Matthew Krebs

Matthias Krebs is a University Assistant (Assistant Professor) at the Department of Music Education Salzburg, Mozarteum University Salzburg. He leads the Berlin-based Appmusik Research Center (founded at the Berlin University of the Arts) and co-founded the DigiEnsemble Berlin, a professional ensemble using smartphone/tablet apps for musical performances. His research focuses on digital technologies' role in music education, teacher professionalization, and cultural education.

• Education: Opera singing (tenor), vocal pedagogy, and musicology studies at the Berlin University of the Arts.
• Key Projects: 'app2music_DE' (BMBF-funded), 'MuBiTec_LEKOP', and 'TOUCH:MUSIC' exploring digital music practices.

Research interests include technology-mediated music-making, digital tools in early childhood education, and cultural institutions' digital strategies. He has advised regional education initiatives like MSdigital.SH and Musikschule.digital.NRW.

His work bridges artistic performance (opera, app-based ensembles) with pedagogical innovation, emphasizing digital transformation in music education. Projects like the DigiEnsemble Berlin showcase creative uses of mobile apps as musical instruments on stages such as the Gewandhaus Leipzig.