Ildar Khannanov
Music Theory
Ph.D. and M.A. in music theory, University of California, Santa Barbara (dissertation topic: Russian Methodology of Music Theory and Analysis) (2003); aspirantura of Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory (1993), Candidate Dissertation topic: Non-verbal Specificity of Music; Diplom of Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory (1988); degrees in piano, theory and composition from Ufa Specialized Music School (1982). Studied music theory with Pieter C. van den Toorn, Michael Beckerman, Yuri Kholopov, Valentina Kholopova and philosophy with Jacques Derrida (UC Irvine 1997-2001). Has been teaching theory sequence in the United States for the past fourteen years. Presented papers on topics of Russian music theory and analysis, theory of performance, semiotics and methodology of aural skills at the national and international conferences. Publications include: "Line, Surface and Speed: Nomadic Aspects of Melody", a chapter in Sounding the Virtual: Gilles Deleuze and Philosophy and Theory of Music, articles on theory of formal functions, approaches to analysis, music of Sergei Rachmaninov and Dmitri Tiomkin in Vereiniging voor Musiektheorie, Goldbergstiftung, Acta Semiotica Fennica, Film Music Journal and Musical Academy Quarterly, as well as philosophical studies in Sinij Divan and Logos. Dr. Khannanov is the editor of the International Division of the journal Problemy Muzykal'noi Nauki.
