Matthias Theodor Vogt

Matthias Theodor Vogt

Matthias Theodor Vogt 2012
Born 1959
Rome
Nationality German
Fields History, musicology
Institutions Hochschule Zittau/Görlitz
Education Technische Universität in Berlin
Alma mater Ludwig Maximilian University
Thesis  (1988)
Doctoral advisor Carl Dahlhaus
Known for Founding director of the Saxonian Institute for Cultural Infrastructure

Matthias Theodor Vogt (born 1959 in Rome) is a German historian and musicologist. Since 1997 he has been professor of cultural policy and cultural history at the Hochschule Zittau/Görlitz. Vogt is the founding director of the Saxonian Institute for Cultural Infrastructure (in German: Institut für kulturelle Infrastruktur Sachsen. He studied theatre studies, philosophy, German studies and musicology.[1] Since the 1990s he has been examining issues of cultural transformation in Europe as well as the politics and the economics of culture. He is the author and/or editor of more than one hundred works published widely across Europe in Berlin, Brussels, Frankfurt, New York, Oxford, Vienna, as well as Tokyo. In addition, he works with organizations concerned with the development of culture under the aegis of UNESCO. Vogt, who has worked for the German government and regional authorities, is regarded in Europe, and in particular Germany, as both a reformer of cultural policies, and a scholar in the field of culture policies.

Life and research work

Matthias Theodor Vogt grew up near Freiburg im Breisgau. His grandfather Theodor Spira was expelled from Königsberg University by the National Socialists.[2] From the age of five, Vogt learned to play the flute. Beginning in 1971 he studied violoncello at the Conservatory in Basel with Nikolaus Uhlenhut, later with Atis Teichmanis from the Freiburg Musikhochschule, and composition under the direction of Luigi Nono and Hans-Peter Haller.[3] On leaving grammar school, Vogt attended the faculties of theatre studies, philosophy, musicology and German studies at universities in Munich (Ludwig Maximilian University), Aix-en-Provence Aix-en-Provence, Paris IV and Berlin (Technische Universität). In 1983, he received a master's degree under the supervision of Klaus Lazarowicz and Susanne Vill at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, and in 1988 obtained his doctorate under the musicologist Carl Dahlhaus at Technische Universität in Berlin. After his master's degree he worked at key venues in the music world including the Vienna State Opera, the Salzburg Festival, the Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Venice Biennale, the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, the State Operetta Theatre in Moscow, the National Theatre in Ruse, and the Aquario Romano in Rome.[1] Between 1986 and 1989 he edited the Bayreuth Festival's programme book.[4] As a musician and musicologist, his focus is oriented towards contemporary music and the role of music in theatre and opera productions. He collaborated with Luigi Nono, Luciano Berio and Karlheinz Stockhausen at the world premières of Prometeo, Un re in ascolto and Samstag aus Licht. Since 1983, Vogt has been teaching in four languages: English, German, French, and Italian. He has lectured as a guest professor at several universities in Europe, Japan, and the United States. He organizes a number of events and conferences for students such as a series of meetings of young musicians with professionals from the field of science.[5]

Activities for culture

One of Vogt’s achievements was the development of a new legal framework that allowed a deregulation of the system of governmental spending for culture. He is the author of the draft of the new law for the cultural sector in Saxony, the de:Sächsisches Kulturraumgesetz (SächsKRG 20 January 1994). This law has been proposed by the German Bundestag as a model for other German states.[6]

As an academic, Vogt examines the history of culture in Europe, especially cultural transformation processes, and cultural policies issues. His main interests are the methodological aspects of cultural policy studies. Other fields of research are issues of national minorities, especially the Lusatian minority, he has also been co-editor of the Europäisches Journal für Minderheitenfragen.

Because of these interests, in 1997 he established, with the patronage of UNESCO general director Federico Mayor, a new curriculum – Culture and its Management (BA/MA[7][8]) – the joint responsibility of the Hochschule Zittau/Görlitz and the Saxonian Institute for Cultural Infrastructure. The curriculum aims to introduce students to both Cultural Studies and Economics, with a focus on Central European issues.

