The 11 doctoral students were selected out of 42 applicants. The group is again very international with nine different nationalities. The topics are ranging from interpretation and composition over phrasing to the cello in late-nineteenth-century France.

The Orpheus Doctoral Conference 2018 Dissolving Borders: Musical Migration / Migratory Musicking took place at the Orpheus Institute 18 - 19 April and was a great success. There were nine presentations and two keynote speakers: Prof. Dr. Jin-Ah Kim and Jordi Savall. 

The docARTES intro session in March took for the first time place at the Academy of Creative and Performing Arts in Leiden. The docARTES students were also joined by the researchers from the PhD programme in visual arts and design (PhDArts).