Benjamin Lang becomes rector in Rostock
Benjamin Lang is the new Rector of the Rostock University of Music and Drama. He succeeds Reinhard Schäfertöns in the post.
Benjamin Lang 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.
From 2010, Lang taught music theory and composition at the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK), becoming a professor in 2014. In 2016, he was appointed to the Hanns Eisler School of Music. He has been a professor at the Rostock University of Music and Drama since 2018.
