Jörn Peter Hiekel

Jörn Peter Hiekel (* 1963 in Göttingen ) is a German musicologist .

Life

Jörn Peter Hiekel first studied musicology, art history and history at the Universities of Cologne and Bonn before completing a double bass course at the Cologne University of Music . He then received his doctorate from the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn .

For years he worked as an editor and publisher at the music publisher Breitkopf & Härtel and as an author for various ARD stations and newspapers / magazines (including Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Opernwelt). Since 1992 member of various early music ensembles. In 2002 he became a lecturer at the Darmstadt International Summer Courses for New Music and led the composers' seminars.

From 2003 he was junior professor for music in the 20th century at the Carl Maria von Weber Academy of Music in Dresden . He took over the management of the local institute for new music in 2005. In 2008 he completed his habilitation in historical musicology at the Technical University of Dresden and took over a professorship for musicology / new music at the HfM Dresden. Since 2008 he has been a lecturer in music aesthetics and musicology at the Zurich University of the Arts .

Jörn Peter Hiekel is a member of the Saxon Academy of the Arts , 2008–2014 secretary and since June 2015 deputy secretary of the academy's music class. He has been head of the KlangNetz Dresden mediation project since 2008 , and has been a board member of KlangNetz Dresden e. V. 2004–2019 he was a board member at the Darmstadt Institute for New Music and Music Education (INMM), which he took over in 2013.

In 2014 he was awarded the Saxon Teaching Prize, which was awarded for the first time. In 2019 he received the "Happy New Ears" award for journalism at the Bavarian Academy of the Arts.

Publications (selection)

