Artist or researcher? Tradition or innovation? Challenges for performing musician and arts education in Europe

Abstract

This research note presents an overview of Discourses of Academization and the music Profession in Higher Music Education (DAPHME). DAPHME is a three-year research project, commencing in January 2016 and ending in December 2018. The project is funded by The Swedish foundation for Humanities and Social Sciences (Riksbankens Jubileumsfond). Eva Georgii-Hemming (Örebro University) is the project leader and team members are Karin Johansson (Lund University), Elin Angelo (Norwegian University of Science and Technology), Øivind Varkøy (Norwegian Academy of Music), Christian Rolle (University of Cologne), and Stefan Gies (University of Music, Dresden and CEO of AEC—Association Européenne des Conservatoires, Académies de Musique et Musikhochschulen, Brussels).