Curriculum Vitae and Scientific Publications
LEONARDO D’AMICO, PhD
January 8, 1969; Florence, Italy
Current Position:
independent scholar
RESEARCH INTERESTS
ACADEMIC POSITION
2022 – 2023 Post-Doctoral Researcher in Ethnomusicology – Department of Music, University College Cork (Ireland)
2016 – 2017 Adjunct Associate Professor of Ethnomusicology – College of Arts and Design at Yunnan University (Kunming, China)
2002 – 2013 Lecturer of Ethnomusicology – University of Ferrara (Italy)
2009 – 2011 Lecturer of Ethnomusicology – University of Siena – Arezzo (Italy)
2003 – 2009 Lecturer of Anthropology of Music – University of Siena (Italy)
SCIENTIFIC HABILITATION
In 2014 he received the National Scientific Qualification as Associate Professor (ASN) to Sector 10 C/1 (L-ART / 08 – Ethnomusicology).
TEACHING EXPERIENCE in MUSIC ACADEMIES
2013-17 Lecturer of Ethnomusicology, Conservatorio di Musica “Lucio Campiani”, Mantova.
2012-14 Lecturer of Ethnomusicology, Conservatorio di Musica “Luca Marenzio”, Brescia.
1999 Lecturer, Istituto Musicale P. Mascagni, Livorno.
1997/1998 Lecturer, Istituto Superiore di Musicologia, Milano.
EDUCATION
University:
2012 Ph.D. in Musicology (“Doctor europeus” “cum laude”/with honours), Universidad de Valladolid, Spain. Thesis (ethnomusicology): “Il documentario etnomusicale ed etnomusicologico come rappresentazione audiovisiva delle musiche di tradizione orale” (tutor: Prof. Enrique Camara).
2010 Master’s Degree in Musicologia Hispana, [MA] (10/10 sobresaliente); Universitdad de Valladolid, Spain. Thesis (ethnomusicology): “Filmar la música: Un recorrido histórico a través de los distintos enfoques teóricos y metodológicos en la representación audio-visual de las músicas de tradición oral”; tutor: Prof. Enrique Camara.
1993 Bachelor’s Degree in Discipline delle Arti, Musica e Spettacolo (Art, Music and Performing Arts) [BA] (110/110 cum laude/with honours), University of Bologna. Thesis (ethnomusicology): Moduli ritmici e poliritmici della musica afrocolombiana. Supervisor: prof. Roberto Leydi
Postgraduate education as a jazz musician:
1994-95 Corso di Formazione Professionale per Musicologi Specializzati in Musicologia Afroamericana (Ass. Siena Jazz, Siena, Italy) [Graduate Training in Afro-American Musicology for Professional Musicologists].
1992-93 Corso di Specializzazione Professionale per Esecutori e Compositori di Orchestra Jazz (Ass. Siena Jazz, Siena, Italy) [Postgraduate Course for Jazz Orchestra Musicians and Composers]
Drummer of the Italian Youth Jazz Orcherstra directed by M° Bruno Tommaso (sponsored by the European Union): www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfESFsbsG7Q&feature=youtu.be
Postgraduate education as a classical musician:
1986-88 Corso di percussioni classiche tenuto da Timoty Kotovich e Jonathan Faralli presso la Scuola di Musica di Fiesole [Training course in classical percussions].
Secondary School:
1987 High School Leaving Qualification, Liceo Scientifico “P. Gobetti” di Firenze.
Workshops as a jazz musician:
1991 Manhattan School of Music, Marca Jazz, Castelfranco Veneto, Treviso (Italy)
1991 Mister Jazz ’91 – Ravenna Jazz (Italy). Drums Workshop with Jack DeJohnette.
1990 Seminari Senesi di Musica Jazz, Siena (Italy)
1990 Roma Jazz ’90 (Italy). Drums Workshop with Vinnie Colaiuta.
1989 Mister Jazz ’89 – Ravenna Jazz (Italy). Drums Workshop with Peter Erskine.
1988 Mister Jazz ’88 – Ravenna Jazz (Italy). Drums Workshop with Steve Gadd.
1986 The Berklee Summer School, Umbria Jazz, Perugia (Italy). Drums Workshop with Dennis Chambers.
LANGUAGE CERTIFICATE OF PROFICIENCY
2020 HSK4 Chinese Proficiency Certificate (Kunming, China)
2017 TEFL Certificate of Proficiency as English Teacher . Via Lingua /American Institute (Florence, Italy)
1984 Certificate of Completion. Course of English Language. The Oxford Study Center (Banbury, UK)
TEACHING EXPERNCE in LANGUAGE SCHOOLS
2018-20 English, Spanish and Italian Teacher at Inlingua Kunming, China.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE in PUBLIC SCHOOLS (MIDDLE SCHOOLS)
2020-21 Teacher’s aide at the Middle School Guicciardini in Florence, Italy.
2021-22 Teacher’s aide at the Middle School Il Passignano, Tavarnelle V.P. Florence, Italy.
2021-22 Music Teacher at the Middle School F. Redi, Florence, Italy.
2023-24 Music Teacher at the Middle School F. Matteucci, Campi Bisenzio, Florence, Italy.
EMPLOYMENT AS FESTIVAL ORGANIZER
1997 – 2017 Director of Flog Center for Folk Traditions (Florence), Art Director of the International Festival “MUSICA dei POPOLI“. The decades-long experience of artistic direction of the festival is reported in the book “Musica dei Popoli. Viaggio nelle musiche tradizionali del mondo” (2005).
1995 – 2022 Director of the “FESTIVAL del FILM ETNOMUSICALE” (Immagini e Suoni del Mondo). The decades-long experience of artistic direction of the festival is reported in the book “Filmare la Musica. Il documentario e l’etnomusicologia visiva” (2012).
FIELDWORKS and RESEARCH PROJECTS
2017 China: Research among Bulang in Yunnan and Miao in Guizhou (China). The fieldwork in Yunnan was conducted in collaboration with Prof. Zhang Hai (Yunnan University, China). The products of the research were the documentary film “Bulang Music. From the Mountains to the Stars” e two articles published by Asiatische Studien and Ethnomusicology Forum.
2011-16 Italy: Research and documentary project about extemporary poets (poeti in ottava rima) in Tuscany, Central Italy, conducted as an independent scholar. The products of the research have been the documentary “Cantar l’Ottava” and the article published by Ethnomusicology Forum.
2012 Nigeria/Cameroon: Research and documentary project for CNTV and CBRA Films, in collaboration with the University of Pretoria (Sudafrica) about the origin and transformation of cumbia music. The fieldwork was conducted in collaboration with Prof.Meki Nzewi (University of Pretoria, South Africa). The product of the research was the TV documentary series “Cumbia Steps” by V. Cavallo.
2011 Portugal: Research project of the University of Valladolid (Spain): “Musicas tradicionales y populares de Zamora y Miranda do Douro: Documentacion, estudio, interpretacion”. Director of the research team: Prof. Enrique Camara (Universidad de Valladolid). The results of the research has been published by the journal TRANS in the article “La dimensión visual de la práctica instrumental: perspectivas teóricas, metodológicas y experiencias “fílmicas” de investigación” (2015).
2011 Spain: Research project of the University of Valladolid (Spain) “Edicion y publicacion de materiales audiovisuales para la asignaturas Tradiciones Musicales del Mundo y Transcripcion y Analisis de la musica tradicional y popular urbana y Metodolologia de la investigacion musical”. Director of the research team: Prof. Enrique Camara (Universidad de Valladolid).
2003/2005 Indonesia: Research on shadow puppet theatre (wayang kulit), sponsored by FLOG and conducted as an independent scholar. The same year the festival Musica dei Popoli hosted the performance “Wayang Sandosa” and in 2005 the dancer I Made Djimat and the gamelan Panti Pusaka Budaya were invited to participate in the Musica dei Popoli Festival in Florence. The research results has been published in Quaderni Asiatici journal with the title “Wayang Sandosa. Una forma contemporanea del teatro delle ombre di Giava” (2003).