The Saxonian Institute for Cultural Infrastructure was founded in 1994 by State Minister Hans Joachim Meyer and Vogt after several years working in the State Ministry.[9] Since 1999, the headquarters of the Institute have been housed at Klingewalde castle near Görlitz.[10] The supervisory board of this organization has brought together, among others, Freya von Moltke, Yehudi Menuhin, and Krzysztof Penderecki.[11] Chairmen of the Scientific Council are Dieter Bingen, director of the Deutsches Polen-Institut at Darmstadt, the Prague philosopher Jan Sokol, and the Vienna based cultural economist Peter Bendixen.[11]

From the 1990s on, Vogt has been building the European Network for the Management of Culture, which currently includes universities and institutions from Germany, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Italy, France, Czech Republic, Lithuania, Latvia, Spain, Finland, Russia, Sweden, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Georgia, Mongolia and Japan.[12]

Vogt is the instigator of numerous collaborative transnational research initiatives and projects such as Collegium Pontes Görlitz-Zgorzelec-Zhořelec.[13] At present he is researching the Brain Gain for Medium-Sized Cities under the umbrella of a multinational research project.

Vogt has been President of the Brückepreis Society, which presents awards to outstanding figures in internationalization and the understanding of cultural differences. Winners of the award include, among others, Freya von Moltke, Władysław Bartoszewski, Norman Davies, Fritz Stern, and Tadeusz Mazowiecki.

Books

References

  1. 1 2 http://kultur.org/images/media/vogt_cv_2011.pdf
  2. ↑ Anglia – Zeitschrift für englische Philologie. Band 1961, Heft 79, Seiten 249–252. ISSN 1865-8938 (Online), ISSN 0340-5222 (Print), doi:10.1515/angl.1961.1961.79.249, November 2009.
  3. ↑ Róża Różańska: Interview with M. Th. Vogt (in Polish language): http://polskamuza.eu/wywiady_archiwum.php?id=563
  4. ↑ "without question the most beautifully, lavishly and scrupulously produced theatrical programmes in the world." Bernard Levin, The Times, London 3 September 1988
  5. ↑ Report from the Cross the Borders conference (in English): http://kulturoteka.tumblr.com/post/28903068285/cross-the-borders-raport
  6. ↑ "1607000.book" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-10-27.
  7. ↑ "Institut für kulturelle Infrastruktur Sachsen – Bachelor (B.A.)". Kultur.org. Retrieved 2012-10-27.
  8. ↑ "Institut für kulturelle Infrastruktur Sachsen – Master (M.A.)". Kultur.org. Retrieved 2012-10-27.
  9. ↑ "Institut für kulturelle Infrastruktur Sachsen – 15 Jahre IKS". Kultur.org. Retrieved 2012-10-27.
  10. ↑ "Institut für kulturelle Infrastruktur Sachsen – Haus Klingewalde". Kultur.org. Retrieved 2012-10-27.
  11. 1 2 "Institut für kulturelle Infrastruktur Sachsen – Kuratorium". Kultur.org. Retrieved 2012-10-27.
  12. ↑ "Institut für kulturelle Infrastruktur Sachsen – Netzwerk". Kultur.org. Retrieved 2012-10-27.
  13. ↑ "Institut für kulturelle Infrastruktur Sachsen – Idee". Kultur.org. Retrieved 2012-10-27.
  14. ↑ Das Gustav-mahler-fest: Hamburg, 1989: Bericht über den internationalen Gustav-mahler-kongress. Retrieved 2012-10-27.
  15. ↑ "Kulturräume in Sachsen : eine Dokumentation". WorldCat. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  16. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Individuum vs. Institution - Zur Urfassung (1845) Richard Wagners "Tannhäuser"". Institut Fur Kulturelle Infrastruktur. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  17. ↑ "Lehrlinge im eigenen Land". Deutsche National Bibliothek. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  18. ↑ "Kultur im ländlichen Raum. Das Beispiel Mittelsachsen". Stanford University Librairies. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  19. ↑ "Bedingungen europäischer Solidarität". Lehmanns Media. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  20. ↑ "Peripherie in der Mitte Europas". Gesis Sowiport. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  21. ↑ "Die Stärke der Schwäche". Lehmanns Media. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  22. ↑ "Europäisierung im Alltag". Peter Lang Publishing Group. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  23. ↑ "Der Fremde als Bereicherung". Peter Lang Publishing Group. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  24. ↑ "Minderheiten als Mehrwert". Peter Lang Publishing Group. Retrieved 25 January 2016.

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