Out for musicology in Klagenfurt
Only launched in 2007, the Applied Musicology course at the Alpen-Adria University of Klagenfurt has already been discontinued at the end of April. Students and lecturers protested against this in front of the rectorate.
According to a report by the Kleine Zeitung University Director Oliver Vitouch has sought talks with the protesters and promised to "continue to ensure the academic debate on art".
The Department of Musicology at the Alpen-Adria-Universität was affiliated to the Institute of Cultural, Literary and Music Studies at the University of Klagenfurt. It has not been possible to enrol on the course since the 2012/13 winter semester. The program director was Daniel Ender, who also works as a freelancer for the NZZ and has published the Austrian Music Magazine together with Daniel Brandenburg and Frieder Reininghaus since 2013.
