Dr. Kateryna Schöning

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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 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, art history and sports (gymnastics) (in the years 2000-2003)