Dr David Fligg

David Fligg is the Project Consultant for ‘Performing the Jewish Archive’ and a researcher for the project. His main research area is the music of the Terezín (Theresienstadt) concentration camp and ghetto, in particular the life and music of Gideon Klein, about whom David is currently writing a critical biography.

Through his work on Klein, David has presented numerous papers and guest-lectures. For example, he was guest speaker for ‘The Edge of Words: The Holocaust in Music and Poetry’ at the University of Edinburgh’s ‘study day’ in April 2015. For this, David discussed the methodologies and ethical considerations of the ‘Performing the Jewish Archive’ project. In May 2015, he gave a guided tour of ‘Gideon Klein’s Prague’ around the Czech capital, informed by David’s recent research, for the Washington DC based Rafael Schachter Institute’s summer school. David's research areas are reflected in the teaching he undertakes as Tutor in Academic Studies at Manchester's Royal Northern College of Music, which has collaborated with the PtJA on a number of research-related initiatives. David is also Visiting Professor at the University of Chester's Faculty of Media and Arts.

David is a graduate from the University of Leeds where he gained a BA(Hons) in Music and his PhD, and he holds an M.Mus from Royal Holloway University of London.