Regula Rapp

Regula Rapp (* 1961 in Konstanz ) is a German musicologist , opera dramaturge and university rector. She has been the rector of the State University for Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart since 2012 .

Career

From 1980 Regula Rapp studied historical keyboard instruments (major in harpsichord ) at the Berlin University of the Arts (today Berlin University of the Arts) as well as musicology , philosophy and art history at the Technical University of Berlin . She received her doctorate in 1990 with a thesis on the concertos for keyboard instrument and strings by Johann Gottfried Müthel (Berlin Musicological Works No. 40, edited by Rudolf Stephan).

Scholarship and fellowships

PhD scholarship from the German National Academic Foundation , 1998/99 Fellow at the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin , Fall 2004 / Spring 2005 Fellow at the International Research Institute for Cultural Studies Vienna , 2012 Trotter Visiting Professorship at the University of Oregon in Eugene .

Positions and offices

From 1992 to 1998, Regula Rapp was initially a research assistant and then deputy director of the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis , the University of Early Music in Basel. From 1999 to 2005 Regula Rapp held the post of chief dramaturge at the Staatsoper unter den Linden Berlin (general music director Daniel Barenboim , artistic director Georg Quander , from 2002 Peter Mussbach ). At the State Opera she rebuilt the dramaturgy department and set up music theater education . In this position she was responsible for the pre-classical repertoire, for which René Jacobs was responsible. Regula Rapp worked as a guest dramaturg for the Salzburg Festival (summer 2003 WA Mozart, La Clemenza di Tito , musical direction Nikolaus Harnoncourt , direction Martin Kušej ) and the Zurich Opera House (winter 2003 R. Strauss, Elektra , musical direction Christoph von Dohnanyi , Director: Martin Kušej). From 2005 to 2012, Regula Rapp was the rector of the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis University of Early Music in Basel. Since April 1, 2012 she has been the rector of the State University for Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart . In 2015 she was elected rector of the Music University Vienna , but did not take up this office. In 2019 she was re-elected as rector in Stuttgart, Regula Rapp's second term began on April 1, 2020.

Publications

Publications on instrumental music from the 18th to the early 20th century, on performance-related topics and opera from the 18th to the 20th century, most recently in the 2019 donation speech by the Evangelical Monastery in Tübingen , “Kitt für Europa?” Questions about the social relevance of musical university education .

Honorary positions

From summer 2020 a member of the Broadcasting Council of the SWR , since spring 2020 Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Children's Foundation Land of Baden-Württemberg Foundation , since 2020 a member of the Higher Education Council of the University of Lucerne . 2016 to 2019 (re-election 2018) Chairwoman of the State Rectors' Conference of the Baden-Württemberg Music Universities. Member of the International Board of the International Research Institute for Cultural Studies Vienna , member of the Board of Trustees of the Kiefer Hablitzel Foundation Bern , Board of Trustees of the Sing-Akademie zu Berlin Foundation , member of the Board of Trustees of the International Bach Academy Stuttgart , 2015 to 2020 member (chairman since 2017) of the Migros Culture Percentage Competition in the singing category.

Web links

• Dr. Regula Rapp. State University for Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ljubisa Tosic: Regula Rapp: Experienced musicologist for Musikuni Vienna. In: derStandard.at . April 8, 2015, accessed August 13, 2020 . Music University Vienna: Designated Rector Rapp does not take office. In: derStandard.at. May 11, 2015, accessed July 15, 2015 .