The PARL – Winter Lab 2026, hosted by the doctoral programmes of the Anton Bruckner University, will take place on 28–29 January 2026 and will focus on Historically Informed Performance Practice and Historical Musicology. As an integral part of the doctoral curriculum, the Winter Lab brings together doctoral candidates, supervisors, and international guest lecturers to foster exchange between art and research.

A central highlight of this year’s Winter Lab is the guest lecture by Jed Wentz on 28 January. In his talk Filming Marlowe’s Faustus: an artistic research project, Wentz presents a practice-based research project exploring historical acting techniques, rhetoric, gesture, and the role of imagination in artistic research.

The programme also includes a lecture by Anne Marie Dragosits, supervisor of the doctoral programmes, who will speak on Giovanni Girolamo Kapsperger (1579–1651) as a teacher on 29 January.

In addition, doctoral candidates from the sub-areas Historically Informed Performance Practice and Historical Musicology will present the current status of their research through lectures and lecture-recitals. Contributions will be given by Enrico Coden, Alexandra Helldorff, Claudio Ribeiro, and Henry Van Engen (HIPP), as well as Hazal Akyaz and Erin Lupardus (Historical Musicology).

Further information on the programme and schedule can be found here.

PhD Forschung Veranstaltung Theory and History Early Music and Historical Performance Practice