Benjamin Lang takes over as Rector of Rostock
Benjamin Lang, who taught composition and music theory at the Zurich University of the Arts from 2010 to 2017, is to become Rector of the Rostock University of Music and Drama (HMT).
Lang completed his doctorate in composition in Ireland and in musicology in Austria. He has taught music theory at the Hochschule für Künste Bremen, the HMT Rostock and the Institute for Music at the Hochschule Osnabrück. From 2010 to 2017, he initially worked as a lecturer and later as a professor of composition and music theory at the ZHdK. He then spent five years teaching historical and contemporary composition and music theory at the Hochschule für Musik "Hans Eisler" Berlin. Since 2018, he has been Professor of Music Theory (including composition) at the HMT Rostock.
Founded in 1994, the Rostock University of Music and Drama (hmt) is an international educational institution in the fields of music, drama, music teaching, theater teaching (performing arts) and musicology. The approximately 500 students come from 42 nations.
