dr. Juha Torvinen

Dr., Title of Docent (habilitation), Juha Torvinen is Senior lecturer in musicology at the University of Helsinki. His areas of expertise are philosophy of music, esotericism in music and music studies, ecomusicology, Finnish contemporary music and socio-cultural significance of music. Torvinen’s recent publications include Music as Atmosphere: Collective Feelings and Affective Sounds (ed. with Friedlind Riedel, Routledge 2020) and Musiikki ja luonto: soiva kulttuuri ympäristökriisin aikakaudella (Music and Nature: auditory culture in age of environmental crisis, ed. with Susanna Välimäki, Utukirjat 2019).