Dr. Kateryna Schöning

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3/10/2024Habilitation at the University of Vienna, Department of Musicology; Book: Loci communes and tablatures in the 16th century in German-speaking area.

since 1/3/2023

Head of the digital edition project E-LAUTE: Electronic Linked Annotated Unified Tablature Edition – The Lute in the German-Speaking Area 1450–1550 (FWF, DFG, SNF)

since 1/12/2022
Senior Scientist (permanent position) at the University of Vienna, Department of Musicology
since 1/10/2016Research staff at the University of Vienna, Department of Musicology: FWF-Projects (postdoc-position, head of projects), see projects 
2018Research Project of Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (Germany), Institute of Musicology, Hochschule für Musik und Theater "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" Leipzig (head of project)
Apr. 2015–Sept. 2016Freelance musicologist and musician / keyboard instruments (focus on music of the 15th–18th centuries)
Dec. 2013–Dec. 2014Family time
2010–2016Work with the cathedral choir and orchestra (Naumburg, Germany): basso continuo / piano, harpsichord, organ 
Oct. 2010–Sept. 2013Project collaborator in the DFG-project: History of Science and Politics of the past. Musicology in Research and Teaching in early post-war Germany, Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Mannheim, Germany
2008–2017Part-time Lecturer, Hochschule für Musik and Theater „Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy“ Leipzig, Germany
Oct. 2008–Sept. 2010Research Postdoc-Fellowship of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater „Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy“ Leipzig, Germany
31/10/2007PhD (C.Sc.) at the I.-P.-Kotljarevski State University of Arts Charkiw, Ukraine; Dissertation: Fantasy for Lute in the 16th century: Origin of the genre
Jun. 2006–Oct. 2006PhD scholarship at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater „Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy“ Leipzig, Germany (funded by the German Academic Exchange Association, DAAD)
2004–2008PhD student of Music Theory and part-time Lecturer at the I.-P.-Kotljarevski State University of Arts Charkiw, Ukraine
1998–2003Studies of music theory and musicology at the I.-P.-Kotljarevski State University of Arts Charkiw, Ukraine (Master)
1994–1998Studies Piano, Harpsichord and Music pedagogy at the College of Music, University of Charkiw, Ukraine (Diploma)
1979
born in Kharkiv (Ukraine)

Scholarships and awards

  • Research Postdoc-Fellowship of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (Germany).
  • Research Postdoc-Fellowship of the Gerda Henkel Foundation (Germany), granted in 2008; not accepted because of grant of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation at the same time.
  • PhD scholarship German Academic Exchange Association (DAAD, Germany)
  • 10 diplomas (I.- III.) in national student competitions in the fields of music history, music theory, history of arts and sports (2000–2003)