Mary Kirchdorfer, MA

Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin (Praedoc)
in dem Projekt „Konzertleben in Wien (1780–1830)“

Database link: https://viennaconcertlife.univie.ac.at/

 

Mary Elizabeth Kirchdorfer studied harp at the University of Augsburg (2016) before obtaining an assistantship at the University of Minnesota, where she completed her MA in Musicology (2018). Mary moved to Austria on a Fulbright Teaching Assistantship (2018–2020). Since then, she has been teaching harp in her studio in Vienna and working as an educator since the Covid-19 pandemic. Mary worked as a musicological assistant for the project The Young Beethoven, or Beethoven the Younger with Dr. John Wilson at the ÖAW. In 2022, Mary began working on her doctorate at the University of Vienna and is contributing to the FWF project Concert Life in Vienna: 1780–1830.

 

Recent mentions in the press:

Transkribus Success Story: https://blog.transkribus.org/en/mapping-the-concerts-of-beethoven-and-haydn-the-concert-life-in-vienna-project

Musikalisches Leben blühte in Wien einst ohne Konzertsaal (Die Presse, 11.01.2025). https://www.diepresse.com/19241240/musikalisches-leben-bluehte-in-wien-einst-ohne-konzertsaal

 

Publications: 

Article in the Österreichischen Musik Lexikon: Mary Kirchdorfer, Art. „Lechner (geb. Edle von Schmid), Cleopha (Kleopha)“, in: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon online, begr. von Rudolf Flotzinger, hg. von Barbara Boisits (letzte inhaltliche Änderung: 6.5.2025, abgerufen am 9.12.2025), https://www.musiklexikon.ac.at/ml/musik_L/Lechner_Cleopha.xml

 

Article in the Österreichischen Musik Lexikon: Mary Kirchdorfer, Art. „Landständischer Saal“, in: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon online, begr. von Rudolf Flotzinger, hg. von Barbara Boisits (letzte inhaltliche Änderung: 28.4.2025, abgerufen am 9.12.2025), www.musiklexikon.ac.at/ml/musik_L/Landstaendischer_Saal.xml


Upcoming Publications:

  • Conference Report of “Nie gehörte, nie geahndete Wunder-Geheimnisse der heiligen Kunst”: Zum 200. Jubiläum von Beethovens Akademien im Mai 1824, Bonn, 05. Mai 2024 in Beethoven Journal vol. 37 (2025)
  • "The Women of the May 7th Akademie in the Context of the 1823/24 Season" in the conference volume published by the Beethoven Haus Bonn from the conference "Nie gehörte, nie geahndete Wunder-Geheimnisse der heiligen Kunst”: Zum 200. Jubiläum von Beethovens Akademien im Mai 1824, Bonn, 05. Mai 2024.
  • "“City of Music” Without a Concert Hall: Concert Life in Vienna around 1800" team publication from the conference volume: "Outside the Theatre: Music in Unconventional Venues of Nineteenth-Centuries Europe” from the University of Oviedo.

 

 

 

Bevorstehende Präsentationen:

  • Presenting "Visualizing Women’s Roles and Networks in the Concert Life of 1820s Vienna" at the American Musicological Society" in Minneapolis, Minnesota on November 6-9th, 2025.

 

Frühere Präsentationen:

  • "The Various and Overlapping Roles in Viennese Concert Life: the Case of Elise Katharina Krings" at the American Musicological Society in Denver, Colorado, November 2023.
  • "The Concert Life Database: Digitization, Challenges, and Complexities" at the“Zweiter Workshop der Kommission für interdisziplinäre Schubert Forschung” at the Austrian Academy of Sciences in Vienna, Austria Feb. 22 2024.

  • "Database Presentation and its Implications for Beethoven Research" at the Tenth International New Beethoven Research Conference in Chicago, Illinois, Nov. 13th-14 2024

  • Presented in a team presentation, unveiling our first public release of the database entitled "Project and Database Presentation: Concert Life in Vienna 1780-1830" at the “Nie gehörte, nie geahndete Wunder-Geheimnisse der heiligen Kunst“: Zum 200. Jubiläum von Beethovens Akademien im Mai 1824, May 4-7th 2024.

  • Team presentation entitled "A 'City of Music' Without a Concert Hall: Concert Life in Vienna Around 1800" at the conference“Outside the Theater: Music in Unconventional Venues of Nineteenth-Century Music” at the University of Oviedo, Spain, May 23-25th 2024. 
  • "Exploring the Multiple Roles of Women in Viennese concert Life: 1780-1830: Insights from Case Studies", at the International Musicology Conference "Transcending Traditional Roles: Female Musicians on the Path to Artistic Freedom at the Slovenian Academy of Arts and Sciences, Nov 21-22nd 2024.

  • "Concert Life in Vienna 1780-1830: Database Presentation and Perspectives of Historical Performance and Audience Experience" at the 11th annual Conference of the School of Performing Arts at the University of Malta, March 4th-9th 2025.

 Kontakt

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E-Mail: kirchdorfer.mary@univie.ac.at

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