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Dr. Yannick Wey

Profile

Dr. Yannick Wey Koordinator Forschungsfeld

Contact

Links

  • Address Berner Fachhochschule
    Bern Academy of the Arts
    Forschung
    Fellerstrasse 11
    3027 Bern
You can find more information on the German profile page.

Activities

  • Senior Researcher at the Institute of Interpretation, Bern University of Applied Sciences, since 2023

  • Research into the musical cultural heritage of Switzerland and the Alpine region and its international contexts

  • Methods of safeguarding and preserving musical cultural heritage, research-led digitization and archiving

  • Development of initiatives for the sustainable promotion and valorization of music in society

CV

  • Yannick Wey is a musicologist who graduated from the Zurich University of the Arts (BA/MA) and the University of Innsbruck (PhD). He served as a research associate and lecturer at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts from 2015 to 2025. In 2023, he joined the Bern Academy of Arts as a post-doctoral researcher and became responsible for the Research Field Music and Cultural Heritage | HKB in 2025.
    Yannick currently serves on the boards of the ICTMD Study Group on Multipart Music (chair), the Haus der Volksmusik, the Commissione Fondo Roberto Leydi, and the Swiss Society for Ethnomusicology. He is an active performer on the trumpet and traditional wind instruments of the Swiss Alpine region, including the alphorn and büchel, and teaches at the Leavenworth Alphorn Festival.
    His current and recent research focuses on the role of wind bands in the Lake Constance region during the 19th century, traditional music of the Alpine region, archiving intangible cultural heritage, and safeguarding traditional craftsmanship such as charcoal burning and smithery.
    Past experiences include serving as a visiting researcher at the Laboratório de Etnomusicologia at UFPA Belém, Brazil (2024), conducting archaeological fieldwork in Vindonissa (2015), and delivering guest lectures at Cornell University (2019) and the University of Washington (2024).
  • 2025- Senior Research Associate Bern University of Applied Sciences - Academy of Arts
  • 2023-2025 Postdoctoral Researcher Bern University of Applied Sciences - Academy of Arts
  • 2015-2025 Research Associate, Lecturer Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts
  • 2012-2015 Research Assistant FHNW School of Education

Projects

Publications

Memberships

  • ICTMD Study Group on Multipart Music (Chair)

  • Haus der Volksmusik (Board Member)

  • International Council for Traditions of Music and Dance ICTMD (Member)

  • Swiss Society for Ethnomusicology (Member)

  • Gesellschaft der Freunde alter Musikinstrumente (Member)

  • International Society for Research and Promotion of Wind Music (Member)

  • Alphorn Association of North America (Member)