Vita

2018 Award of the doctorate in musicology.

Since 2017 lecturer at the BIMM Institute Berlin and the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg, among others.

2014-2017 Doctoral Fellow of the German National Academic Foundation in Musicology

2011-2021 Research assistant at the Institute of Musicology, Franz Liszt University of Music Weimar, Germany

2005-2011 Studies of musicology and cultural management (HfM Weimar), modern history (Uni Jena) and jazz guitar (VOS Praha)

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Publications

Books and anthologies

  1. Jazzforschung heute: Themen, Methoden, Perspektiven
    Wolf-Georg Zaddach (Editor) , Martin Pfleiderer (Editor) , 2019 Berlin , 320 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesConference proceedingsResearch

  2. Heavy Metal in der DDR: Szene, Akteure, Praktiken
    Wolf-Georg Zaddach (Author) , 2018 1st ed ed. Bielefeld , 369 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesBookResearch

  3. Inside the Jazzomat: new perspectives for jazz research
    Wolf-Georg Zaddach (Editor) , Martin Pfleiderer (Editor) , Klaus Frieler (Editor) , Jakob Abeßer (Editor) , Benjamin Burkhart (Editor) , 2017 Mainz , 352 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesBookResearch

Journal contributions

  1. Perspektiven für die Musikforschung im 21. Jahrhundert?: Künstlerische Forschung und Musikwissenschaft
    Wolf-Georg Zaddach (Author) , 01.01.2024 , in: Musikforschung, 77, 4 , p. 364-377 , 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  2. Artistic Research in Popular Music: A Critical Evaluation of Potentials and Challenges
    Wolf-Georg Zaddach (Author) , 28.07.2023 , in: IASPM Journal, 13, 1 , p. 214-237 , 24 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Don’t Break the Oath, Henrik Marstal (2022)
    Wolf-Georg Zaddach (Author) , 01.06.2023 , in: Metal Music Studies, 9, 2 , p. 263-265 , 3 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsCritical reviewsResearch

  4. Evaluating an Analysis-by-Synthesis Model for Jazz Improvisation
    Wolf-Georg Zaddach (Author) , Klaus Frieler (Author) , 03.02.2022 , in: Transactions of the International Society for Music Information Retrieval, 5, 1 , p. 20-34 , 15 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  5. Kirkland A. Fulk, ed., Sounds German: Popular Music in Postwar Germany at the Crossroads of the National and Transnational
    Wolf-Georg Zaddach (Author) , 08.12.2021 , in: Popular Music History, 14, 1 , p. 88-91 , 4 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsCritical reviewsResearch

Contributions to collected editions/anthologies

  1. Musikkulturen, Nachhaltigkeit und Klimabildung
    Wolf-Georg Zaddach (Author) , Michael Lothar Josef Ahlers (Author) , 19.10.2025 Wiesbaden , p. 265-283 , 19 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologiesContributions to collected editions/anthologiesEducationpeer-review

  2. Songwriting Camps: Kollaborative Songwriting-Praxis zwischen Songwriting-Tradition und musikwirtschaftlicher Transformation
    Wolf-Georg Zaddach (Author) , Michael Lothar Josef Ahlers (Author) , Carsten Wernicke (Author) , Jan-Peter Herbst (Author) , 01.03.2025 Münster , p. 197-218

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologiesContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  3. Artificial intelligence in songwriting and composing - perspectives and challenges in creative practices
    Wolf-Georg Zaddach (Author) , Björn Tillmann (Author) , 01.05.2024 Bielefeld , p. 217-231 , 15 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologiesChapterResearchpeer-review

  4. "Dit Is Berlin": Local metal scene building and transformation in Berlin, Germany
    Wolf-Georg Zaddach (Author) , 19.05.2023 , p. 166-188 , 23 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologiesChapterResearchpeer-review

  5. »Groove is the essence of my music«.: Wayne Krantz’ guitar playing from a practice-based perspective
    Wolf-Georg Zaddach (Author) , 10.05.2019 Berlin , p. 133-146 , 13 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologiesChapterResearchpeer-review

Courses