Janina Klassen (born in 1953) is a German musicologist and professor at the Hochschule für Musik Freiburg.
Life and career
editBorn in Bad Salzuflen, Klassen studied musicology, German studies, philosophy and Italian in Freiburg im Breisgau, Vienna, Paris, Siena and Kiel. She first worked at Christians Verlag in Hamburg and as a lecturer for music theory.[1] After various engagements and teaching positions as well as freelance work as an author, dramaturge and publisher, she earned her doctorate at Kiel University and her habilitation at the Technische Universität Berlin.
In 1999 she became professor of musicology at the Hochschule für Musik Freiburg and is a member of the Senate there. She has published articles on current music and music concepts, music-historical topics, music language theory and gender issues.[2] In 2009 she wrote an authoritative biography of Clara Schumann.[3]
Prizes
edit- Robert Schumann Prize of the City of Zwickau 2019 (together with Ragna Schirmer).[1][3]
Works
edit- Janina Klassen (2009). Clara Schumann: Musik und Öffentlichkeit. Cologne/Weimar/Vienna: Böhlau. ISBN 978-3-412-19405-5.
References
edit- ^ a b "Ragna Schirmer und Janina Klassen erhalten den Robert-Schumann-Preis 2019" (PDF). Pulsschlag. Das Amtsblatt der Stadt Zwickau. Zwickau Municipality. 5 December 2018.
- ^ "Lehrende" (in German). Hochschule für Musik Freiburg. 2015. Archived from the original on 26 November 2018. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
- ^ a b "Ragna Schirmer und Janina Klassen ausgezeichnet" (in German). BR-Klassik. 23 November 2018. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
External links
edit- Janina Klassen discography at Discogs
