Long serving rector in Rostock
Benjamin Lang will take over as Acting Rector of the Rostock University of Music and Performing Arts in April and will be in charge for a transitional period until a new appointment is made.
As the current Rector Reinhard Schäfertöns will be leaving his position prematurely on March 31, 2023 after two and a half years, the position was advertised again. The selection process is currently underway.
Lang taught as a lecturer at the Zurich University of the Arts from 2010 and was appointed Professor of Music Theory and Composition there in 2014. In 2016, he was appointed Professor of Composition and Music Theory at the Hanns Eisler School of Music in Berlin. Since the 2018/19 winter semester, he has been teaching as Professor of Music Theory at the Rostock University of Music.
He studied composition, music theory, conducting and musicology in Rostock, Salzburg, Hanover, Lugano, Bremen and Edinburgh. He completed his composition studies with a concert exam and a doctorate, and his musicology studies with a doctorate.
