Krister
Malm
Biographical note
Nobody cares how much you know
until they know how much you care
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, a founding member and also until 2019 a member
of the Executive Board of FREEMUSE -
World Forum on Music and Censorship, 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 pursued
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 included 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. 1987-2014 he was president of the Swedish National Committee
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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