Curriculum Vitae

Athina Katsanevaki

Special Teaching Staff, School of Music Studies

Personal Information

atekatsa@mus.auth.gr
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4938-4634
Γνωστικό Αντικείμενο:
Ιστορική Εθνομουσικολογία-Δημοτικό τραγούδι-Φωνητική εκτέλεση

Education

Προπτυχιακές Σπουδές

1991	Τμήμα Μουσικών Σπουδών ΑΠΘ Greece

Μεταπτυχιακές Σπουδές

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Διδακτορικό Δίπλωμα

1999	Δ.Δ. Τμήμα Μουσικών Σπουδών ΑΠΘ Greece Ιστορική Εθνομουσικολογία

Course Work

Courses of Winter semester of 2025–26 academic year

	SCHOOL OF MUSIC STUDIES
ΕΒ1002	Intoduction to Greek folk music
ΙΠ2018	Ancient greek music

Theses Supervised

Student Theses within AUTh

In progress

Undergraduate

Music orality and professionalism in the Kokkinochoria of Cyprus: Frenaros, Liopetri, Paralimni, Deryneia. Seardaing o musical genealogy of a cultural area
"Voices" of Cyprus (Famagusta area)
Professionalism in the musical tradition of Aspropotamos (region of Trikala)
Animals in the music of the humans: Symbolisms and influences through the lens of zoomusicology

2025–2026

Undergraduate

The area of the village of Velvendos (area of Kozani) and its vocal musical tradition. Ethnomusicological approaches in the framework of community life
Research in the ritual music and changes in the local repertory of the community of Ypati (area of Phthiotida)
The representation of the musical live of a community in the narratives of a professional musician. The case of Karitsa, Ioannina in the narrative discourse of Savvas Siatras

2024–2025

Undergraduate

Conducting fieldwork in the communities of the Sarakatsani in the area of Serres to locate their vocal musical repertory
An ethnography of a ritual: The "Kangelari" dance in the village and area of Saint George, Kerasonas (Kerasovo) and Gymnotopos (Gouliades), (Preveza region, Epirus, Greece) from an insiders' perspective
Approaching the community in the framework of historical ethnomusicology: Music, ethography and history in the field and in the local manuscripts of the village of Livadero (Province of Kozani Greece)
Dimitris Zervoudakis: Life-history-ideology-music
Recording and organization of the archival collections of Trisevgeni Kalokyri and Kostas Nikitas at the Library of the School of Music Studies, A.U.TH.
Music and culture in space and time community life. The village of "Kokkina Louria" (Red Straps) in Mani (Peloponnesos- Greece)
Experiencing the "making" of a violin by means of interviews and the life histories of the "luthiers"
Symbols and «Ideas» about music in Plato’s republic and laws: Sociological and historical approaches
Music and songs among the Sarakatsani of Thessaly: Preservation, revival or lived experience in the community?
The method of Zoltan Kodaly: Methodology and Colourstrings applied on a teaching method for the Pontic Lyra

2023–2024

Undergraduate

Functional and musical research dimensions in the vocal repertory of the Sarakatsans in the area of Elassona (Grevena-Thessaly, Greece)
Musical and cultural identities of the upland communities in the Grevena region (Pindus-Greece). Conducting fieldwork in the framework of musicology and historical studies: The cases of the communities of Syndendro and Polyneri
A critical approach of the sources of the musical oral tradition of the town of Sinasos in Cappadocia (Asia Minor) in the context of historical ethnomusicology

2022–2023

Undergraduate

The oral music tradition of the settlements of Vamvakophyto, Chryso, Sitochori of Serres and of Eleftheres of Kavala: through an ethnomusicological field research
Practices of embodiment of the traditional songs in the course of research and musical performance
Musical local orality in Karyes of eastern Romilia - northern Thrace (Urban interventions and community in space and time)
The musical tradition in the village of Tihio (Kastoria region), in the native-speaking language of the village, in the process of creating a documentary film

2021–2022

Undergraduate

Orality, Tradition and Cultural Associations in the area of Roumlouki, Central Macedonia (The "Roumloulki" Association case study)
Aspects of oral tradition and musical culture in the village of Neraidochori, Trikala
The vocal repertory of the Klidonas ritual among the Vlachs of the area of Serres, in the family archive of the Kokkonis Family (Dimitris Kokkonis) originating from the village of Chionochori in the area of Serres. Research-personal experience-performance. Portfolio.

