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Philip Geisler is an art historian, cultural journalist, and music dramaturge. Among other things, he writes for the music magazine VAN and hosts discussions on literature, art, and music throughout Germany. His dissertation on the role of performance in museum displays of art and culture was awarded the dissertation prize by the German Association for West Asian and North African Studies. He is a co-founder and member of the leadership of the Trickster Orchestra (German Jazz Prize, TONALi Music Prize), which unites diverse musical traditions in trans-traditional contemporary music. After holding positions with the Berlin Philharmonic and at the Forum for Transregional Studies, he is now the research coordinator of the international research program Connected Teams at the Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz \u2013 Max Planck Institute. Philip Geisler lives in Berlin. <\/p>\n\n

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