2002 Vietnam: Research on Traditional Water Puppet Theatre (Hanoi), sponsored by FLOG Foundation and conducted as an independent scholar. The research results has been published in Quaderni Asiatici journal with the title “Múa Rôi Nuôc. Il teatro delle marionette sull’acqua del Vietnam” (2003).
2001 Mali: Research on Traditional Music among Dogon and Tuareg ethnic groups sponsored by FLOG and conducted as an independent scholar. Following the contacts made, the Dogon mask society Awa and the Tuareg musical group Tartit were invited to Florence to participate in the Musica dei Popoli festival.
1999 Cambodia: Fieldwork focused on court dance, popular theatre, Khmer music, sponsored by FLOG Foundation and conducted as an independent scholar. The same year, the performance of the Khmer Royal Ballet of Phnom Phen (Cambodia) was staged in Florence, Lucca and Pistoia on the occasion of the Musica dei Popoli festival.
1992, 1994, 1996 Colombia: Fieldwork on Afro-Colombian music and dance, conducted as an independent scholar. In 1992 he carried out surveys in the field of ethnomusicological interest in Colombia, among the Afro-Colombian communities of the Atlantic and Pacific coast, which led to the creation of the thesis entitled “Rhythmic and polyrhythmic patterns of Afro-Colombian music“, partially published in Nero su Bianco, a magazine musicology of the S.I.S.M.A. (Italian Society for the Study of Afro-American Music). Field research carried out subsequently (1994, 1996, 1998) in Colombia led to the publication of the book-record “Cumbia. La musica afrocolombiana” (Nota, Udine, 2002).
GRANTS/AWARDS
2015 ICTM Maud Karpeles Fund
2013 Barbara Bernard Smith Travel Award (ICTM)
MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
International Council for Traditional Music (I.C.T.M.)
- Chair of the Italian Committee of ICTM (2001-2012)
- Chair of the ICTM Study Group on Audiovisual Ethnomusicology (2015- present)
MEMBERSHIP IN SCIENTIFIC COMMITTE
2021 Member of the Scientific Committee of the international scientific conference “Sound Heritage in Ethnomusicology: Approaches and Perspectives”, Institute of Musicology SASA, Belgrade (Serbia), 27/10/ 2021.
2020-21 Member of the Scientific Committee of the ICTM Film Prize.
2018 Member of the Scientific Committee “Carpitella Fellowship”. Project Eyes on music: Projects on visual ethnomusicology, the Intercultural Institute of Comparative Music Studies (IISMC) of the Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice.
2018 Member of the Conference Committee. “2018 Kunming Forum for Ethnomusicology and Ethnic Minority Music“, Yunnan University, Kunming, China, 12-13/6/2018.
2016 Member of the Film Committee. 1st Symposium of the ICTM Study Group on Audiovisual Ethnomusicology, City Museum, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 24-27 August 2016.
2016 Member of the Conference Committee. International symposium on Ethnomusicology and of Ethnic Minority Music in Yunnan Province, Kunming, China, 8-10/12/2016.
MEMBERSHIP IN EDITORIAL BOARD
- Books: Zhejiang University Press – China’s Perspectives of Jazz Music in the Internet Age (2016- present)
- Journal: Accelerando: Belgrade Journal of Music and Dance (Accelerando: BJMD) ISSN: 2466-3913 (Online: http://accelerandobjmd.weebly.com/) (2017- present)
PUBLICATIONS
VOLUMES AND CONTRIBUTIONS
Authored Books:
2020 D’Amico, Leonardo. Audiovisual Ethnomusicology. Filming musical cultures, Peter Lang, Bern (ISBN 978-3-0343-3609-3). DOI: 10.3726/b16462
2014 D’Amico, Leonardo. Griot. Il maestro della parola, Besa / Salento Books, Nardò, Lecce (ISBN 978-88-497-0983-4).
2012 D’Amico, Leonardo. Filmare la musica. Il documentario e l’etnomusicologia visiva, Carocci editore, Roma (ISBN 978-88-430-6290-4).
