Maria Rijo Lopes Da Cunha
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Key information
- Qualifications
- BA (FCSH Lisboa), MMus PhD (SOAS)
- Email address
- 181477@soas.ac.uk
- Thesis title
- The Contemporary Revival of Naḥda Music in Lebanon: Politics of Remembrance and Representation
- Internal Supervisors
- Professor Owen Wright & Professor Rachel Harris
Biography
Maria Rijo Lopes da Cunha is a musician and ethnomusicologist born in Lisbon, Portugal. Trained as a classical western music cellist, specialising in ancient music and performance practice, and musicology (BA) her research interest lead her to study Middle Eastern and North African music traditions.
Research interests
- Ethnomusicology and Anthropology of Music
- Middle Eastern, North African and Central Asian Music
- Music Performance Studies
- Sound Art and Contemporary Classical Musics
- Music and Cultural Policy
- Music and Development