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Biodata

Ilaria Sartori received her PhD in History and analysis of musical cultures at Sapienza University of Rome after studying Conservation of cultural heritage - Ethnomusicology in Venice, Paris and Rome. Member of the UNESCO project “Ethiopia. Traditional Music, Dance and Instruments” (2004-2009), she conducted in Ethiopia fieldwork missions for ten years thanks to the support of several institutions (including CNRS, UNESCO, La Sapienza, Centre Français des Etudes Ethiopiennes, Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage, Institute of Ethiopian Studies, Culture and Sports Bureau of Harar and others). As an independent scholar, she produces articles and multimedia, gives courses and presents lectures, exhibitions and conferences in different countries. She is presently writing a book on Harari songs. Gey sinan tifarkat.

Research themes

Documentation and valorization of intangible cultural heritage. Harari sung traditions: sung poetry in Harari language, oral, written and transcribed literature, history and analysis of poetical traditions and musical practices, interpretations of relationships between poetry, music and Islam, women and children’s sung repertoires, themes and structural characteristics of verses, musical analysis, taxonomy of repertoires, relationships between traditional and pop repertoires, songs in home and diaspora communities. Collection and documentation of sung verses in gey sinan, oromo, siltegna, argobba, somali, amharic. Comparative study of musical traditions in Muslim Ethiopian social groups, ethnography of music-related social events, analysis of repertoires related to the life cycle and to the year cycle. Lullabies and children songs.

Publications

Sartori Ilaria et al. 2011. Lullabies in the world of Islam (CD-DVD-Booklet). Al-Ain Center for Music in the World of Islam (under press) Sartori, Ilaria. 2011. Women and children’s religious repertoires in and around Harar. In Proceedings of the international interdisciplinary workshop The Roles and Values of Menzuma, Institute of Ethiopian Studies. CFEE, Addis Ababa (under press). Sartori Ilaria and Abdulmuhaymin Abdunassir. 2010. Collaborative reserach on the songs of the city. In African Study Monographs, Suppl. 41: 119-131 Sartori Ilaria et al. 2010. Songs. In S. Uhlig (ed.) Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, vol. 4. Wiesbaden: Harassowitz Verlag: 710-714 Sartori Ilaria. 2009a. L’eredità del musico Yāred. In G. Barbieri e G. Fiaccadori (ed.), Nigra sum sed formosa: sacro e bellezza dell’Etiopia cristiana. Catalogue. Venezia, Terra Ferma: 192-199 Sartori, Ilaria. 2009b. From the ancient ğāliyei to the new gey fäqär. Relationships between traditional sung poetry and commercial “pop” music in the city-state of Harar, Ethiopia. In Proceedings of the II International Conference of PhD Music Students. Tessaloniki, Greece. Sartori, Ilaria. 2008a. Gey fäqär, il canto della città. Repertori vocali femminili nella comunità islamica di Harar. PhD diss. Rome: Sapienza University. Sartori, Ilaria. 2008b. The songs of the City. Voices of tradition and transition in Harar. In Annales d’Ethiopie, vol. XXIII, Addis Ababa: CFEE and Paris: De Boccard. Sartori, Ilaria. 2007. Cultural identity, Islamic revivalism and women’s new-found role in preserving and transmitting musical traditions. Suggestions from Harar, Ethiopia. Conference on Music in the World of Islam, Assilah. Sartori Ilaria et al. 2007. Musical instriments. In Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, vol. 3. Uhlig, Sigbert Wiesbaden: Harassowitz Verlag. 169-173.

