fieldback

On Receiving the IMS Guido Adler Prize

In 2021, the International Musicological Society awarded me the Guido Adler Prize. It was a great honor for me. The IMS President and IMS Directorium evaluated the diversity of my research, and while a tremendously pleasant surprise to me, it …

Contemplating Musicology from Japanese Perspectives

The task of musicology (Musikwissenschaft in German, musicologie in French, and ongakugaku in Japanese) in its proper sense is to study music of the past, present, and future regardless of region. For this purpose, various methods have been proposed and …