University of Edinburgh

Confluences. Folk Music Wisdom in Contemporary Music

Academic History:

2008 - 2010 MA Jazz

2005 - 2008 BA Jazz

1999 - 2006 MA (DAMS) Discipline of Art, Music & Theatre

Supervisors:

Professor Raymond MacDonald

Professor Peter Nelson

Research Interests:

• Contemporary music
• Improvisation
• Ethnomusicology
• Jazz
• Anthropology of music

Previous Research Projects:

Dance Music in the Area of the Madonna della Quercia Pilgrimage: ethnomusicological research on dance music on an area of central Calabria. The research brought to light a common & shared repertoire of accordion & bagpipe music, proper & exclusive to the area in exam.

Scholarships:

2016 - 2018 AHRC DTP Scholarship

2016 Andrew Grant PG Scholarship

Publications:

La Musica da Danza nell’Area di Influenza della Madonna di Conflenti, Il Temesino – supplement of Voci N.9 – August 2007

Contact Details:

Address: Office 306, Alison House, 12 Nicolson Square, Edinburgh EH8 9DF

Email: Christian.ferlaino@ed.ac.uk

Website/Blogs: www.christianferlaino.com

First published: 14 November 2016