Dr. Christopher Walton
Profile
Dr. Christopher Walton Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter
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Address
Berner Fachhochschule
Bern Academy of the Arts
Forschung
Papiermühlestrasse 13a
3014 Bern
Activities
Responsibilities
Head of SNF research project Cultural relations between Switzerland and South Africa, 1948–1994
Research
Specialisations
Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
Othmar Schoeck (1886-1957)
Swiss music history
Romanticism in music, 1810-1950
Music in South Africa
CV
Biography
- Chris Walton studied at the universities of Cambridge, Oxford and Zurich, and was a Humboldt research fellow at Munich University. He was head of Music Division at the Zentralbibliothek Zürich from 1990 to 2001, thereafter Professor and Head of Music at the University of Pretoria, from 2008 to 2011 managing director of the Biel Symphony Orchestra, and is today an honorary professor at Africa Open Institute (Stellenbosch University) and heads a research project of the Swiss National Science Foundation at the Bern Academy of the Arts. He also lectures in music history at the Music Academy in Basel. He has published widely on German, Swiss and South African music.
Professional experience
- 1990-2001 Leiter der Musikabteilung Zentralbibliothek Zürich
- 2001-2008 Professor University of Pretoria
- 2008-2011 Managing Director Biel Symphony Orchestra
- 2011- Dozent Musikhochschule Basel
- 2017- Honorary Professor University of Stellenbosch
- 2016- Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter Hochschule der Künste Bern
Education
- 1981-1984 MA Cambridge University
- 1984-1988 Dphil Oxford University
- 1989-1990 Postdoc Munich University
- 1988 MA Oxford University
Projects
Publications
Walton, Christopher (ed.) (2022). The Wagner Journal, 16(2). The Wagner Journal
Walton, Christopher (26 January 2022). EL LARGO, LARGO OCASO DE LOS DIOSES Madrid: Teatro Real
Walton, Christopher (2022). Twilight time The Wagner Journal, 16(2), p. 3. The Wagner Journal
Walton, Christopher (2021). Round the Houses The Wagner Journal, 15(3), pp. 91-92.
Walton, Christopher (2021). Raff Riff The Wagner Journal, 15(3), pp. 93-96.
Walton, Christopher (8 October 2021). Todos los caminos conducen a Wagner El Pais
Service, Tom (2021). Music Matters: The Conductors' Edition [Audio]. BBC Radio 3
Walton, Christopher (13 February 2021). SIEGFRIED, ESE CHAVAL FORNIDO DE PUBERTAD EFERVESCENTE
Walton, Christopher (2020). In Wagner's footsteps The Wagner Journal, 14(2), pp. 55-56.
Walton, Christopher (June 2020). Vom Bauernhof zum Hofstaat Schweizer Musikzeitung, pp. 12-14.
Walton, Christopher (2020). A place in the pantheon The Wagner Journal, 14(1), pp. 94-96.
Walton, Christopher (2020). Die Walküre de Richard Wagner In: Die Walküre. Madrid: Teatro Real
Walton, Christopher (31 January 2019). Das Rheingold de Richard Wagner
Walton, Christopher (2019). Not Richard and Famous. The Wagner Journal, 13(2), pp. 83-85.
Walton, Christopher (2019). Solothurn, Giovanna D'Arco. Opera, 71(2), p. 208.
Walton, Christopher (2019). Meiningen, Das Schloss Dürande Opera, 72, pp. 1412-1413.
Hampe, Michael (2016). The crafty art of opera Woodbridge: The Boydell Press
Awards
Supervised theses
Other
Elsabé Kloppers DPhil: “Kerklieder vir ’n nuwe generasie” 2005
Benon Kigozi DPhil: An evaluation of Music Education in Elementary Schools in Buganda: a way forward 2008
Christoph Moor DPhil: "Und spurlos verschollen ist hiervon die Tradition" 2019
Language skills and intercultural knowledge
Language skills
- English - Native or bilingual proficiency
- French - Professional working proficiency
- Afrikaans - Professional working proficiency
- German - Full professional proficiency