Eszter Fontana

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Eszter Fontana (* 1948 in Budapest ) is a Hungarian musicologist , restorer of musical instruments and university teacher .

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Eszter Fontana comes from a Budapest family of musicians. From 1966 to 1970 she completed an internship and trained as a restorer of musical instruments at the University of Leipzig. After completing her studies, she was responsible for the musical instruments and clocks in the Hungarian National Museum from 1974 to 1990 . She made further studies at the Franz Liszt Music Academy in Budapest, where she received her doctorate in 1993. From 1995 to 2001 she had a teaching position at the University of Music and Theater "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" (Leipzig) for an artistic diploma course in "Early Music".

From 1995 to 2013 she was director of the Museum for Musical Instruments at the University of Leipzig . In 2006 she was appointed adjunct professor there. Her research focuses on the history of musical instrument making and the manufacturing technology for musical instruments. But it is particularly dedicated to the history of Hungarian musical instrument making, the sources of musical instrument use in Hungary and Saxon instrument making in the 16th-18th centuries. Century. She has written numerous publications in this area. The history of the Museum of Musical Instruments at the University of Leipzig is also one of her important fields of work.

Book publications (selection)

as an author
  • Eszter Fontana, Birgit Heise: Equally pleasing for eyes and ears. Janos Stekovics, 1998, ISBN 3929330725 .
  • Eszter Fontana, Friedemann Hellwig, Klaus Martius: Historical lacquers and stains on musical instruments in German-language sources until 1900. Germanisches Nationalmuseum, 1999, ISBN 3926982608 .
  • Eszter Fontana, Kerstin Schwarz, Stewart Pollens, Gabriele Rossi-Rognoni: Bartolomeo Cristofori - Court Instrument Maker of the Medici / Strumentaio alla corte medicea / Court Instrument Maker of the Medici. Janos Stekovics, 2001, ISBN 3932863933 .
  • Eszter Fontana, Veit Heller, Steffen Lieberwirth , Janos Stekovics (photos): When angels make music: Musical instruments from 1594 in Freiberg Cathedral. Janos Stekovics, 2008, ISBN 9783899231830 .
as editor
  • Well-known pianists in the Hupfeld recording salon. Janos Stekovics, 2001, ISBN 3932863348 .
  • 600 years of music at the University of Leipzig. Janos Stekovics, 2010, ISBN 9783899232455 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Curriculum vitae and list of publications on the website of the University of Leipzig
personal data
SURNAME Fontana, Eszter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hungarian music historian, museum director and university lecturer
DATE OF BIRTH 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Budapest