This year’s PARL Winter Lab (10.–12.1.25, Bruckneruniversität), part of the series PARL – Platform for Art and Research Linz, focused on historically informed performance practice.
The lectures by Prof. Giulia Nuti, University Professor in Harpsichord and Historical Performance Practice at the Gustav Mahler Private University for Music in Klagenfurt, were a particular highlight. In her two presentations, she shed light on the learning and teaching of harpsichord playing in Italy in the 17th century, with emphasis on basso continuo, partimenti, composition and improvisation, and in her lecture Le Berceau de la Musique: The Perception of the Italian Style Beyond Italy, she examined how the Italian style was disseminated and received outside Italy.
In addition to Prof. Nuti’s contributions, the Winter Lab featured lectures, lecture recitals and presentations by Prof. Dr. Anne Marie Dragosits and doctoral students from the Bruckneruni. In her lecture From Biographical Information to Hypothesis - a Legitimate Process? Case Study Giovanni Girolamo Kapsperger, Dr. Dragosits raised the question of the academic legitimacy of forming hypotheses on the basis of biographical information. In addition, doctoral students Enrico Coden, Alexandra Helldorff and Claudio Ribeiro presented their current research in lectures and lecture recitals.
The Winter Lab 2025 was inspiring in its combination of historical source studies, analytical reflection and experimental practice.