2020–2021

Undergraduate

Soundscapes at Melampes of Rethymnon, Crete. Cantada and parea: a community collective performing and singing phenomenon
The songs of Lazarus and the transfer of the Oral muscial traditions in the area of Roumlouki. Fieldwork in the villages of Meliki and Neokastro

2019–2020

Undergraduate

Tracing gender socialization in the process of singing and in the narratives in the rural communities of the area of Karditsa (Thessaly)

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Undergraduate

The oral music tradition of the northeastern region of the lake Volvi, specifically of Arethousa, Vrasna and Stefanina through the filed research of an Ethnomusicologist: Archival record, edition and data evaluation
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Research Projects

Coordinator
2020–2021	Convention: ""
2019–2019	Convention: "Urban Musical Creativities in the South Western Balkans: Korce-Jannina"

Publications

(2024)

Conference Proceedings Article

Katsanevaki Athina (2024). The Vallahades: The Greek-speaking Muslims of Western Macedonia (Greece-Asia Minor Turkey). Connotations in their vocal repertory. MUSIC and DANCE in SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Gender, Virtual Communications and Legacies of Empires: Eighth Symposium of the ICTMD Study Group on Music and Dance in Southeastern Europe. Επιμέλεια:Abdullah Akat, Liz Mellish, Nick Green. Instanbul - Turkey. Instanbul/ Κωσταντινούπολη. Trabzon University / International Council for Traditions of Music and Dance (ICTMD) Study Group on Music and Dance in Southeastern Europe. p.243-255.

(2023)

Journal Article

Katsanevaki Athina (2023). The Evolutionary Pentatonism in Nicomachus the Extant Fragments and an Ancient Greek Musical Praxis. Greek and Roman Musical Studies. vol.11 p.139-181.

(2022)

Conference Proceedings Article

Katsanevaki Athina (2022). Chorlu Mare-Tranos Choros: Two linguistic groups in one community dance". ICTM Study group on music and dance in Southeastern Europe : 2021 1 Music and dance in Southeastern Europe: place, space and resistance. Επιμέλεια:Liz Mellish, Nick Green, Belma Oğul. Trabzon - Turkey. Trabzon. ICTM Study Group on Music and Dance in Southeastern Europe Trabzon University State Conservatory. p.113-124.

(2021)

Journal Article

Katsanevaki Athina (2021). “Shifting” Identities or “Hidden” Messages?: A Musical Ethnohistory of Northwestern Greece (An Introductory Note). IMS-RASMB, Series Musicologica Balcanica. vol.1 no.2.

Book - Textbook

Katsanevaki Athina (2021). "Shifting" Identities or "Hidden" messages? A Musical Ethnohistory of Northwestern Greece. Thessaloniki. Archive of Greek Traditional Music "Dimitris Themelis".

(2020)

Conference Proceedings Article

Κατσανεβάκη Αθηνά (2020). Μικρό εισαγωγικό σημείωμα: η περιοχή Ασκίου και η μουσική της προφορικότητα ως δείγμα μίας Βυζαντινής αστικής προφορικότητας. Οψεις Πολιτισμού της Δυτικής Μακεδονίας Μέρες Γιορτών Βοίου ΠΕΛΕΚΟΝ. Επιμέλεια:Θεοδώρα Λειψιστινού. Ελλάδα - Πελεκάνος Βόϊου. Περιφέρεια Δυτικής Μακεδονίας.

(2019)

Book Chapter

Katsanevaki Athina (2019). Funeral Music. The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Music and Culture. Επιμέλεια:Janet Sturman. Thousands Oaks. SAGE Publications. p.967-970.

Conference Announcement

Μπαζμαδέλης Αριστείδης, Τσοπάνη Σοφία, Κατσανεβάκη Αθηνά, Κόντος Κωνσταντίνος (2019). Η ψηφιακή συλλογή αρχειακών ηχογραφήσεων της περιοχής Ιερισσού Χαλκιδικής: επιστροφή ενός αρχείου στην πατρίδα του. 3ο Συνέδριο Μουσικών Βιβλιοθηκών, Αρχείων και Κέντρων Τεκμηρίωσης. Θεσσαλονίκη - Ελλάδα.

