Members of Board & Council
Board 2025-2027
The new board was elected at general assembly 2025 on June 4th:
Mag. Gerhard Hofbauer, President (2006 until 2012 and since 2016)
Professor for music education and didactics at the Private University of Education, Diocese of Linz (ret.)
Mag. Dr. Masayuki Nakaji, Vice-President
Professor for music education at the Gakugei University Tokyo
Head of „Center for Applied Arts and Athletics Education (CAAAE)“
Mag. Dr. Barbara Dobretsberger, Secretary
Professor theory of music at the University Mozarteum Salzburg
Head of departement of music science
MMag. Elfriede Hofbauer, Trasurer
Pedagogue, Economist, Salzburg
Austrian Public Registry -> Österreichisches Zentrales Vereinsregister ZVR Zahl 892634065
Audit:
MMMag. Dr. Andreas J. Ceconi
Consultant tax advisor, management consultant, Salzburg
Mag. jur. Dr. Claudia Schoiber -Ceconi
Consultant tax advisor, business consultant, Salzburg
Council 2025-2027
The council of IGPE is based on the constitution as „künstlerisch-wissenschaftlicher Expertenrat“
The following experts were nominated by the board for the functional period from the year 2025 until 2027.
Many thanks in advance to all members of the council for their engagement.
Dr. Dr. Dietmar Jürgens, Gummersbach, Germany
Professor for Aesthetic Bildung at the Catholic University of Applied Sciences Nordrhein-Westfalen, Köln (ret.)
Mag. Hans Martin Ritter, Berlin, Deutschland
Professor em. for music education, theatre and drama at the University of Berlin
Mag. Dr. Marios Joannou Elia, Pafos, Cyprus.
Composer, artistic manager of musical projects of "cultural capitols" of Europe, of multimedial projects a "the Sound of Kioto"
Expert for Polymediality
Barbara Hielscher-Witte, CAGS Dipl., Berlin
Director of Expressive Arts Institute Berlin, Deutschland.
Program Director MA of Division Arts, Health & Society, European Graduate School EGS
STR Mag. Angela Roscher, Goslar, Deutschland
(Angaben zur Person folgen)
Excerpt of the constitution (German) / Auszug aus dem Statut, § 16:
Expertise, Interdisziplinarität, Intermedialität, Internationalität sind Kriterien für die Zusammensetzung des Expertenrats[*].
Als künstlerische wie wissenschaftliche Experten sind Personen zu verstehen, die über einen, den in angeführten Handlungsfeldern der IGPE entsprechenden professionellen Handlungs- und Erfahrungshintergrund verfügen.
[*] The constitution defines terms of personal functions as valid for any kind of gender.
Board 2022-2025
Mag. Gerhard Hofbauer, President (2006 until 2012 and since 2016)
Professor for music education and didactics at the Private University of Education, Diocese of Linz (ret.)
DDr. Dietmar Jürgens, Vice-President, Secretary
Professor for Aesthetic Bildung at the Catholic University of Applied Sciences Nordrhein-Westfalen, Köln (ret.)
MMag. Elfriede Hofbauer, Trasurer
Pedagogue, Economist, Salzburg
Mag. Dr. Masayuki Nakaji
Professor for music education at the Gakugei University Tokyo
Mag. Hans Martin Ritter
Professor em. for music education, theatre and drama at the University of Berlin
Audit:
MMMag. Dr. Andreas J. Ceconi
Consultant tax advisor, management consultant, Salzburg
Mag. jur. Dr. Claudia Schoiber -Ceconi
Consultant tax advisor, business consultant, Salzburg
Board 2020-2022
Mag. Gerhard Hofbauer, President (2006 bis 2012 und ab 2016)
Professor for music education and didactics at the Private University of Education, Diocese of Linz (ret.)
DDr. Dietmar Jürgens, Vice-President, Secretary
Professor for Aesthetic Bildung at the Catholic University of Applied Sciences Nordrhein-Westfalen, Köln
MMag. Elfriede Hofbauer, Trasurer
Pedagogue, Economist, Salzburg
Mag. Dr. Masayuki Nakaji
Professor for music education at the Gakugei University Tokyo
Audit:
a.o. Univ. Prof. Mag. Dr. Michaela Schwarzbauer
until March 2022: a.o. Univ. Prof. Dr. Christian Allesch (+)
Vorstand 2016-2018
Vorstand seit 17.10.2016
Präsident: Mag. Gerhard Hofbauer
Salzburg, Präsident der IGPE 2006–2012 und seit 2016
Vizepräsident: DDr. Dietmar Jürgens
Hochschule Alfter/Bonn und Hochschule Köln
Finanzen: MMag. Elfriede Hofbauer
Dr. Masayuki Nakaji
Gakugei-University, Tokyo, Japan
FH Prof. Mag. Markus Wintersberger
Fachhochschule St. Pölten, Niederösterreich
Eine Vorstellung der Vorstandsmitglieder erfolgte im -> Link zum -> Newsletter 10
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