Team

Team

• Staff

  • Jan Kuhr (Head of Department)  

  • Burcu Ramazanoğlu Stravropoulos (Education Support Officer)  

  • Carmen Sterke (Education Support Officer) 

  • Barbaros Bozkır (Coordination Maqam and Modal Music Across the Silk Roads)  

  • Mutlu Kızılgedik (Coordination Maqam and Modal Music Across the Silk Roads and Student Coordinator)  

  • Nils Fischer (Coordination Caribbean and South American Music)  

  • Sofia Nakou (Student Coordinator Caribbean and South American Music)  

  • Wobbe Kuiper (Curricula Design Officer)  

• Global Musics Teachers

  • Wobbe Kuiper (Theory of Music)  

  • Dr Bárbara Varassi Pega (Global Music Contextual Studies, Community Projects, Researcher) 

  • Dr Juliano Abramovay (Global Music Contextual Studies, Brazilian, Maqam Music)  

  • Elena Baker (Global Musics Migration and Rotterdam)  

  • Dr Stephen Meyer (Global Music Context Coordination)

• Caribbean and South American Music Teachers

  Guitars

  Jesús Hernández  
  Guitarist, tres player, bassist · Cuban and Caribbean musical practices  

  Marijn van der Linden  
  Cavaquinho player · Choro and samba traditions  

  Daniel Montes  
  Guitarist · Brazilian popular music traditions  

  Pedro Luis Cosme  
  Bassist · Cuban and Caribbean musical traditions  

  Álvaro Ruiz  
  Guitarist, composer · South American and Brazilian musical contexts  

  Alexander Preuss  
  Flamenco guitarist, ensemble · Flamenco specialist

   

  Percussion

  Nils Fischer  
  Percussionist · Cuban and Caribbean percussion practices 

  Martin Verdonk  
  Percussionist · Batá and Cuban-derived percussion practices, pop percussion expertise  

  Enrique Firpi  
  Drummer, percussionist · Afro-diasporic and Latin American rhythm traditions  

  Miro Herak  
  Vibraphonist · Improvisation-based and ensemble practices across traditions  

  Maxim Zettel  
  Percussionist · Brazilian rhythmic and ensemble practices  

  Udo Demandt  
  Drummer, percussionist · Brazilian and transregional percussion practices 

   

  Piano

  Marc Bischoff  
  Pianist, arranger · Cuban and Caribbean ensemble and theoretical contexts  

  Thomas Böttcher  
  Pianist · Ensemble performance within Cuban and Caribbean traditions 

  Carlos Matos  
  Pianist, composer · Cape Verdean and transregional musical practices  

  Luis Rabello  
  Pianist · Western Classical Music and Brazilian classical piano traditions  

  Elizabeth Fadel  
  Pianist · Brazilian classical and popular repertoires  

  Dr Bárbara Varassi Pega  
  Pianist, composer, arranger, and leading tango researcher specialising in River Plate traditions  

  Wim Warman  
  Pianist, arranger, and educator specialising in tango-based electives and crossover musical practices 

   

  Vocals

  Lilian Vieira  
  Vocalist · Brazilian popular vocal traditions  

  Sofia Nakou  
  Vocalist · Cuban and Caribbean vocal traditions  

  Valeria Mignaco  
  Vocalist · Voice technique and contemporary vocal practice  

   

  Winds

  Alex Simu  
  Clarinetist, saxophonist · Improvisation, composition, and ensemble practices  

  Angelo Ursini  
  Saxophonist, Clarinetist, Flutist, traditional Winds, composer · Brazilian popular and contemporary practices  

  Mark Alban Lotz  
  Flutist, composer · Improvisation-led and transregional performance practices  

  Rafael Pereira  
  Saxophonist · Brazilian performance practice and music history  

   

  Strings

  Pablo Rodríguez  
  Violist · Ensemble practices across South American and Caribbean musics  

  Dr Stephen Meyer  
  Violinist, educator, and researcher recognised internationally for his work on tango violin performance 

   

  Research, Language and Context

  Elena Baker  
  Arts and heritage curator · Decolonial, community-centred cultural practice  

  Juliana Martina  
  Vocalist · Caribbean and Latin American traditions, multilingual artistic practice  

  Alan Palacios  
  Storyteller, poet, researcher · Decolonial and Latina/o/x aesthetic frameworks 

  Lilian Vieira  
  Vocalist · Brazilian popular vocal traditions  

• Maqam and Modal Cultures along the Silk Roads Teachers

  Alexandros Papadimitrakis  
  Oud and lavta player · Maqam theory, ensemble practice, and improvisation  

  Jawa Manla   
  Oud player · Composer, Specialist in Syrian Arabic Music

  Alper Kekeç  
  Percussionist · Maqam-based rhythmic systems and Anatolian–West Asian folk percussion practices  

  Dr Barbaros Bozkır  
  Accordionist, composer · Contemporary modal composition and contextual studies  

  Dr Michalis Cholevas  
  Yaylı tanbur and ney player · Maqam theory, improvisation (taksim), and artistic research  

  Mutlu Kızılgedik  
  Bağlama player · Kurdish and Anatolian folk traditions; oral transmission and ensemble practice  

  Burak Savaş  
  Vocalist, violinist · Ottoman classical vocal music and maqam traditions  

  Niti Ranjan Biswas  
  Tabla player · North Indian (Hindustani) classical music; rhythmic systems (tāla)  

   

  Kudsi Ergüner (guest teacher)  
  Ney player · Ottoman music theory, maqam practice, and transmission