Musicologist, Multimedia Director and Publisher
Gottfried Wagner is a musicologist, multimedia director and publisher. He works internationally as a lecturer of music and politics. He completed his PhD in Vienna and is now based close to Milan. His studies are centered on German culture and politics of the 19th and 20th century, in connection with Jewish culture and history. Additional accomplishments include publications on Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht, international teaching across five continents, involvement with the post-Shoah opera Lost Childhood, and his autobiography The Twilights of the Wagners (translated into 7 languages). He authored Thou shalt have no other gods beside me. Richard Wagner -- A minefield (2013 Germany, 2014 Poland) and participates in an Italian music therapy group serving Alzheimer patients.