Jörg Rothkamm

Jörg Rothkamm is a Professor at the University of Tübingen's Musicological Institute, with a focus on music-choreography relationships, 20th-century composers, and post-war musicological reconstruction. His roles include Deputy Director (2013–2017), member of editorial boards, and organizer of international symposia.

• Key Research Areas: Ballet music history, Mahler studies, post-war musicology, film music dramaturgy, gender in composition, genre-specific composition techniques
• Academic Collaborations: Co-edited Mahler-Gropius correspondence, led DFG projects on academic continuity, and VolkswagenStiftung ballet-choreography research

Recent publications analyze Parsifal staging (2023), Russian ballet (2016), and Ligeti's polyrhythmic innovations. Articles emphasize interdisciplinary approaches, historical continuity, and genre-specific compositional strategies in ballet and opera.

• Notable Awards: Nominations for 'Best Book of the Year' (2024), Hermann-Abert-Preis (2012), Karl H. Ditze-Preis (2002)
• Students: Supervises/has supervised 12 PhD/Master's candidates, including Fabian Kurze and Angelo Pinto

Current projects include the DFG-funded Alma Mahler-Walter Gropius annotated edition and digital teaching material development (BMBF). He leads a team of 6 postdocs, 7 doctoral candidates, and 4 research assistants.