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Discology SIM pursues discology research based on the premise that radio, records and compact discs are not just media for transmitting and storing music but, like musical instruments, are media of music itself. Edison cylinder from the sound recording collection of the SIMPK library. Photograph by

Sound design and aesthetics Those involved in the transmission of music must make decisions that affect the reproduction of music in general and the reproduction of its sound, in particular. When reproducing an original music performance, one can distinguish three objectives in relation to sound aes

Video installation and performance program for the exhibition OFF SCORE by Annika Kahrs 6 p.m. Opening Completely invalid, just an attempt, 2024 Video installation Curt Sachs Hall Exhibition February 19 – March 1, 2026 Free admission The film Completely invalid, just an attempt takes Anton Bruckner'

Sound Spaces Music and freedom Music seems to be free - it sounds, touches and disappears. But it almost always moves within a network of culturally moulded and historically evolved rules. From pop songs to symphonies, we follow musical patterns that are constantly changing but never disappear. Musi

Johann Joachim Quantz Musician - Pedagogue - Instrument Maker 8 September 2023 to 11 February 2024 "Quantz is the god of music" - this is how Crown Prince Frederick raved about his flute teacher in a letter to his sister Wilhelmine von Bayreuth in 1732. And indeed, the flutist and composer Johann Jo

Sound and Vision Experience Lab Large-screen monitor and loudspeaker of the SV_XL in the working model Sound & Vision Experience Lab The project Sound & Vision Experience Lab (SV_XL) evolved from the DFG-funded project "Audio-visual perception of acoustical environments". It is funded by the board o

Dr. Marten Noorduin Research Associate CV Since December 2025: Research Associate at the State Institute for Music Research 2022-2024: Research Associate, University of Music Lübeck. Since 2022: Coordinator for science communication, COST Action CA21161, A New Ecosystem of Early Music Studies (Early

Dr. Marten Noorduin Interview with Research Stipend Holder Dr Marten Noorduin (January – March 2022) SIM: What is your background? I am a historical musicologist and pianist with an interest in nineteenth-century music, with a focus on issues related to performance practices. My doctorate research a

Archive of Concert Life From 2013 to 2016, the Musicological Documentation department at the SIM carried out a digitization project resulting in the “Archive of Concert Life.” The purpose of this project was to preserve, digitize and analyze records of concert life that have traditionally been regar

Departments The State Institute for Music Research is divided into four departments: the Museum of Musical Instruments; the Department of Music Theory and History, which includes the Musicological Documentation Unit; the Department of Acoustics and Music Technology, Studio Technology and IT; and the