Mercator Fellow 2025/2026 Prof. Dr. Lütteken
During the winter term of 2025/26, Prof. Dr. Laurenz Lütteken (Zurich) was presenting his musicological research project, 'Claudio Monteverdi and his historical place', contributing to the discussion on home(s).
The question of Monteverdi's 'spiritual home' is complex because his supposed modernity is intertwined with older ways of thinking. The project aims to outline these tensions more precisely and examine their impact on the concept of music and its compositional implementation. The focus is less on linear classifications and more on precise historical localization, in the sense of an expanded concept of home encompassing places and times.
On December 16, Prof. Dr. Laurenz Lütteken gave a lecture on the topic of “Elective Homeland: Cosmopolitanism. Beethoven and Antiquity” in the auditorium of the Old University.
We thank Laurenz Lütteken for his dedication and all the truly enriching impulses.
GER: „Wahlheimat Weltbürgertum. Beethoven und die Antike“, Laurenz Lütteken am 16.12.2025 in der Alten Aula Heidelberg