(Ed.) Crossfades. New music with film / video (publications by the Institute for New Music and Music Education Darmstadt, vol. 56), Schott-Verlag, Mainz 2016.
(Ed. Together with Pierre Michel and Marik Froidefond) UNITÉ - PLURALITÉ. La musique de Hans Zender , Editions Herman, Paris 2015.
(Ed.) Back to the present? References to the world in new music (publications by the Institute for New Music and Music Education Darmstadt, vol. 55), Schott-Verlag, Mainz 2015.
(Ed. Together with Wolfgang Lessing): Embodiments of music. Interdisciplinary considerations , transcript Verlag, Bielefeld 2014.
(Ed.) Hans Zender : Awake hearing. Texts on music , Hanser Verlag, Munich 2014.
(Ed.): Into the open? New Music and Nature (publications by the Institute for New Music and Music Education Darmstadt, Vol. 54), Schott-Verlag, Mainz 2014.
Bernd Alois Zimmermann's “Requiem for a Young Poet” (= archive for musicology . Supplement 36). Steiner, Stuttgart 1995.
(Ed.): Hans Zender : The senses think. Writings on music 1965–2003. Breitkopf & Härtel, Wiesbaden 2004.
Wilfried Krätzschmar - Perspectives of his work. Sandstone, Dresden 2005.
with S. Mauser (Hrsg.): Reflected music. Studies on the work of Helmut Lachenmann . Pfau, Saarbrücken 2005.
Music staged. Mediation and presentation of contemporary music. Schott, Mainz 2006.
with Manuel Gervink (Ed.): Dmitri Schostakowitsch - the late work and its contemporary historical context. Sandstone, Dresden 2006.
with Manuel Gervink (Ed.): Robert Schumann's “Worlds”. Sandstone, Dresden 2007.
with E. Werner (Ed.): Musical-cultural interrelationships between Bohemia and Saxony. Pfau, Saarbrücken 2007.
with W. Gratzer (Ed.): Arriving: Walking. Adriana Hölszky's text compositions. Schott, Mainz 2007.
(Ed.): Formations of meaning. Spirituality in Music Today. Schott, Mainz 2008 ( publications by the Institute for New Music and Music Education Darmstadt. Volume 48).
(Ed.): Music cultures (= Darmstädter discourses. Volume 2). Pfau, Saarbrücken 2008.
with M. Gervink (Ed.): Soundscapes. Music and designed nature. Cloud, Hofheim 2009.
(Ed.): Networks. New music in the field of tension between science and technology. Schott, Mainz 2009 ( publications by the Institute for New Music and Music Education Darmstadt. Volume 49).
with M. Demuth (Ed.): Free spaces and areas of tension. On the situation of contemporary music today. Schott, Mainz 2009.
with A. Goetze (ed.): Religion and faith as artistic core forces in the work of Olivier Messiaen. Cloud, Hofheim 2010.
with M. Demuth (Ed.): Cultural identity (s) in contemporary music. Pfau, Saarbrücken 2010.
(Ed.): Music and other arts. Schott, Mainz 2010 ( publications by the Institute for New Music and Music Education Darmstadt. Volume 50).
Prehistoric revival. References to the past and the present in music. Cloud, Hofheim 2010.
(Ed.): New music in motion. Music and dance theater today. Schott, Mainz 2011 ( publications by the Institute for New Music and Music Education Darmstadt. Volume 51).
with M. Demuth (Ed.): Hearing and Thinking: Music and Philosophy Today. Schott, Mainz 2011.
(Ed.): The art of wintering: Music and literature around 1968. Böhlau, Weimar / Cologne / Vienna 2011.
(Ed.): Interactions. New music and film. Wolke, Hofheim 2012.
(Ed.): Touches. About the (non-) understanding of music today. Schott, Mainz 2012 ( publications by the Institute for New Music and Music Education Darmstadt. Volume 52).
with Patrick Müller (Ed.): Transformations. To the music of Klaus Huber. Schott, Mainz 2012.
(Ed.): Popular vs. Elitist? Values and popularizations of music today. Schott, Mainz 2013.
(Ed.): Brought to light? For the interpretation of new music. Schott, Mainz 2013 ( publications by the Institute for New Music and Music Education Darmstadt. Volume 53).
with Christian Utz (Ed.): Lexikon Neue Musik. Metzler Verlag u. Bärenreiter Verlag, Stuttgart / Kassel 2016.
(Ed.): Body sounds. Aspects of the physical in contemporary music. Schott, Mainz 2017 ( publications by the Institute for New Music and Music Education Darmstadt. Volume 57).
with David Roesner (ed.): Present and future of music theater. Theories, analyzes, positions. transcript, Bielefeld 2018.
(Ed.): Clash! Generations - cultures - identities in contemporary music. Schott, Mainz 2018 ( publications by the Institute for New Music and Music Education Darmstadt. Volume 58).
with Wolfgang Mende (Ed.): Sound and Semantics. transcript, Bielefeld 2018.
(Ed.): Contemporary music as research and experiment Schott, Mainz 2019 ( publications by the Institute for New Music and Music Education Darmstadt. Volume 59).

Bernd Alois Zimmermann in his time at Laaber Verlag 2019.

Web links

Literature by and about Jörn Peter Hiekel in the catalog of the German National Library
Jörn Peter Hiekel at Discogs (English)

Individual evidence

↑ Fresh air supply in the experience room. In: New magazine for music . Accessed January 2, 2020 .
↑ Kristin Amme: "Happy New Ears" Prize 2019 - Award for Jörn Peter Hiekel. In: BR-Klassik . November 20, 2019, accessed January 2, 2020 .
↑ Julia Neupert: Speech-powerful ear opener: The music journalist Jörn Peter Hiekel. In: SWR2 . November 20, 2019, accessed January 2, 2020 .

personal data
SURNAME	Hiekel, Jörn Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German musicologist
DATE OF BIRTH	1963
PLACE OF BIRTH	Goettingen

[1] Fresh air supply in the experience room. In: New magazine for music . Accessed January 2, 2020 .

[2] Kristin Amme: "Happy New Ears" Prize 2019 - Award for Jörn Peter Hiekel. In: BR-Klassik . November 20, 2019, accessed January 2, 2020 .

[3] Julia Neupert: Speech-powerful ear opener: The music journalist Jörn Peter Hiekel. In: SWR2 . November 20, 2019, accessed January 2, 2020 .