Krister Malm Explained

Krister Malm (born 1941) is a Swedish musicologist.

Malm has in his research been engaged in music ethnology and finished his doctorate in 1981 at the University of Gothenburg with a dissertation on the music culture of the Tanzania.[1] From 1973 to 1983, he was head of Stockholm Music Museum and between 1999 and 2005 head of the National Collections of Music. Malm was elected as a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music in 1996. He is active in the International Council for Traditional Music, serving as a member of the executive board from 1983 to 1993, vice president from 1995 to 1999, and president from 1999-2005. In 2007, he was awarded the Fumio Koizumi Prize for Ethnomusicology.

He is best known for his work investigating how local music industries shape music, especially in Big sounds from small peoples: the music industry in small countries, co-written with Roger Wallis.

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  1. Book: Malm , Krister . Fyra musikkulturer: tradition och förändring i Tanzania, Tunisien, Sverige och Trinidad. 1981. AWE/Geber. Stockholm. Swedish. 91-20-06094-7. LIBRIS 8347219.