Conferences

2010 Women and children’s religious repertoires. The Roles and Values of Menzuma, CFEE and Institute of Ethiopian Studies, Addis Ababa. 2009 Harari songs in a diachronic perspective. XVII International Conference of Ethiopian Studies. Addis Ababa. 2009 Cultural Heritage and glocal perspectives. Communities and Cultural Heritage Centers in East Africa, Kyoto University, Addis Ababa. 2009 Songs, history and cultural identity in the city-state of Harar, Ethiopia. IASPM 15th biennial conference, University of Liverpool. 2009 Songs of the city and songs of the diaspora. Migrating Music: Media, Politics and Style. SOAS, University of London. 2009 Music, glocalization, cultural identity. Annual Conference of the British Forum for Ethnomusicology, Liverpool John Moores University. 2008 Collaborative research on the songs of the city. Preserving Local Knowledge in the Horn of Africa, Kyoto University ASAFAS, Harar. 2007 Cultural identity, Islamic revivalism and women’s new-found role in preserving and transmitting musical traditions. Conference on Music in the World of Islam, Assilah. 2006 Traditions et transitions musicales dans les remparts de Harar. Alliance Ethio-Française, UNESCO. Addis Abeba. 2005 Studying gey feqar: an ethnomusicological survey. UNESCO Headquarters, Paris. 2003 Cooperation and research for the cultural life of Harar, world heritage site. Workshop Friends of Harar. Maison Rimbaud, Harar. 2003 Harari wedding songs. Archivi di Etnomusicologia, Auditorium, Roma.

Interventions

2009 Journée d’Étude en Ethnomusicologie, Département de Musicologie, Université Jean Monnet, Saint-Etienne. 2009 Forum International de Philosophie Politique et Sociale, Université de Toulouse-Le Mirail, Toulouse. 2008 and 2007. Seminario del Dottorato di Ricerca in Storia e Analisi delle Culture Musicali, Università La Sapienza, Roma. 2006 Corso di Etnomusicologia, prof. Francesco Giannattasio, Università La Sapienza, Roma. 2005 and 2004. Corso di Etnomusicologia Africana, prof. Serena Facci. Università La Sapienza, Roma. 2004 Seminario Interdottorale Stazioni Intermedie Università di Palermo, Dipartimento di Studi Greci, Latini e Musicali Aglaia, Palermo. 2003 Séminaire Laboratoire Langues-Musiques-Societées CNRS. Villejuif, Paris.

Traning

2008 Security at museums, UNESCO training for Sherif Harar City Museum, Ada Gar, Maison Rimbaud, ITC Bureau, HPNR Government and other cultural institutions personnel. Harar. 2008 Care and handling of manuscripts, UNESCO training for cultural institutions personnel. Harar. 2008 Le musiche del mondo e la didattica interculturale, teacher training. Comune di Padova. 2006 Preserving intangible cultural heritage: the collection and conservation of traditional musical pieces and instruments, UNESCO training for researchers and cultural institutions personnel. Harar.

Divulgation

2010 MusiEcología, Festival Raval(s), Barcelona. 2010 Le Musiche del Tibet, Portello River Festival, Padova. 2008 Un Mondo di Musiche, Italia Nostra, Settimana della Cultura, Roma. 2008 Un Mondo di Musiche, Comune di Padova, Servizi Scolastici, Padova. 2007 Un Mondo di Musiche, Museo Nazionale degli Strumenti Musicali, Roma. 2006 Un Mondo di Musiche, Comune di Padova, Progetto Vivipadova, Padova. 2005 Le musiche dell’Etiopia, le musiche del mondo, Scuola Italiana di Addis Abeba. 2002 L’etnomusicologia e le musiche tradizionali dell’Etiopia, Scuola Italiana di Addis Abeba.

Photo exhibitions and publications

2011 Dones Creadores, Barcelona. 2010 Couleurs sonores d’Ethiopie, Paris. 2009 Couleurs sonores d’Ethiopie, Marseille. 2009 Nigra Sum Sed Formosa, Venecia (Miembro del Consejo Científico y editora del espacio sonoro; imágenes, sonidos y vídeos). 2008 Sherif Harar City Museum (imágenes y sonidos incorporados en la colección permanente). 2005 Couleurs sonores d’Ethiopie, Lyon. 2003 Views, Venecia (personal). Imágenes publicadas por UNESCO, Maison des Cultures du Monde, Alliance Française, Terra Ferma, Nigrizia.