Liane Hentschke holds a master's and Ph.D. in music education from the University of London. She is Professor of Music Education at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil, and a Past President of the International Society of Music Education, and currently Vice-President of International Music Council and Head of the International Affairs Office at University of Rio Grande do Sul. Her research interests include the areas of teacher education, formal and informal music education and motivation to learn and to teach music. At the UFRGS she teaches at the undergraduate and graduate level, supervising MA and PhD students. Her publications include books, book chapters, prefaces and refereed articles published in Brazil, England, Australia, Argentina, Hong Kong, Germany, and Spain. She has been a member of the Arts and Music Higher Education Committee at the Brazilian Ministry of Education for five years.