2004 D’Amico, Leonardo and Andrew Kaye. Musica dell’Africa Nera. Civiltà musicali subsahariane fra tradizione e modernità, L’Epos, Palermo (ISBN 88-8302-245-9).
2002 D’Amico, Leonardo. Cumbia. La musica afrocolombiana, Nota, Udine (ISBN 88-6163-003-0).
Book Chapters Contributions:
2022 “ICTM Study Group on Audiovisual Ethnomusicology” with Enrique Camara de Landa, in Celebrating the International Council for Traditional Music: Reflections on the First Seven Decades, edited by Svanibor Pettan, Naila Ceribasic, and Don Niles. Ljubljana: University of Ljubljana Press and International Council for Traditional Music, pp. 239-244 (ISBN 978-961-7128-44-4).
2019 “Reality and Fiction in Screened Music: Chinese Traditional Music Re-presented in Documentary and Fiction Films” in Global Perspectives of Chinese Music in the Internet Age, by Yu Hui and Stephen Wild (eds). Hangzhou: Zhejiang University Press, pp. 130-163 (ISBN 978-7-308-18351-2).
2018 “Filming a Vocal Contest in Context: A Case Study on a Form of Extemporary sung Poetry in Tuscany (Italy)” in Ethnomusicology in Audiovisual Time, by Yu Hui, Leonardo D’Amico and Yves Defrance (eds). Hangzhou: Zhejiang University Press, pp. 23-37 (ISBN 978-7-308-18210-2).
2013 “Cumbia Music in Colombia: Origins, Transformations, and Evolution of a Coastal Music Genre” in H. Fernandez and P. Vila (eds.), Cumbia!: Scenes of a Migrant Latin American Musical Genre, Duke University Press, Durham and London, pp.29-48 (ISBN 978-0-8223-5414-7).
2003 “La dimensione sonora. La musica orientale e il suo universo simbolico”, in Le realtà del mito, ed. by G. Azzaroni, Clueb, Bologna, pp. 327-384. (ISBN 88-491-2063-X).
Edited Books:
2018 Ethnomusicology in Audiovisual Time, edited by Yu Hui, Leonardo D’Amico and Yves Defrance. Hangzhou: Zhejiang University Press (ISBN 978-7-308-18210-2).
2016 Ethnomusicology and Audiovisual Communication. Selected Papers from the MusiCam 2014 Symposium, edited by Enrique Cámara de Landa, Leonardo D’Amico, Matías Nicolás Isolabella, Terada Yoshitaka. Valladolid: University of Valladolid (ISBN 978-84-608-9291-5).
2005 Musica dei Popoli. Viaggio nella musica tradizionale del mondo, edited by Leonardo D’Amico, AtlasMundi.com & Alberto Castelvecchi Editore, Roma (ISBN 88-7615-112-5).
1997 Folk Music Atlas. Vol. 1: Music of Africa, edited by Leonardo D’Amico and Francesco Mizzau. Amharsi, Firenze (ISBN 88-87036-00-4).
Conference Proceedings:
2016 “An Ethnomusicological Perspective for a Television Documentary Film Shot in Calabar (Nigeria)”. In Ethnomusicology and Audiovisual Communication. Selected Papers from the MusiCam 2014 Symposium, edited by Enrique Cámara de Landa, Leonardo D’Amico, Matías Nicolás Isolabella, Terada Yoshitaka. Valladolid: University of Valladolid, pp. 203-220 (ISBN 978-84-608-9291-5).
