Mark Tatlow
Mark Tatlow’s background is that of a classically trained musician. He has spent most of his life working in opera and education. Originally hailing from the UK, he has resided in Sweden for over 25 years. He held the position of professor of musical studies at Stockholm University of the Arts/SKH and served as the artistic director at Drottningholm, the eighteenth-century theatre located outside Stockholm. In 2013, he was one of the co-founders of the research project Performing Premodernity at Stockholm University. Currently, he is pursuing artistic research for a PhD at the University of Gothenburg. His dissertation, titled “Assaggio: Experimenting with the Performance of Early Vocal Music,” explores how this repertoire can resonate with a world facing a potentially catastrophic future. Through his engagement with performance-as-research, he is discovering how climate change and colonialism are intertwined with his approach to making music.