Krister Malm
Biographical note
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Krister Malm, b.1941 in Stockholm, Sweden,
holds a Ph.D. in (ethno)musicology and is professor of
(ethno)musicology at Gothenburg University (i.e. Swedish title
"docent" 1984). He is a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music,
President of the Swedish National Committee of International Council for
Traditional Music, member of the Executive Board of FREEMUSE - World Forum on Music and Censorship and of Ethnomusicology Online (EOL), a scholarly hypermedia journal on
WWW/Internet, member of the jury for "Zornmärket"
(the Swedish Awards for Traditional Musicians), Honorary Member of
International Council for Traditional Music, European Seminar in
Ethnomusicology, and MEDIACULT (the Unesco affiliated institute for media and culture in
Vienna). Society for Ethnomusicology Charles Seeger lecturer (1991) and recipient of the Japanese
Koizumi Fumio Prize in Ethnomusicology (2007). In Mbarara,
Uganda, The Krister Malm Girl's High School for education of girls in
traditional music and dance and general subjects is named after Krister Malm.
In the 1960s he was research fellow in charge
of the laboratory for research in rhythmical structures at the Institute for
musicology at Uppsala University in Sweden and also active as music columnist
and broadcaster employed by the Music Department at the Swedish Broadcasting
Corporation and as jazz musician (saxophone). As assistant director of the
Trinidad & Tobago Government Folklore Archives 1969-72 and during several
stays in different parts of Africa, South Asia and Latin America he has
performed research in many music cultures, especially on the interaction
between music and technological developments, music industry and media across
national borders.
1973-83 he was director of the Department for
Research and Development at the Swedish Institute for National Concerts,
1983-99 director of the Stockholm Music Museum and 1999-2005 the first general
director of The Swedish National Collections of
Music which include
The Music Library of Sweden, The Stockholm Music Museum and The Centre for
Swedish Folk Music and Jazz Research. 1983-93 he was a member of the Executive
Board of International
Council for Traditional Music (ICTM), 1995-99
vice president of ICTM and 1999-2005 president of ICTM. He has also served on several Swedish Government
Committees.
1979-92 he collaborated with media researcher,
economist and composer Dr. Roger Wallis in major international research projects
such as The Music Industry in Small Countries (1979-83) covering 12 countries
in Africa, Asia, Caribbean, Europe and Latin America, and Media Policy and
Music Activity (1988-92). 1997-2001 he directed the research project Music - Media - Multiculture.
He is the author of several books and papers on
African, African-American and Arabic musics as well
as Scandinavian traditional music, issues of music and rights and the music
industry. He has also published a number of documentary record albums and
directed TV and radio series. He is also a radio amateur with the call sign SAØABK.
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