MUSIC, MIGRATION & MOBILITY

The Legacy of Migrant Musicians from Nazi-Europe in Britain

A major interdisciplinary research project based at the Royal College of Music,
funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council from 2019-2023.

The project has now been completed, please see our list of published outputs.
Please subscribe to our blog (at the bottom of the page) for future updates which we will continue to provide.

Symposium, Exhibition and Concerts in Australia

Pianist Kevin Tamanini (left) and singer Norbert Meyn, who will be performing in Melbourne, Canberra and Sydney Following an invitation...

Jul 192 min read

Video recording of book launch: The Glyndebourne ÉmigrésOperatic Mobilities in Southern England, 1934-1940

We are pleased to announce the publication by Clemson University Press (USA) and Liverpool University Press of The Glyndebourne Émigrés:...

Jul 102 min read

Photos from Mátyás Seiber Concert, Exhibition and Celebrations

On Sunday May 4, 2025, a celebration of the 120th anniversary of the birth of composer Mátyás Seiber (1905-1960) was held at the...

May 154 min read

Hungarian Cultural Centre London hosts concert and exhibition to celebrate the 120th birthday of composer Mátyás Seiber

Concert: Sunday May 4, 4pm, book your free tickets here . Exhibition opening and Panel Discussion: May 4, 2pm for 3pm, please register...

Apr 233 min read

Call for Papers - Symposium 'Musical Exile, Migration and Cultural Mobility' in Melbourne, Australia, August 15, 2025

Former MMM team members Nils Grosch and Norbert Meyn are co-convenors of this symposium, hosted by the Conservatorium of Music at the...

Mar 132 min read

Performance Workshops and Research Lecture in Salzburg, Austria

RCM research forms the basis for two workshops and lecture recital, with 15 young singers at the University Mozarteum. Image: University...

Feb 261 min read

Photos of 'What a Life!' - Performances in Newcastle

Hans Gál ’s bilingual comic revue tells the story of refugees from Nazi Europe who were interned as enemy aliens in Britain in 1940/41....

Jan 292 min read

Internment revue "What a Life?!" by Hans Gál at Brundibar Festival, Gosforth Civic Theatre, Newcastle

THURSDAY, 23rd JANUARY 2025, 20:00 (preceded by mobile Exhibition Music, Migration and Mobility - The Story of Emigre Musicians from Nazi...

Jan 72 min read

MMM Project represented at British Library Conference ‘European Political Refugees in Britain from 1800’ on November 15, 2024

On Friday November 15, 2024, the RCM’s recent ‘Music, Migration and Mobility’ (MMM) project will be represented at the international...

Oct 16, 20241 min read

Mobile Exhibition continues to tour in Britain and beyond

The Music, Migration and Mobility exhibition, available on 12 roll up banners, continues its journey! Created from the acclaimed original...

Aug 20, 20241 min read

ANNOUNCING THE 'MUSIC, MIGRATION AND MOBILITY' CONCERT

Wednesday September 27, 2023, 7.30pm, RCM Performance Hall Pre-concert panel discussion, 5.30pm Performers: Danny Driver, piano Emily...

Aug 21, 20232 min read

Mobile exhibition and presentation at Dartington Music Summer School

A mobile version of the recent Music, Migration and Mobility Exhibition has been created and is now on show at the Dartington Music...

Aug 11, 20231 min read

Fantastic photos of Music, Migration and Mobility exhibition launch

All photographs by Art Lewy On January 16 we celebrated the opening of our exhibition 'Music, Migration and Mobility: The story of émigré...

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Aug 8, 20232 min read

Please book your tickets for our Dartington event in RCM Museum

Tickets for this special event in the RCM Museum can now be booked through the RCM website. Please click here to book (pay as much as you...

May 4, 20231 min read

New Publication: 'Mobile Exile' and Urban Musical Theatre in the 1930's

Our project's co-investigator Nils Grosch (Salzburg University) has contributed a chapter to 'Urban Exile: Theories, Methods, Research...

hkuby5

Apr 28, 20232 min read

Upcoming event: The early years of the Dartington Summer School - Tuesday 9th May 2023

Tuesday 9 May 2023 at 3pm Royal College of Music Museum The early years of the Dartington Summer School Researchers working on the RCM’s...

michaeljosephholde

Apr 17, 20231 min read

Our project's exhibition in the RCM Museum has been extended to May 21

The Music, Migration and Mobility exhibition at the RCM Museum has been extended and will now be open until Sunday 21 May. It has been...

Apr 17, 20231 min read

Discovering Émigré composers - Raphael Wallfisch in conversation with Norbert Meyn - 24 March 2023

24 March 2023, 5:00pm Royal College of Music - Museum Pay What You Can The son of Holocaust survivor Anita Lasker Wallfisch and the...

hkuby5

Mar 6, 20231 min read

Music, Mobility and Migration: exhibiting the life and movement of migrant musicians.

