Leon Stefanija (1970, Ljubljana) is Professor of Musicology at the Faculty of Arts in Ljubljana. He holds the Chair of Systematic Musicology, and between 2008 and 2012 also the Chair of Musicology. His main research interests and teaching areas are the epistemology of music research, the sociology of music and the history of contemporary, especially Slovenian music since 1918. He regularly collaborates with the Academy of Music in Zagreb, the Faculty of Music in Belgrade, the Karl Franzens University in Graz, the Academy of Music in Sarajevo and the Ballet School in Ljubljana. He was awarded the Prešern Prize of the Faculty of Philosophy in Ljubljana (1995), recognition for teaching and/or research work in 2012 and Excellent in Science in 2018 for the book Sisyphusartig schön: Porträt des Komponisten (Vienna: Hollitzer Verlag, 2018).
