulate the awardees:

Elena Minetti (2024): "Schrift als Werkzeug. Schriftbildliche Operativität in Kompositionsprozessen früher musique mixte (1949–1959)" (Department of Musicology and Performance Studies)

Irena Müller-Brozović (2024): "Resonanzaffine Musikvermittlung in Konzertsituationen" (Department of Music Education Research)

Barbara Wolfram (2024): "Moving The Needle. The Portrayal and Representation of Gender and Diversity in Austrian Feature Films of the years 1997-2017" (Department of Film and Television – Film Academy Vienna)

Krista de Wit (2022): "Legacy. Participatory Music Practices with Elderly People as a Resource for the Well-being of Healthcare Professionals" (Institut für musikpädagogische Forschung, Musikdidaktik und Elementares Musizieren)

Julia Fent (2022): "Diskriminierungskritische Perspektiven auf Musiktherapie und ihre Kontexte" (Institut für Musiktherapie & Institut für Kulturmanagement und Gender Studies)

Montserrat Pàmies-Vilà (2022): "Expressive Performance on Single-reed Woodwind Instruments. An Experimental Characterisation of Articulatory Actions" (Institut für musikalische Akustik - Wiener Klangstil)

Axel Petri-Preis (2022): "Musikvermittlung lernen. Eine Analyse von Lernwegen klassischer Musiker_innen" (Institut für musikpädagogische Forschung, Musikdidaktik und Elementares Musizieren)

Nejla Melike Atalay (2019): "Women Composers' Creative Conditions Before and During the Turkish Republic"

Marko Kölbl (2019): "Burgenlandkroatische und kroatische Totenklagen"

Katharina Pecher-Havers (2019): "Der Salon des Proletariats – Die Narrative der Zitherkultur und ihre Erzählräume"

Anke Simone Schad (2019): "Doing Politics – Making Democracy? Cultural Governance in der kommunalen Kulturpolitik"

 

You see a black and white photograph of Herta and Kurt Blaukopf presenting their book "The Vienna Philharmonic" to the camera. Herta Blaukopf is looking straight into the camera, while Kurt Blaukopf has his arm around her and is looking at his wife.
You can see a collage of three book covers. In the upper half of the picture, you can see the works "The Vienna Philharmonic: essence, development, impact of a great orchestra" and "Gustav Mahler: Life and work in the testimonies of time". The lower half of the picture is taken up by the bright red cover of the "Music guide to Vienna".
You see a typed letter to which the date, personal addressing and signature have been added by hand.