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  1. Using this Website

    Using this Website The website of the Staatliche Institut für Musikforschung is easy to use. Below you will find a few tips on using the many features of the site as well as information regarding accessibility. Design for All (In Information and Communications Technology) The Staatliche Institut für

  2. Scientific Advisory Board

    Scientific Advisory Board The Scientific Advisory Board of the Staatliche Institut für Musikforschung The Scientific Advisory Board advises the Staatliche Institut für Musikforschung (SIM, State Institute for Music Research) on fundamental professional and scientific questions. It accompanies the wo

  3. Dr. Sydney Hutchinson

    Dr. Sydney Hutchinson Research Associate CV Since November 2025: Research Associate at the State Institute for Music Research 2020-2025: Research assistant at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Institute for Musicology and Media Studies, Popular Music Studies 2019-2020: Substitute professor for eth

  4. Dr. Marten Noorduin

    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

  5. Showcase of Musical Interpretation

    Showcase of Musical Interpretation The series Showcase of Musical Interpretation reintroduces forgotten figures from the history of musical interpretation. These profiles appear at irregular intervals and make no claim to completeness. Analog media are presented in a display case in the foyer of our

  6. Imprint / Rights

    Imprint / Rights The provider of this website is Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz Staatliches Institut für Musikforschung Ben-Gurion-Straße 1 10785 Berlin Telefon +49 30 254 81-0 kontakt(at)sim.spk-berlin(dot)de Representative The Staatliche Institut für Musikforschung (SIMPK) is a legally dependen

  7. Dr. Thomas MacMillan

    Dr. Thomas MacMillan Research Institute Assistant Higher education 2019–2022 PhD at the University of Arts Berlin Dissertation: „I Might Be Wrong: Modal Fluctuation in the Music of Radiohead“ 2009–2014 Studies in musicology and composition (Bachelor and Master degrees) Newcastle University, England

  8. Departments

    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

  9. PD Dr. Hans-Joachim Maempel

    PD Dr. Hans-Joachim Maempel CV Since 2012 Head of Department III Acoustics and Music Technology | Studio Facilites and IT of the Staatliche Institut für Musikforschung Preußischer Kulturbesitz (State Institute for Music Research Prussian Heritage Foundation) 1993-2011 Freelance recording producer an

  10. Highlights of the Exhibition

    Highlights of the Exhibition One of the highlights of the display collection is a nearly complete set of wind instruments used by the town pipers of Naumburg, Germany, in around 1600. Other gems of the collection include the famous Bach harpsichord (the original as well as later replicas), transvers