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Heather Kurzbauer

PhD in law, senior law lecturer, professional orchestral musician, advocate for freelance musicians

PhD in law, senior law lecturer, professional orchestral musician, advocate for freelance musicians. Heather Kurzbauer is passionate about orchestral musicians and the law. A graduate of Yale and the University of Amsterdam, she was a member of the first violin section of the Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra for over two decades. As orchestras faced drastic cuts post financial crisis 2007-2008, she turned her attention to the vulnerabilities within the orchestral sector, with a particular focus on freelancers. She defended her thesis Symphonic Metamorphoses: variations on vulnerability orchestral musicians' employment at times of crisis in June 2022. At present, Dr. Kurzbauer is a senior law lecturer at the University of Amsterdam, a member of Sinfonia Rotterdam and actively involved in labor groups representing freelancers including the FNV and the Platform Freelance Musici.

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