Academic Profile

Dr Daniel Elphick is Associate Professor in Musicology and Head of Music at Royal Holloway, University of London. His research focuses on history and analysis of Russian, Polish, and East-Central European music since the 19th century, as well as music and politics more broadly. Dan is a Convenor of the Slavonic and East European Music (SEEM) Study Group of the British Association for Slavonic and East European Studies (BASEES), and a member of the Holocaust Research Institute at Royal Holloway. Dan is also a Fellow of the Centre for Russian Music at Goldsmiths, University of London, and a member of the Editorial Board for DSCH, the Shostakovich Journal. Dan is also the Communications Officer for the Royal Musical Association (RMA), the foremost society in the UK dedicated to the study of all types of music.

Dan has provided programme notes for organisations including the BBC Proms, the CBSO, the Wigmore Hall, the Barbican, Zaubersee Festival, and more. Dan’s media appearances include featuring as a guest expert at the BBC Proms, a guest expert on the BBC Radio 4 ‘Today’ programme, and more.

Email: daniel.elphick@rhul.ac.uk