Honorary doctorate for Harald Strebel
The Swiss musician and musicologist Harald Strebel was awarded an honorary doctorate in Munich for his research into the clarinet and Mozart. The title "Dr. phil. h. c." was awarded to him jointly by the Munich University of Music and Performing Arts and the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.
As the Munich University of Music and Performing Arts (HMTM) writes, Harald Strebel was awarded an honorary doctorate on April 24, 2021 "in recognition of his exceptional academic achievements in musicology, in particular his work on the work and life of Wolfgang Amadé Mozart and on organological issues relating to clarinet instruments". The certificate was presented to him at the musicological symposium Historical wind instruments: Build - Play - Sound - Meaning was presented by Bernd Redmann, President of HMTM; the laudator was Irene Holzer, Professor of Musicology at Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich.
Born in 1942, Harald Strebel studied music in Winterthur and Zurich. He complemented his many years of teaching in Switzerland and abroad with intensive international concert experience as a clarinettist in many renowned orchestras and chamber music formations. His work as a music researcher became increasingly important to him. He was particularly interested in Mozart and Viennese classical music. The HMTM states: "Thanks to his many years of experience as a performing musician, Harald Strebel's work is characterized not only by a high scientific standard and a deep historical-musical understanding, but also by his excellent knowledge of historical instruments." In addition to scientific studies, some of his books are particularly noteworthy: The Freemason Wolfgang Amadé MozartStäfa: Rothenhäusler, 1991; Mozart's sister-in-law Aloysia LangeZurich: Hug, 2003; or, as a central work, the three-volume work Anton Stadler. The work and life of the Mozart clarinettist, Vienna: Hollitzer, 2016 and 2020.
In the Swiss Music Newspaper Harald Strebel has published two articles, which can be downloaded here by clicking on the titles:
