Norbert Meyn

Norbert's cabaret programme with music by composers who fled the Nazis to Britain has been heard in different parts of the world throughout 2025. It presents songs discovered through research at the Royal College of Music, for example by Kindertransport refugee Eric Sanders, who wrote uplifting and melancholic songs to his own text during and after his service in the Special Operations Executive of the British Army, as well as excerpts from the bilingual comic internment revu

Norbert in Salzburg in November 2025, Image Universität Mozarteum Salzburg, Michael Klimt During four separate visits in 2025, Norbert Meyn worked with students of the Vocal Department (Music Pedagogy pathway) to prepare two concerts with music for voice and piano by composers who emigrated to Britain from Nazi Europe. Working both on vocal technique and artistic interpretation, Norbert coached the students in group workshops and individual sessions. Introducing the RCM's exh

The research of the Music, Migration and Mobility  project, led by Norbert at the Royal College of Music from 2019-2023, has helped to inform UK for UNHCR’s winter campaign Hope on Repeat , which focused on the importance of music for refugees and intercultural understanding. Norbert advised the campaign team on the connection between music and migration, using examples from the project’s historical and interdisciplinary research. Watch UK for UNHCR's interview with Norbert h

Following an invitation from the Austrian Ambassador in Canberra, Norbert Meyn and Nils Grosch (Salzburg University) will visit Australia...