Markus Grassl is Professor at the Institute of Musicology and Performance Studies at the mdw – University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna. He received his PhD at the University of Vienna in 1990 and completed his habilitation at the mdw in 2010. He has been teaching at the mdw since 1994. In addition, he also worked as a visiting lecturer and visiting professor at a number of universities both at home and abroad. His research interests are: early instrumental music (15th to 16th centuries, with a main focus on analysis and music production as intersection of written composition, ‘improvisation’ and performance), the music and musical culture of the French Baroque, the history of the reception and performance of early music in the 20th century, and Austrian music and musical culture in the 20th century (with a main focus on issues of the history of musical performance).