Pirkko Moisala
Finnish ethnomusicologist (born 1953)
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Pirkko Moisala (born 14 November 1953) is a Finnish ethnomusicologist, writer and educator. She leads the research project Indigenous Musics and Well-Being at the University of Helsinki, founded the International Council for Traditional Music and is vice-chair of Finland's Society for Ethnomusicology. She is known for her research on Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho and for co-editing Music and Gender.
University of Turku
University of Helsinki
Ethnomusicology
Royal Journal of Musicology
Women and Music
The Finnish Society of Ethnomusicology
Pirkko Moisala | |
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| Born | 14 November 1953 Taivalkoski, Northern Ostrobothnia, Finland |
| Alma mater | University of Turku University of Helsinki |
| Employer(s) | Åbo Akademi University University of Turku University of Helsinki Ethnomusicology Royal Journal of Musicology Women and Music |
| Organization(s) | International Council for Traditional Music The Finnish Society of Ethnomusicology |
| Notable work | Music and Gender (2000) Kaija Saariaho (2009) |
Career
Moisala studied at the University of Helsinki and University of Turku (UTU). She has worked at Åbo Akademi University and the University of Turku.[1] She is professor emerita of Musicology and Ethnomusicology at the University of Helsinki.[2][3] She leads the research project Indigenous Musics and Well-Being, which "studies music as a tool for ethnic empowerment, social cohesion, and cultural sustainability."[1]
Moisala is a member of the editorial boards of the scholarly journals Ethnomusicology, Royal Journal of Musicology and Women and Music.[2] She founded the International Council for Traditional Music (ICTM)[4] and is vice-chair of The Finnish Society of Ethnomusicology .[2]
Selected publications
- Cultural Cognition in Music: Continuity and Change in the Gurung Music of Nepal (1991, Gummerus Kirjapaino Oy)[5]
- Kansanmusiikin tutkimus: Metodologian opas (1991)[6]
- Music and Gender (co-edited with Beverley Diamond, 2000, University of Illinois Press)[7]
- "Nepal" in The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: South Asia: The Indian Subcontinent
- Kaija Saariaho, Women Composers Series, 1 (2009, University of Illinois Press)[8][9]
- Musical Encounters with Deleuze and Guattari (edited with Taru Leppänen, Milla Tiainen and Hanna Väätäinen, 2017, Bloomsbury Academic)[10]