Mikaela Minga EDUCATION. PhD Student University of Milan Dipartimento di Beni Culturali e Ambientali Via Noto, Milano

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1 Mikaela Minga PhD Student University of Milan Dipartimento di Beni Culturali e Ambientali Via Noto, Milano mikaela_minga@yahoo.it Native language Albanian Foreign Languages Italian, English, German, Greek AREAS OF INTEREST AND RESEARCH Musicology; Aesthetics; Anthropology; Place; Music in Albania and Albanian Studies; Memory Studies; Popular music and Film Studies. EDUCATION - University of Milan, Italy PhD in Music Dissertation Këngë Korçare: Song Making and Musical Culture in the City of Korça during the Twentieth Century. Defense Date: 30 October CUNY Graduate Center, New York Visiting Scholar August 2011-February University of Milan, Graduate School in Humanities, Milan PhD Studies Faculty of Music, Academy of Arts, Tiranë Master Degree in Musicology (Second Level of Studies) Thesis: Luciano Berio dhe Folk Songs - Dëshmi të marrëdhënieve bashkëkohore mes muzikës profesioniste dhe folklorit (Folk Songs of Luciano Berio, a case study of the contemporary interaction between a composer and folk music). Advisor prof. Fatmir Hysi Faculty of Music, Academy of Arts, Tiranë Graduation in Musicology - Gold Medal 1

2 Thesis: Muzika dhe filmi. Muzika e filmit në Shqipëri (Film music. Music and film in Albania). Advisor prof. Fatmir Hysi July, Faculty of Music, Academy of Arts, Tiranë Student in Musicology, High School of Arts, Tefta Tashko Koço, Korçë Graduation in piano with the highest honors in the class of prof. Anita Vezuli, High School of Arts, Tefta Tashko Koço, Korçë Piano studies, Summer school Kultura Wien, Wien (Austria) Summer school on Austrian language and culture August September, Austria, Private lessons in German language with prof. Eridan Imami Università per Stranieri, Perugia, (Italy) 49-o Corso di Lingua e Cultura Italiana (Scholarship of Rotary Club Perugia) TEACHING AND TUTORING Italy -Department of Cultural Heritage and Environment PopAV- Laboratory for Research Methods in Popular Music and Audiovisual Media. February May 2013 Albania - Faculty of Music, Tiranë Atelier of Musicology, Form and Music, Faculty of Theater and Cinema, Tiranë Film music, Department of philosophy, Elbasan Assistant/professor in Aesthetics, Elementary School Europa, Tiranë Music teacher,

3 PUBLICATIONS BOOKS - Luciano Berio e Folk Songs, një Gjeografi e Hapur Tingujsh [Luciano Berio and Folk Songs, an open geography of sounds], Tiranë: Uegen, Ku ka muzikë [Where Music is], Tiranë: Uegen, 2006 ARTICLES, REVIEWS - Wind of change: L era di cambiamento nella musica e nella letteratura Albanese dei primi anni 90 [The wind of change in Albanian music and literature in the early 1990s]. Palaver (2013), n.s., n. 2, , e-issn DOI /i v2p237 - Thoma Simaku. Rrugëtim në formimin e një artisti [Thoma Simaku and his artistic experience between Albania and Great Britain]. Studime për artin (2011), Tiranë, pp Tefta Tashko Koço dhe Miti i Sopranos [Tefta Tashko Koço and Myth of a Soprano] Shekulli, , p Një Klasë e Re e Dansit Kontemporan (A New Class of Contemporary Dance in Albania] in Shekulli, , p Markeljan Kapedani dhe Përvoja Shqiptare e Muzikës Jazz [Markeljan Kapediani: an Albanian Experience in Jazz Music] in Shekulli, , p Një Norma Lirike në TKOB, [ Norma at the Albanian Opera Theater] in Shekulli, , pp Mitrush Kuteli, mbi Aspektet e Publicistikës së tij [Mitrush Kuteli and his Giornalism], Tempulli, Nr. 7, pp LECTURES, SEMINARS, PAPERS -Paper: Concetti e Metodi per lo Studio della Canzone Urbana: Il Caso della Serenata di Korçë [Concepts and Study Methods for Urban Song: The case of Korça s Serenata] Sedicesimo Colloquio di Musicologia del Saggiatore Musicale Bologna, Paper: Serenata Korçare: How a Song Can Be Insular 3

