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Kirill Smolkin
Kirill Smolkin is a PhD candidate at Heidelberg University. In 2022 he graduated summa cum laude in Musicology at Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory. He gained professional experience as an editor and co-author of the online encyclopedia on Tchaikovsky directed by State Institute for Art Studies, Moscow. His current PhD project, funded by German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and supervised by Prof. Dr. Christoph Flamm, is devoted to the reception of Tchaikovsky’s work in subsequent classical music and mass culture. His recent publications on this topic include “Swan Lake Horror” (19th-Century Music, 2024) and “Tchaikovsky’s Pop Scores” (Die Tonkunst, 2025). His other research interests include interdisciplinary music studies, film music, word and music, and music and politics.
In September and October 2025, he is undertaking a research stay at State Institute for Music Research (SIM) in Berlin as a visiting research fellow. This project, supervised by Dr. Simone Hohmaier and Prof. Dr. Heinz von Loesch, focuses on the theoretical framework and methodological issues involved in the analysis of compositional reception.
