MUSICOLOGY

Konstantinos Kardamis

He is a musicologist and since 2002 he teaches in the Music Department of the Ionian University. He has also contributed in the activities of the Athens Megaron, the Greek Composers Union, the Cultural Foundation of the Piraeus Group and the Durrell School of Corfu. His published studies, papers and articles are mainly focused on Neohellenic music, with particular interest in 18th and 19th centuries, as well as in the opera and musical theatre. His research interests also include band music and the interaction of music, society and politics. He is a member of the Hellenic Music Research Lab, of the editorial committees of the musicological journals Moussikos Loghos and Moussikos Ellenomnemon, and of the Greek committee for RILM, as well as General Editor of the series Monuments of Neohellenic Music. Since 2003 he is the curator of the archive and the museum of the Corfu Philharmonic Society.