Per Dahl

Professor dr. philos. Per Dahl (b. 1952) studied at the University of Trondheim, Norway (musicology, philosophy and psychology), and has been working in Stavanger since 1979 (Music Conservatoire, now Faculty of Performing Arts). He is a consultant to The Norwegian Institute of Recorded Sound, Stavanger, which opened in 1985. He was a rector/principal at Stavanger University College (2000-2003). After finishing his dissertation at the University of Stavanger in 2006 (Title: Jeg elsker Dig! Lytterens argument. Grammofoninnspillinger av Edvard Griegs opus 5 nr.3) he has written these books: Anvendt musikkestetikk. En innføring (2008) and Verkanalysen som fortolkningsarena (2011), Music and Knowledge. A performer’s Perspective (2017), Utøverkunnskap (2019) and given several public lectures and courses on music listening/appreciation. monograph Modes of Communication in Stravinsky’s Works. Sign and Expression was published by Routledge in December 2021.