Harenberg in Berlin Varèse guest professor
The composer, musicologist and media scholar Michael Harenberg, head of the Music and Media Art course at Bern University of the Arts (HKB), has been awarded the Edgar Varèse Visiting Professorship at the TU Berlin for the 2016 winter semester. The visiting professorship has been awarded by the DAAD and the TU Berlin since 2000.
Harenberg heads the "Music and Media Art" course at the Bern University of the Arts (www.medien-kunst.ch), where he teaches composition and media theory.
According to Harenberg's statement, his guest professorship includes "teaching, critical examination of contemporary artistic and theoretical content as well as exchange between Bern University of the Arts and TU Berlin".
The visiting professorship at the TU Berlin has existed since the summer semester of 2000 and is funded by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) with the aim of internationalizing studies and teaching. It generally serves "the mediation and critical reflection of recent developments in the interaction between media technology and art, between electronic studio and music."
Michael Harenberg studied musicology in Giessen, composition in Darmstadt and completed his doctorate on musical virtualization strategies in Basel. His work focuses on digital sound culture, experimental interfaces and compositional virtuality models of the digital.
