Alexander Riedmüller-Rezzani
Alexander Riedmüller-Rezzani holds a full professorship in Eurhythmics/Music and Movement at the Department of Music and Movement Education/Eurhythmics and Music Physiology since October 2026. He studied Music and Movement Education/Eurhythmics at the mdw – University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna and holds further degrees in Musicology from the University of Vienna and in Cultural Diversity from UNTREF in Buenos Aires. Originally from southern Germany, he lived and worked in Argentina, Germany, Mexico and the Netherlands after completing his studies.
As an artist, he works as a Eurhythmics practitioner, body musician, clown and clarinettist. During his time in South America, he was extensively involved in various body music and theatre projects in Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay, beginning with his Eurhythmics group RITMICA VIENA in Buenos Aires. He also worked for many years as an improvisational theatre performer and toured internationally, often in collaboration with the Goethe-Institut. Performances for young audiences are also a regular part of his repertoire. As a clarinettist, he performs in several chamber music projects. His current artistic interests focus on interdisciplinary improvisation and Eurhythmics as a stage practice, as well as on connecting artistic research in this field with nature.
He was a research associate at the University of Music FRANZ LISZT Weimar (2024–26) and at the Hamburg University of Music and Theatre (2018–21). Since 2020, he has also been co-director of the digital project “Eurhythmics/Music and Movement” within the Hamburg Open Online University (HOOU), which develops Open Educational Resources, and he organises an annual online symposium in the field.
As an educator, he has worked freelance with a wide range of target groups and has held teaching positions at universities in Eurhythmics, music education and Early Childhood Music Education. One of his areas of expertise is language development through Eurhythmics/Music and Movement in the context of German as a foreign and second language. He was also Head of the Department of Elementary Music Pedagogy and School Partnerships at the Leo Kestenberg Music School in Berlin, where he additionally served as Inclusion Officer.
Memberships
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ÖBR – Austrian Professional Association for Eurhythmics
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AMBR – Working Group for Music and Movement / Eurhythmics
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ISME – International Society for Music Education
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Rhythmik.Netzwerk (professional network for Eurhythmics practitioners): https://wechange.de/group/rhythmiknetzwerk/
Awards
2025 AVISO Publication Award of the mdw Alumni Network for Music Education for the project “Eurhythmics / Music and Movement” within the Hamburg Open Online University (HOOU):
https://learn.hoou.de/shortlink/rhythmik
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