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Marcel Cobussen is a Professor of Auditory Culture and Music Philosophy at Leiden University in the Netherlands, where he also works at the Academy of Creative and Performing Arts and specializes in supervising PhD students in Artistic Research. Before joining Leiden University in 2004, he studied jazz piano at the Conservatory of Rotterdam and Art and Cultural Studies at Erasmus University, Rotterdam. Cobussen had a career as a professional musician and music teacher for over 15 years. He defended his online PhD thesis, Deconstruction in Music, at Erasmus University in 2002. He has authored several books, including The Field of Musical Improvisation (LUP 2016), Music and Ethics (Ashgate 2012, co-author Nanette Nielsen), Thresholds. Rethinking Spirituality Through Music (Ashgate 2008), and Dionysos danst weer. Essays over hedendaagse muziekbeleving (Kok Agora 1996, co-author Ruud Welten). Cobussen is also the editor of The Routledge Companion to Sounding Art (Routledge 2016, co-editors Barry Truax and Vincent Meelberg) and Resonanties. Verkenningen tussen kunsten en wetenschappen (LUP 2011). In 2011, he founded the open-access online Journal of Sonic Studies, where he serves as the editor-in-chief. Outside of his academic and artistic pursuits, he enjoys spending time with his family and indulges in sports, sleeping, supporting Feyenoord, caring for pets, and an interest in camels.