2006 “People and Sounds. Filming African music between visual anthropology and television documentary” in Approaches to African Musics, ed. by E. Camara and S. Martinez, Cuadernos de Africa, Fundacion Alberto Jimenez-Arellano Alonso, Universidad de Valladolid, pp. 119-135 (ISBN 84-689-9759-5); also in Trans. Revista Transcultural de Musica, n.11, July 2007 (ISSN:1697-0101).
2004 “Culture sonore” in Abitare Mediterraneo. Contributi per una definizione, ed. by G. Furlanis, G. Lotti, S. Mecca, EuroMedsys, Siena.
Contributions in Encyclopedias:
2019 Entry: “Cumbia” in The SAGE Encyclopedia of Music and Culture, by Janet Sturman and Geoffrey Golson (eds), Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, pp. 702-704 (ISBN 9781483317755).
2019 Entry: “Ethnographic Film” in The SAGE Encyclopedia of Music and Culture, by Janet Sturman and Geoffrey Golson (eds), Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, pp. 746-750 (ISBN 9781483317755).
Journal Articles
2024 “Ethnic tourism and Folksongs among the Blang (Bulang) people of Yunnan, China” in Asiatische Studien/Études Asiatiques, n.1 https://doi.org/10.1515/asia-2022-0001 (ISSN:2235-5871).
2023 “Original Ecology Folksongs, Myth and Showbiz: A case study of musical sustainability among the Bulang ethnic group in Yunnan, China” in Ethnomusicology Forum, 32/3 https://doi.org/10.1080/17411912.2024.2339174 (ISSN 1741-1920).
2023 “The Contrasto: Observational analysis of an extemporaneous vocal-gestural performance in Tuscan, Italy” in Ethnomusicology Forum, 32(2): 268-310 https://doi.org/10.1080/17411912.2023.2265400 (ISSN 1741-1920).
2017 “Reality and Fiction: Audiovisual Representations of Traditional Musical Cultures in China” in Asian Musicology, vol. 27, pp. 108-136 (ISSN 1229-9413).
2015 “La dimensión visual de la práctica instrumental: perspectivas teóricas, metodológicas y experiencias “fílmicas” de investigación”, in TRANS Revista Transcultural de Música / Transcultural Music Review, n.19 (ISSN 1697-0101).
2007 “People and Sounds. Filming African Music between Visual Anthropology and Television Documentary”, in TRANS Revista Transcultural de Música / Transcultural Music Review, n.11 (ISSN 1697-0101).
2007 “Filmare la musica africana tra antropologia visuale e documentaristica televisiva”, Africa e Mediterraneo, n.59, giugno 2007, pp.55-59 (ISSN: 1121-8495).
2005 “Suoni dal Deserto. Viaggio nella musica Tuareg del Mali”, in Il deserto cresce… Viaggio tra simbolismo e utopia, Ravenna Festival’s publication , pp.43-48.
2004 “La cumbia e i cañamilleros”, World Music Magazine, n.64, Jan./Feb. 2004, pp.28-30 (ISSN 1121-5844).
2003 “Global vs. Local: The Impact of Globalization on Traditional Cultures”, Sarawak Development Journal, 280/4/2004, vol.6, N.2, Dec. 2003, pp. 44-51 (ISSN 1675-9303).
2003 “Múa Rôi Nuôc. Il teatro delle marionette sull’acqua del Vietnam”, Quaderni Asiatici. Centro di Cultura Italia-Asia, n. 62, June 2003, pp.25-40 (ISSN: 2038-9795).
– “Wayang Sandosa. Una forma contemporanea del teatro delle ombre di Giava”, Quaderni Asiatici. Centro di Cultura Italia-Asia, n.64, Dec. 2003, pp.79-85 (ISSN: 2038-9795).
– “Griot: il maestro della parola. La memoria vivente dei popoli mande (Mandingo)”, Africa e Mediterraneo, n.45, Dec. 2003, pp.54-58 (ISSN: 1121-8495).
2000 “La culture musicale traditionelle des Garifuna”, con Ismael Penedo, Cahiers de Musiques Traditionelles, Atelier’s d’Ethnomusicologie, Geneve, n.13, pp. 65-75 (ISSN: 2235-7688).
