Giuseppe SANFRATELLO

Giuseppe Sanfratello (Palermo, 1985), ethnomusicologist, has earned a PhD in Musicology (University of Copenhagen, 2017) and a PhD in Sciences for Cultural Heritage and Production – Ethnomusicology area (University of Catania, 2023). During his doctoral studies in Catania, he conducted an ethnomusicological investigation into the repertoires of multipart singing in the Ionian Islands. He has also worked on Cretan vocal music and the Sicilian-Albanian liturgical chant repertoire. He has also worked and published on Cretan vocal music and the Sicilian-Albanian liturgical chant repertoire. His research interests concern multipart music, the study of socio-symbolic values and ‘participatory performance’ in musical practices, and the relationship between music and the sacred. His second doctoral thesis, entitled ‘Kùrdhisma. Cantare ad accordo nelle isole Ionie: interpreti e contesti esecutivi’, has been awarded the ‘Giovanni Morelli’ prize by the Ugo and Olga Levi Foundation in Venice. He has taught Ethnomusicology at the University of Copenhagen (2015) and the Ionian University of Corfu (2016); since 2020, he is lecturer in the seminars of ‘Introduction to Ethnomusicology’ and ‘Popular Music’ at the University of Catania. He has published in scientific journals and participated in conferences and seminars in Italy and abroad. In addition, he is a member of the Scientific Committee of the series "Culture musicali e Migrazioni sonore" (i.e. 'Musical Cultures and Sound Migrations', directed by Maria Rosa De Luca and Dinko Fabris, DueTreDue, University of Catania), as well as a member of the editorial board of the journal 'Musica Docta' and the 'Bollettino di studi belliniani'.