4 Symposium of the Study Group Mediterranean Music Studies of the International Council for Traditional Music: Musical Insularity: How it favors conservation, how it triggers innovation. Universidade Nova de Lisboa Lisbon, Paper: The Folk Roots of Albanian Music as an Issue of National Identity. Revisiting the Works of Çesk Zadeja. 19 th congress of the International Musicological Society: Musics, Cultures, Identities. Rome, Participation at the Annual Meeting (56 th ) of Society of Ethnomusicology and Congress on Research and Dance. University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Paper: Le Mépris versus Il Disprezzo. Considerazioni sulle Due Versioni della Musica [Le Mépris versus Il Disprezzo. Points for Consideration on the two Music Versions]. Study group: Forum su Musica Mediata, Arte Acustica e Audiovisione. University of Milan. Department of Arts, Music, Theater and Cinema, Paper: Wind of Change. L Era del Cambiamento nella Musica e nella Letteratura Albanese negli Anni 90 [The Wind of Change in Albanian Literature and Art Music in the 1990s] Conference: Il sogno italiano. Albania Puglia 20 anni dopo. University of Salento. Otranto, Seminar: Voci e città II: La musica urbana in Albania [Voicies and cities: Urban music in Albania] Anthropology of Music Class. University of Milan, Seminar: Voci e città II: Le cantanti blues in America fra le due guerre [Voicies and cities: Blues female singers in the USA in the interwar period] Anthropology of Music Class University of Milan, Lecture: Thoma Simaku, Kompozitori dhe Rruga e tij [Thoma Simaku and his Education Path]. Conference: Beyond the notes - Thoma Simaku & Tonin Harapi ABA Association, Albanian Ministry of Tourism, Sports, Arts and Culture Tiranë,

5 - Participation at the conference for Humanae Litterae s PhD students: Ricezione e fortuna della Grecia antica nelle Humanae Litterae dell Età Moderna European Cultural Center of Delfi Delfi (Greece), Seminar: Takime muzikore rreth muzikës së shek. XX [Rendezvous on XX Century Music] Cultural Center Vangjush Mio Korçë, Participation at the conference: Audiovisuelle Medien und Identität in Südosteuropa Martin Luther University, Halle Wittenberg (Germany), Participation at EMC (European Music Council) conference: Music and New Perspectives in Distribution, Education, and Politics Brno (Czech Republic), Participation at EMC conference: Changes: Chances and Challenges Music and the Future Barcelona (Spain), Paper: Ahengu Gjakovar në Shekuj [The Aheng in Gjakova from a Historic Perspective]. Conference: In memoriam of the Albanian singer Esad Bicurri Gjakova (Kosovo), Paper: Shprehjet Folklorike në Krijimtarinë e Shpëtim Kushtës [Folk Expressions in the Works of Shpëtim Kushta] Conference: Vepra e Shpëtim Kushtes ne 60-vjetorin e tij [The works of Shpëtim Kushta in his 60-th anniversary]. Faculty of Music, Tiranë, Lecture: Baleti Plaga e dhjetë e Gjergj Elez Alisë, [The Ballet The Tenth Wound of Gjergj Elez Alia] Conference held for the Albanian composer Feim Ibrahimi, Faculty of Music, Tiranë, Paper: Mbi Veprat e Kompozitorëve të Rinj Shqiptarë [A Close Look to the Works of Young Albanian Composers] Conference: Muzika e re shqiptare [New Albanian Music] Tiranë, Lecture: Serenata Korçare, një Shprehje e Emancipimit të Shoqërisë Shqiptare [Serenata of Korça, an Expression of the Emancipation of Albanian Society] 5

6 Conference: Muzika Shqiptare në Fillim të Shekullit XX [Albanian Music in the Beginning of XX century) Albanian Ministry of Tourism, Sports, Arts and Culture Tiranë, MUSICAL PERFORMANCES - Singer of the Albanian Traditional music group Symposium: European voices Multipart singing in the Balkans and the Mediterranean Universität für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Wien (Austria), Pianist VIII European Youth Music Festival, Denmark -Sweden, VII European Youth Music Festival, Switzerland Dixieland jazz band St. Maria performing in concerts ( ) and at the Jazz Music Festival, Korinthos (Greece) 2001, 2001, OTHER EXPERIENCES - Engagement as part-time translator of films and cartoons for A&A Studios Tiranë, Engagement as translator of children books at Uegen Editions, Tiranë, Journalist and author of children programs at Radio of Korça Korçë,