1998 “Afroamerica in trance”, Il Potere della Musica, supp.Olis n.11, pp.12-19.
– “La cine-trance di Jean Rouch”, Il Potere della Musica, supp.Olis n.4, pp.24-27.
1995 “I tamburi del vodou”, Percussioni, n.55, pp.32-36
– “Moduli ritmici della musica afrocolombiana”, Nero su Bianco, Società Italiana per lo Studio della Musica Afroamericana (SISMA), II, n.3, pp.29-104.
Film Reviews
2019 D’Amico Leonardo. Film Review: “Griot” and “The Voice of the Kora”. Yearbook for Traditional Music, n. 51, pp. 315-319 (ISSN 0740-1558).
2019 D’Amico Leonardo. Film Review: “Alain Danielou. Into the Labyrinth”. Asian Music, n.2, pp. 170-175 (ISSN 0044-9202).
2019 D’Amico Leonardo. Film Review: “Worth Repeating“ Ethnomusicology, vol. 63, n.2, pp. 350-352 (ISSN: 0014-
2017 D’Amico Leonardo. Film Review: “Small Path Music”. Ethnomusicology vol. 61, n.2, pp. 373-374 (ISSN: 0014-
2017 D’Amico Leonardo. Film Review: “Treasure of the Lisu: Ah-Cheng and His Music”. Ethnomusicology Forum, pp. 144-147 (ISSN 1741-1920).
Exhibition catalogues:
1993 D’Amico, Leonardo e Silvio Contolini, Strumenti musicali latinoamericani [Latin American Musical Instruments] (Firenze: Associazione Italia-Colombia)
Archive Catalogues
2002 D’Amico, Leonardo (ed.), Festival del Film Etnomusicale: Retrospettiva delle venti edizioni della rassegna (1983-2002), FLOG, Firenze.
1995 D’Amico, Leonardo (ed.), Mediateca delle Tradizioni Popolari. FLOG, Firenze.
SOUND RECORDINGS / AUDIO-VISUAL / MULTIMEDIA
Compact Discs:
2011 Suoni d’Africa in Italia (CD)- FLOG/Materiali Sonori, Arezzo.
1998 Italie – Italy. Voyage Musical – Collection Terres, Auvidis, Paris.
1994 La coralità nell’America Latina.1: canto popolare, Coro De Victoria, Vecchio Mulino, Lucca.
Multimedia:
1996 Folk Music Atlas. Vol. 1: Music of Africa (reprint Africa: Atlante della musica tradizionale, 1997), Libro+CD-Rom+3 CD-audio, Amharsi, Firenze:
– Voices of Africa, Vol. 1.1, Book & CD-Audio Plus.
– Winds & Strings of Africa, Vol. 1.2, Book & CD-Audio Plus.
– Drums of Africa, Vol. 1.3, Book & CD-Audio Plus.
1997 Folk Music Atlas. Vol. 1: Music of Africa/Magie Africane, Amharsi, Firenze (ISBN 88-87036-00-4).
Documentary film:
2023 Bulang Music (Director/Author), Associazione Multi Culti, Yunnan University, video, col., 30 min.
2016 Cantar l’Ottava (Director/Author), Associazione Multi Culti, video, col., 20 min.
2012 Pasos de cumbia, TV series, (Scientific Advisor and cameraman), CBRA Films and Cultural Video Foundation.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
International Conferences
2021 “What makes a film an “ethnomusicological film?”, Seminar of the 2nd Chinese Music Ethnographic Film Festival, Shanghai Conservatory of Music, Shanghai, China, 11/12/2021.
2018 “Visual communication in Ethnomusicology: An overview of different theoretical and methodological approaches and the analysis of some case studies”, Conference on Visual Anthropology and Ethnomusicology, Yunnan Art Institute, Kunming, China, 13/10/2018.
