Pascal Rudolph is a freelance musician and Research Associate in Musicology at the University of Potsdam, specialising in music theory, film music and the music of Richard Wagner. He studied Musicology, Music Education, German Literature and Language in Potsdam, Berlin and Shanghai and has been awarded with several scholarships. In his current project, a Ph.D. Dissertation under the supervision of Christian Thorau, he explores the interaction between musical and cinematic temporality.