**About the Editor**

**Mine Do ˘gantan-Dack** is a musicologist and a concert pianist whose playing has been described as "an oasis" and "heaven on earth". She is internationally regarded as a leading figure in Music Performance Studies and has published many articles on music performance and edited several books, including *Recorded Music: Philosophical and Critical Reflections* (2008), *Artistic Practice as Research in Music* (2015), *Music and Sonic Art* (2018), and *Rethinking the Musical Instrument* (2022). Mine was born in Istanbul and studied at the Juilliard School (BM, MM) with the eminent Russian pianist Oxana Yablonskaya on a scholarship from the Turkish Ministry of Education for Young Artists. While at Juilliard, she won the prestigious William Petschek award. Mine also holds a BA in Philosophy and a PhD from Columbia University in Musicology. She performs as a soloist and chamber musician and has given concerts in USA, UK, Germany, France, and Turkey. She has performed most of the major piano concerti with various orchestras, participated in the Mozart Bicentennial Festival in New York, and recorded the music of JS Bach and Scriabin for WNCN. She has also recorded various programs for Turkish radio and television. Mine is the founder of the Marmara Piano Trio and received an award from the Arts and Humanities Research Council for her work on chamber music performance. Mine is also the artistic director of the London-based orchestra Ensemble Vita Nova. She is a member of the Honorary Board of the Anselmo Academy of Music and the Arts in New York, dedicated to bringing music and arts education to children from all backgrounds. Mine regularly gives lecture-recitals and conference presentations. She taught performance and performance studies at Middlesex University, the University of Oxford, and currently teaches at the University of Cambridge. Her recent projects include two edited volumes for Routledge on *The Music Performers' Lived Experiences*, forthcoming in 2024.
