Axel Petri-Preis (PhD)

Axel Petri-Preis (PhD) studied music education, German philology and musicology in Vienna. He has been active in the field of audience and community engagement internationally for many years, and his projects have received several awards. He is a professor of music mediation and community music and deputy head at the Department of Music Education Research and Practice (IMP) at the mdw – University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. His research currently focuses on the education and further training of (classical) musicians in relation to music mediation, on community engagement in classical concert life and on discrimination sensitive music mediation.