Prof. Dr. phil. Andrea Sangiorgio

music educator, music teacher educator, educational researcher

Prof. Dr. Andrea Sangiorgio has been Professor of Elemental Music Education (EMP, Elementare Musikpädagogik) at the University of Music and Theatre Munich since 2015. He has served as Dean of Studies since 2017 and has directed Institute IV for Music Education since 2019. His teaching covers EMP didactics, elemental music-making, teaching practice, improvisation and composition, EMP approaches for instrumental teachers, developmental psychology, and music education. He also supervises Bachelor’s and Master’s theses.

From 1997 to 2022 he co-directed CDM Centro Didattico Musicale, a private music school in Rome, where until 2015 he taught piano, beginner percussion, adult choir, group improvisation, music literacy, school projects, and teacher-training courses.

Internationally, he has led courses and workshops in over 20 countries across Europe, Asia, the Middle East, the Americas, and Australia, focusing on elemental music and movement education, ensemble playing with Orff and percussion instruments, group improvisation, musical creativity, and cognitive aspects of music learning.
He has presented his research at numerous international conferences (RIME, EAS, ISME, and others).

He was a board member of the International Orff-Schulwerk Forum Salzburg (2014–2024), serving as its vice-president from 2018 to 2023.

From 2021 to 2025, he has been a member of the Scientific Committee for the 6th and 7th International Conference of Dalcroze Studies.