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Emile Wennekes

Emile (Emmanuel Gerhardus Johannes) Wennekes (born July 19, 1963, Doetinchem, the Netherlands) is a Dutch musicologist. He is Chair Professor of Musicology / Music and Media at Utrecht University. He is a graduate of Utrecht University and received his Ph.D. in 1999 with a thesis entitled Het Paleis voor Volksvlijt (1864–1929): ‘edele uiting eener stoute gedachte!’ / The Amsterdam Crystal Palace (1864–1929): ‘Noble Expression of an Audacious Notion!’

In 2000, Wennekes was named part-time Full Professor at Utrecht University for the Endowed Chair: Post-1600 Dutch Music History, as successor to Prof. Dr. Rokus de Groot. In 2004, his appointment as (full-time) Full Professor followed. Wennekes has collaborated on repositioning Utrecht’s Musicology Department (established 1930) within the newly created Department of Media and Culture Studies into an internationally acclaimed research institute with an emphasis on Music and Media, augmenting the traditional focus on Music History. From 2006-2011, he served as the first Head of School of the Media and Culture Studies department. Wennekes has published on a broad range of subjects which include a biography of the conductor Bernard Haitink (co-published with historian Prof. Dr. Jan Bank), the reception of the music of Bach, Liszt, Mahler and Mozart, music within Second Life, John Williams, Willem Mengelberg, conductor films, soundtracks, Vitaphone shorts, jazz and rock documentaries and films, and contemporary music in the Netherlands (including a book co-published with Prof. Dr. Mark Delaere which is available in six languages). Wennekes was editor of several periodicals and books, among them Key Notes: Musical Life in the Netherlands; Dutch Journal for Musicology; Muziek & Wetenschap and Een muziekgeschiedenis der Nederlanden. He has published in leading musicological encyclopedias, including The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians and Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart. He has contributed peer-reviewed chapters in books published by Routledge, Oxford University Press, Michigan University Press, Brepols, etc. (see further list of publications).

Wennekes previously worked as a music critic for the Dutch dailies NRC Handelsblad (1995–1999) and de Volkskrant (1999–2000). He was also artistic advisor (Centrum Nederlandse Muziek and subsequently MuziekGroep Nederland: 1999-2004), and orchestral programmer for Dutch public radio (2000–2002) before intensifying his academic career. He has served as a board member of several cultural and educational societies. For almost a decade, he chaired the Royal Society for Music History of the Netherlands (Koninklijke Vereniging voor Nederlandse Muziekgeschiedenis). Wennekes’s present research focuses on two areas: Mediatizing Music and the Remigration of Jewish Musicians. He is currently preparing a book on the first. He both initiated and chairs the Study Group Music and Media (MaM) under the auspices of the International Musicological Society (IMS) and coordinates the group’s annual conferences (2009: Amsterdam; 2010: Berlin (Humboldt University); 2011: Lisbon (Universidade Nova); 2012: (Turino, Rome); 2013: Ottawa, Ca (Carleton University); 2014: Dijon (Université de Bourgogne); 2015: Vienna (University of Music and Performing Arts); 2016: Stavanger (University of Stavanger); 2017: Tokyo (IMS: Tokyo University of the Arts); 2018: Salamanca (University of Salamanca). Wennekes was a member of the program committees of a.o. the 7th Congress of Music and the Moving Image (New York: NYU Steinhardt, 2012), the 19th Congress of the International Musicological Society (IMS Rome, 2012), When Jazz Meets Cinema (Centro Studi Luigi Boccherini, Lovere/Bergamo, 2017). Wennekes has presented papers at a great number of other conferences, including those of the American Musicological Society (AMS) and the IMS, in New York (CUNY & NYU), Los Angeles (USC), San Francisco (AMS), Ottawa (CU), Hong Kong (HK Baptist U), Stellenbosch (UoS), Berlin (Humboldt U), Bayreuth (UoB), Kiel (Christian Albert U), Zurich (ZHdK), Monte San Savino (CS Luigi Boccherini), London (UoL, IMR), Manchester (Salford U; Royal Northern College of Music), Glasgow (UoG), Cardiff (UoC), Liverpool (UoL) Guildford (UoSurrey), Dublin (Trinity College), Lisbon (UNova), Vienna (UoMusic&PA), Stavanger (UoS), Tokyo (UArts), Salamanca (USalamanca), Lecce, (USalento).