Dr. Ricarda Kopal studied ethnomusicology, philosophy and German language and literature at the University of Cologne and obtained her PhD in ethnomusicology from the Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media.
She currently works as a curator and researcher at the Media Department—Ethnomusicology, Visual Anthropology and Berlin Phonogram Archive at the Ethnological Museum Berlin and is Co-Organizer of BEAM (Berlin Ethnomusicology and Anthropology of Music Research Group). Her research interests are the history of ethnomusicology, popular music in and from Northern Europe, developments in media technology and their interdependencies with music cultures, and ethnomusicological engagement with what is referred to as “western art music”.