Inga Mai Groote

Inga Mai Groote is a Full Professor of Musicology at the University of Zurich. Her academic journey includes roles as Professor (W3) at Heidelberg University (2015-2018), Associate Professor at the University of Fribourg (2014-2015), and earlier positions at the University of Zurich and Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich. Her research focuses on music history, confessionalization, cultural transfer, and the history of music theory, particularly in early modern Germany, Italy, and 19th-century France.

Her scholarly contributions include seminal works like Östliche Ouvertüren (2014) and Ludwig Senfl – zwischen Memoria, Markt und Musenkult (2013). She has held significant awards, including the Dent Medal (2018) and membership in Academia Europaea (2016). Groote’s editorial work spans volumes such as Russische Musik in Westeuropa bis 1917 (2018) and Heinrich Glarean’s Books (2013). Her research bridges musicological analysis with broader cultural and intellectual histories, emphasizing interdisciplinary approaches to music’s role in society.

• Key Awards: Dent Medal (2018), Senior Fellowship (2018), Academia Europaea Membership (2016)
• Research Foci: Confessionalization in music, early modern musical institutions, and the intersection of music theory with social/intellectual history