2018 “Ethno-Tourism, Myth and Songs among the Bulang People in Yunnan, China”, 2nd Symposium ICTM Study Group on Audiovisual Ethnomusicology, Lisbon, Portugal, 27-30/6/2018.
2018 “Ethno-Tourism, Myth and Songs among the Bulang People in Yunnan, China”, 2018 Kunming International Forum for Ethnomusicology and Music of Ethnic Minorities, Kunming, China, 12-13/6/2018.
2017 “Ethno-Tourism, Myth and Songs: A Research Film Project in Yunnan, China”,44th ICTM World Conference, Limerick, Ireland, 13-19/7/2017.
2016 “Filming music heritage: a TV documentary production in Calabar, Nigeria”, Music Forum of the 2016 Yuansheng Indigenous Music and Dance Festival, Kunming, China, 28/11-2/12/2016.
2016 Member of the Conference Committee. International symposium on Ethnomusicology and of Ethnic Minority Music in Yunnan Province, Kunming, China, 8-10/12/2016.
2016 “Filming the vocal performance and its process of interactions: a case study on the contrasto in ottava rima in Tuscany (Italy)”, 1st Symposium of the ICTM Study Group on Audiovisual Ethnomusicology, City Museum, Ljubljana, Slovenia 24-27 August 2016.
2015 “Reality and fiction in ethnomusicological documentary: different perspectives and new trends”, International Symposium: Global Perspectives of Chinese Music in the Internet Age, College of Music, Ningbo University, China, 27-30/11/2015 [picture].
– “Los hilos de la memoria. Buscando el origen de la cumbia en el pais de los Carabali”, Jornadas de Música Africana, Institut Catalunya-Àfrica, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, 19-20/11/2015.
– “Watching Music: The Transmission of Musical Knowledge. From the Oral-Aural to the Oral-Aural-Visual Communication Process”, ICTM World Conference (2015), 43rd International Council for Traditional Music, Kazak University of Arts, Astana, Kazakistan, 20/7/2015.
2014 “An Ethnomusicological Perspective for a Television Documentary Film Shot in Calabar (Nigeria)”, MusiCam 2014, International Conference on Visual Ethnomusicology, University of Valladolid, 5–7/11/2014.
2013 “An Ethnomusicological-television Experience in Calabar, Nigeria: Ethics and Methodological Issues”, ICTM World Conference (Shanghai 2013), 42nd International Council for Traditional Music, Shanghai Conservatory of Music, China, 15/7/2013.
2012 “Filmar la musica: un recorrido historico sobre teorias y metodologias en etnomusicologia visual”, Universidad de Valladolid, MusiCam 2012: 3̊ encuentro de etnomusicologia visual, Valladolid, Spain, 3/5/2012.
2011 “Vallenato: Hybridization and Metamorphosis of a Musical Genre of the North-East of Colombia”, ICTM, 4th International Symposium of the Department of Musicology, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, 26/8/2011.
-“Santos, demonios y divinidades. Practicas musicales y devocionales en las culturas afrolatinoamericanas”, Universidad de Valladolid, MusiCam 2011: Etnomusicología y documentación audiovisual, Valladolid, Spain, 17/3/2011.
2010 “Filmare la musica. L’utilizzo del mezzo cinematografico nella rappresentazione delle musiche di tradizione orale”, Summer School “Ars Videndi”, Scuola di antropologia visiva e tecnologia dell’immagine, Università di Siena, Italy, 9/9/10.
– ”El acordeon del diablo: la musica vallenata”, MusiCam 2010: Etnomusicología y documentación audiovisual, Valladolid, Spain, 19/5/2010.
2007 “Huellas de Africanía. Instrumentos musicales de origen africano en Colombia”, Musica subsahariana: tradicion y patrimonio cultural africano, Universidad de Valladolid, Spain, 26-28/3/2007.
2006 “Las raices de la musica del Mediterraneo, un puente hacia un nuevo imaginario musical local”, II Encuentro de Festivales y Musicas del Mediterraneo, CCCB, Barcelona, Spain, Sept. 21-22.