(2018)

Concert

Αλεξάνδρου Μαρία, Ομάδα Παλαιογραφίας Βυζαντινής Μουσικής του Τ.Μ.Σ. του Α.Π.Θ, Γυναικεία Βυζαντινή Χορωδία της Ε.Ε.Μ.Ε. "Αγία Ανυσία", Γιαννόπουλος Εμμανουήλ, Βυζαντινός Χορός του Τ.Μ.Σ. του Α.Π.Θ. "Βυζαντινών Λόγος και Μέλος", Μανούσης Δημήτρης, Βυζαντινός Χορός "Φιλαθωνίται", Γοργολίτσα Αποστολία, Παιδική Χορωδία της Σχολής "Ιωσήφ ο Υμνογράφος" της Ι. Μητροπόλεως Νεαπόλεως και Σταυρουπόλεως, Κατσανεβάκη Αθηνά, Γούβαλη Ευαγγελία, Σπυράκου Ευαγγελία (2018). Κασσιανή, η βυζαντινή ποιήτρια και συνθέτιδα : Aφιέρωμα μουσικολογικό και καλλιτεχνικό. Αίθουσα Τελετών του Α.Π.Θ.

Conference Proceedings Article

Zacharakis Asterios, Pastiadis Konstantinos, Katsanevaki Athina (2018). Tension perception in Greek traditional folk music: Examining the role of timbral semantics. 8th International Workshop in Folk Music Analysis (FMA 2018). Thessaloniki, Greece.

(2017)

Journal Article

Katsanevaki Athina (2017). “Modern Laments in Northwestern Greece. Their Importance in Social and Musical life and the “making” of oral tradition”. Musicologist International Journal of Music Studies. vol.1 no.1 p.95-140.

Monograph

(2016)

Artwork

Katsanevaki Athina (2016). The Vertiskos Project SEM Students' Blog.

Conference Proceedings Article

Katsanevaki Athina (2016). Is “Traditional” improvised? “East” and “West” and the improvised traditions in Greece. "Music and Dance in Southeastern Europe: New Scopes of Research and Action" Fourth Symposium of the ICTM Study Group on Music and Dance in Southeastern Europe. Επιμέλεια:Liz Mellish, Nick Green, Mirjana Zakić. Petnica - Serbia. Belgrade. ICTM Study Group on Music and Dance in Southeastern Europe Faculty of Music, University of Arts, Belgrade. p.24-33.

(2015)

Concert

Κατσανεβάκη Αθηνά, Bakas Dimitris (2015). Φεστιβάλ Ημέρες ηλεκτροακουστικής μουσικής 2015. Ιόνια Πανεπιστήμιο, Τμήμα Μουσικών Σπουδών.

(2011)

Journal Article

Katsanevaki Athina (2011). Chromatiscism: A theoretical construction or a practical transformation?. Musicology. p.159-180.

Conference Proceedings Article

Katsanevaki Athina (2011). Musical contests: A Contribution to a technical Development or a Dissolution of the “Lofty and Hellenic Style”? Approaching Historical Sources in the field of Ethnomusicology. Poesia,musica e agoni nella Grecia antica, Poetry, Proceedings of the IVth International Meeting of MOISA, Lecce, October 2010, Rudiae, Ricerche sul Mondo Classico,22-23 Vol.1. Επιμέλεια:D.Castaldo-E.G.Giannachi- A.Manieri. Italy - Lecce. Lecce. Universita degli Studi di Lecce. vol.22-23 no.1 p.167-192.

(2010)

Journal Article

Katsanevaki Athina (2010). The importance of the community: Its dynamics and its impact on contemporary research (Greece as a case-study). Journal of Ethnography and Folklore/ New Series. vol.1-2 p.72-102.

(2008)

Conference Proceedings Article

Katsanevaki Athina (2008). Music and Dance: Greek Archives, Institutions, and Initiatives. Aspects of research related to regional styles and the importance of the community. Vienna and the Balkans: Papers from the 39th World Conference of the ICTM, Vienna 2007, Institute of Art Studies –Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgarian Musicology Studies, Sofia. Επιμέλεια:Lozanka Peycheva, Angela Rodel. Austria - Vienna. Sofia. Bulgarian Musicology Studies. p.49-75.

(2006)

Conference Proceedings Article

Katsanevaki Athina (2006). Traces of urban influences in the upland communities of Pindus mountain-range in Greece: On the way to Ioannina. Urban Music in the Balkans: Drop-out ethnic identities or a historical case of tolerance and global thinking? In Honorem Ramadan Sokoli. Επιμέλεια:Sokol Shupo. Albania - Tirana. Tirana. ASMUS. p.286-314.

(2005)

Journal Article

Katsanevaki Athina (2005). Archaic elements in the vocal musical Tradition of the mountain population in Northern Greece. Musicology. vol.5 p.207-244.

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Athina Katsanevaki

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Courses of Winter semester of 2025–26 academic year

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