Prof. Dr. Stephan Mösch has been teaching aesthetics, history, and the artistic practice of music theater at the Karlsruhe University of Music since 2013. His habilitation thesis, Weihe, Werkstatt, Wirklichkeit: Wagner's "Parsifal" in Bayreuth 1882–1933 (2009, 2nd ed. 2012), funded by the German Research Foundation, has received several awards. He is a member of the German Academy of Performing Arts, a regular contributor to the arts section of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, and frequently writes for ARD broadcasters. He serves as a jury member for numerous competitions in singing, directing, and stage design, as well as for the German Record Critics' Award.
From 1994 to 2013, he was editor-in-chief of the specialist magazine Opernwelt (Berlin), co-editor of the Opera Yearbook, and a CD series. He earned his doctorate from the Technical University of Berlin with a study on Boris Blacher. As a professor active in both the academic and artistic fields, Mösch was part of the founding faculty of the "Executive Master in Arts Administration" program at the University of Zurich. He has also taught at the University of the Arts Berlin (UdK), the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz (KUG), the University of Marburg, and the University of Vienna, as well as at the Weimar Masterclasses, the Korean National University of Arts in Seoul, and the Shanghai Conservatory of Music.
His recent publications include: Composing for the Voice: From Monteverdi to Rihm (2nd ed. 2018); “There is Nothing ‘Eternal’”: Wieland Wagner: Aesthetics, Contemporary History, Influence (2019, co-edited with Sven Friedrich); "Because Every Note Counts": Interpreting Mozart – Conversations and Essays (2020); and How Much Mozart Does a Person Need? Music in Changing Values (2022).