2005 “People and Sounds. Filming African Music Between Visual Anthropology and Television Documentary”, VII Encuentros de Estìo: Mùsicas de Africa Subsahariana. Experiencias recientes de investigaciòn Universidad de Valladolid, Spain, Sept. 26-27.
2004 “Etno-historia y literatura oral: los cantos épicos de los cantahistorias” and “Los instrumentos musicales como cultura material y objetos simbòlicos”, Lectures, Universidad de Valladolid, Spain, 10/11/2004.
2003 “Global vs. Local: The Impact of Globalization on Traditional Cultures”, 2003 International Borneo Conference: The Ethnic Music of Sarawak, Kuching, Malaysia, July 8-9.
– “Huellas de Africanía. Instrumentos musicales de origen africano en Colombia”, III Coloquio Internacional de Musicología: Casa de las Américas, La Habana, Cuba, 27-31/10/2003.
2002 “La cumbia colombiana: análisis de un fenómeno musical y socio-cultural”, IV Congreso Latinoamericano IASPM, México, 2-6/4/2002.
2001 “Le processus de persécution et moralisation des coutumes africaines dans la société coloniale latino-américaine”, Colloque International “Tarab”, Tanger, June 2-4/6/2001.
– “Traditional Performing Arts and Globalization: Ethnic, Ethic and Aesthetic Choices”, Art Summit Indonesia 2001 – International Seminar on Contemporary Performing Arts, “The Challenge of Multiculturalism”, Jakarta, Indonesia, 14-16/9/2001.
2000 “Folk Music Atlas in CD-ROM: Application of Multimedia Technology for Conservation and Diffusion of Traditional Music”, Forum International des Artes Traditionnels, Jakarta, Indonesia, 4-7/5/2000.
CREATIVE ACTIVITIES
Art Director
1997 – 2017 Festival Musica dei Popoli, Firenze
1995 – present Festival del Film Etnomusicale, Firenze
Film festival Advisor
2005-2007 Music and Film: Mediterranean, International Center for Music Studies, University of Newcastle, England.
2004 Reel Rhythms: The 1st NY World Music Film Festival, World Music Institute, Symphonyspace, New York, March 27-May 15, 2004.
2003-2005 Música Filmada. Cicle de Cinema Etnogràfic, Cicle de Músiques del Món, Fundació La Caixa, Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
2003 Rassegna del Cinema Etnomusicale, Oristano (Sept. 6-13) and Alghero (Sept. 24-29), Apostrophe Cultura & Spettacolo (Sardegna).
– Musiques i cultures, Ethnographic Film Festival, Escola Superior de Mùsica de Catalunya Barcellona, Spain.
2001-2005 Observando Culturas, Ethnographic Film Festival, Centro Buendia, Universidad de Valladolid, Spain.
JURY MEMBERSHIP
International Music Festivals
2005/2007 Festival Sharq Taronalari, Samarkand (Uzbekistan).
2005 “Diversons” – Festival de Mùsiques del Mòn, Barcelona (Spain).
International Film Festivals
2021 2nd Chinese Music Ethnographic Film Festival & International Music Ethnographic Film Exhibition，Shanghai Conservatory of Music (Shanghai)
ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL AREAS
TV Programs:
2001-05 Scientific Advisor for R.T.I. – Mediaset for the TV Program “Gentes” – Rete 4
2012 Scientific Advisor for CBRA Films and Cultural Video Foundation for the documentary series “Pasos de cumbia”
Photographic Exhibition:
2008 Music Consultant for Viaggiatori dell’Anima, Ass. Cult. Laboratorio Amaltea, Comune di Firenze, Florence, September 12-31st, 2008.
Cultural promoter:
2008 Founder of the Associazione Multi Culti with the aim to promote cultural events such as concerts, film festival, exhibitions concerning traditional/ethnic/folk/world music. The association organizes the festival Immagini & Suoni del Mondo. Ethnomusicological Film Festival (www.multiculti.it).