Florian Walch is a music theorist who explores tensions between genre, theory, and technology in popular and classical music. He is particularly interested in how musical aesthetics and theories change in response to technological disruptions. His book project, Extreme Metal Across the Digital Divide, examines how an underground genre of music tried to reconcile the pursuit of escalation with inherited traditions.
Before joining WVU, Florian was a Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow at the University of Chicago, where he earned his Ph.D. in Music History and Theory in 2023. Originally from Austria, he holds an M.A. and B.A. in Musicology from the University of Vienna.