Artwork by Giada Peterle, 2022 (Instagram@narrativegeographies) We invite academic researchers and practitioners to attend a workshop...

michaeljosephholde

Dec 12, 20222 min read

EXHIBITION at the RCM MUSEUM: The Story of Émigré Musicians from Nazi-Europe in Britain

From Jan 17 to April 16, 2023, you are warmly invited to visit the Royal College of Music Museum’s latest exhibition, prepared by our...

hkuby5

Nov 21, 20222 min read

Booking Open: An Interdisciplinary International Online Conference ‘Music, Migration & Mobility’

Artist: Giada Peterle From 12th-14th September 2022, the Royal College of Music London will host the interdisciplinary international...

hkuby5

Jul 26, 20221 min read

Research Visit and Concert on the Isle of Man

From left to right:Kirsty Neate, Head of Collections, Matthew Richardson, Curator of Arts and Social History (both Manx Museum), Norbert...

hkuby5

Jul 15, 20221 min read

‘Autobiography, mobilities and the climate emergency’ - Lancaster Centre of Mobilities Research

On the 7th and 8th July, Peter Adey, Norbert Meyn, and Michael Holden attended a conference—titled ‘Auto/biography, mobilities and the...

hkuby5

Jul 12, 20222 min read

Prof. Colin Lawson presents the Octet Op. 67 by Egon Wellesz - Feb 13, 11am, RCM Performance Hall

Book your free tickets here. Wellesz wrote the Octet O. 67 in 1948, ten years after emigrating to Britain from Vienna to escape...

Feb 4, 20221 min read

Music, Migration and Mobility: An Interdisciplinary International Conference 2022 Announced

The AHRC - funded project, Music, Migration and Mobility, is delighted to host an online Interdisciplinary International Conference...

hkuby5

Dec 17, 20211 min read

How Many Weill’s?: Co-investigator presents at the Turin International Kurt Weill Conference

Watch our project’s co-investigator, Nils Grosch, giving a keynote speech for the Turin International Kurt Weill Conference,...

hkuby5

Dec 7, 20211 min read

Music Behind Barbed Wire - Online event about music in internment on the Isle of Man

Thursday October 14, 8pm Our project's research associate Michael Holden (Royal Holloway University of London) will open this event by...

Oct 7, 20211 min read

Music & Ideas event at the Royal College of Music

Thursday 30 September from 5:15pm in the Performance Hall. Norbert Meyn considers how migration shapes music and performs songs written...

Sep 20, 20211 min read

Project Panel at the London Group of Historical Geographers

On 18 May 2021, Norbert Meyn, Beth Snyder, Peter Adey, and Michael Holden introduced the Music, Migration, and Mobility project to a...

caitlinshaughnessy

Jun 18, 20212 min read

MMM at the Midlands Music Research Network

The ‘Music, Migration and Mobility’ project was recently represented at the Inaugural Conference of the Midlands Music Research Network...

Jun 18, 20211 min read

Music and the Émigré Photographers: Companions in Creativity

Norbert Meyn chairs an online event in collaboration with the Insiders Outsiders Festival on Sunday June 13, 2021 at 6pm. Please book...

Jun 1, 20211 min read

Exploring the lives of Arnold and Alma Rosé at the Austrian Cultural Forum

Our project partner, the Austrian Cultural Forum London, presents a special virtual evening exploring the lives of Austrian musicians...

caitlinshaughnessy

Jan 25, 20211 min read

Inaugural Online Symposium Success!

Many thanks to all those that attended our inaugural project symposium on the 3rd December! We had over 70 delegates attend, with an...

caitlinshaughnessy

Dec 7, 20201 min read

Online Symposium: Dec 3, 2020, 10am-4pm - The Legacy of Migrant Musicians from Nazi Europe

Join us for our first online symposium, in collaboration with the Austrian Cultural Forum. During this event, the research team will...

caitlinshaughnessy

Nov 20, 20202 min read

We are recruiting a new colleague!

We are recruiting for a new, full time Post-Doctoral Research Associate to work with our team in the Geography Department at Royal...

caitlinshaughnessy

Nov 13, 20201 min read

Mátyás Seiber (1905-1960) - Traveller between Worlds

* This concert can currently be found on Youtube until 31st January* This free concert will feature some of the most talented young...

caitlinshaughnessy

Nov 6, 20202 min read

We are back!

I am pleased to say that after 6 months of furlough we are back and ready to continue our work. Since we started our project in September...

Oct 3, 20202 min read

Online events - Summer 2020

Like many research projects, Music, Migration and Mobility was put on hold during the lockdown period with our team being furloughed...

Sarah Boak

Sep 21, 20201 min read

Focus groups meets online

Since January, the Music, Migration and Mobility project has a focus group made up of wonderfully talented Royal College of Music...

Mar 26, 20201 min read

Team meeting in London

The Music, Migration and Mobility team met at the Austrian Cultural Forum in London in February. German musicologist Jutta Raab Hansen...

Mar 17, 20201 min read

RCM Researcher visits Salzburg

Music, Migration and Mobility project researcher Dr Beth Snyder (Royal College of Music) visited Salzburg in the week beginning 24th...

Sarah Boak

Dec 16, 20191 min read

Interview with Michael Graubart

We recorded the first oral history interview of the MMM project, prepared and conducted by Beth Snyder and Norbert Meyn and filmed at the...

Sarah Boak

Dec 9, 20191 min read

First Meeting at Glyndebourne Archive

The project team had their exciting first meeting on 18th November 2019 at Glyndebourne Archive, with (from right to left) new...

Sarah Boak

Dec 9, 20191 min read

Concert at the New North London Synagogue

We had a wonderful concert on 10th November 2019 with Ensemble Émigré and RCM colleagues Christina Lawrie, Danny Driver and Ashley...

Sarah Boak

Dec 9, 20191 min read

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