Gabriele Hofmann

Prof. Dr. Gabriele Hofmann is a faculty member at the Pedagogical University of Schwäbisch Gmünd, where she holds the Professorship for Music and Its Didactics (with a focus on Musicology). Her academic career spans institutions including the University of Augsburg, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, and the University Mozarteum Salzburg. She has also held guest professorships at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universität Frankfurt and Freie Universität Bozen.

• Education: Formal training in piano (Hochschule für Musik München), musicology, pedagogy, and psychology (München/Weimar), plus certified coaching education
• Research Themes: Performance anxiety, musician health, self-concept in music, interdisciplinary approaches to music pedagogy
• Leadership: Heads the Institute of Arts and the Department of Music at her current university

Her publications address topics like:

• Music and violence
• Gender issues in music education
• Neurophysiological aspects of music
• Self-perception in musicians
• Historical contexts of music pedagogy
• Creativity processes in performance

She has organized numerous conferences including:

• 2024 Symposium: Musik Macht Gewalt
• 2021 Conference: (Deutsch-)Rap und Gewalt
• 2014 Symposium: Musik – Ein Spiel mit Grenzen und Entgrenzung
• 2011 Project: Musik & Gewalt