Pirkko Moisala

Pirkko Moisala
Born (1953-11-14) 14 November 1953
Taivalkoski, Northern Ostrobothnia, Finland
Alma materUniversity 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 workMusic and Gender (2000)
Kaija Saariaho (2009)

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.

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]

References

  1. 1 2 "Indigenous Musics and Well-Being". 375 Humanists. Retrieved 17 April 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 "Pirkko Moisala". University of Helsinki. Retrieved 17 April 2026.
  3. ↑ "Muistoja etnomusikologian varhaisajoilta". Musiikin suunta (in Finnish). 2 November 2024. Retrieved 17 April 2026.
  4. ↑ "Administration or Research?". 375 Humanists. Retrieved 17 April 2026.
  5. ↑ Helffer, Mireille (1992). "Reviews. Cultural Cognition in Music: Continuity and Change in the Gurung Music of Nepal". Yearbook for Traditional Music (in French). 24. Cambridge University Press: 163. doi:10.2307/768482.
  6. ↑ Rahkonen, Carl (1 December 1993). ""Kansanmusiikin tutkimus: Metodologian opas", ed. Pirkko Moisala (Book Review)". Notes. 50 (2) – via ProQuest.
  7. ↑ Weiss, Sarah (2002). "Review of Music and Gender". Notes. 58 (3). Music Library Association: 569–572. ISSN 0027-4380 – via JSTOR.
  8. ↑ Schuster-Craig, John (2011). "Reviews: "Kaija Saariaho" by Pirkko Moisala" (PDF). Fontes Artis Musicae - Journal of the International Association of Music Libraries, Archives, and Documentation Centres. 58 (1): 99–100 – via ProQuest.
  9. ↑ Munk, James (1 February 2011). "Kaija Saariaho. By Pirkko Moisala". Music and Letters. 92 (1): 174–176. doi:10.1093/ml/gcq096. ISSN 0027-4224.
  10. ↑ Campbell, Iain (1 February 2018). "Musical Encounters with Deleuze and Guattari. Ed. by Pirkko Moisala, Taru Leppänen, Milla Tiainen, and Hanna Väätäinen". Music and Letters. 99 (1): 145–148. doi:10.1093/ml/gcy031. ISSN 0027-4224.
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