Javier Gándara Feijóo

Postdoctoral researcher hired by the University of Santiago de Compostela. He obtained a distinction Cum Laude and the International PhD mention for his thesis on the use of musical theatre as a political and identity tool at the end of the Ancien Régime. Previously, Gándara studied the Master’s Degree in Valuation, Management and Protection of Cultural Heritage and the Master’s Degree in Teaching (both at the University of Vigo). Before, he concluded the Bachelor’s Degree in History of Art (University of Santiago de Compostela), the Bachelor’s Degree in Music (Higher Conservatory of Music of A Coruña) and the Diploma in the same field (Professional Conservatory of Music of Ourense). Gándara worked at the College of Art and Design Pablo Picasso, the Higher Conservatory of Music of Vigo, the Council for Galician Culture and the Curros Enríquez Foundation. Currently, he belongs to the Organistrum Research Group and iHUs-University of Santiago de Compostela; at the same time, Gándara links part of his Postdoctoral project to CITCEM-University of Porto and ESMAE-Polytechnic of Porto. Until now, he has participated in different national and international conferences, as well as done research stays in Madrid (Casa de Velázquez/CSIPM-Autonomous University of Madrid) and Lisbon (CESEM-Nova FCSH). As for the distinctions, he received the Andrés Segovia-José Miguel Ruiz Morales Award in Musicology for the international courses Music in Compostela. Gándara wrote book chapters edited by Iberoamericana/Vervuert (Madrid/Frankfurt am Main) or the press of the Spanish Society of Musicology (Madrid); he also has articles published in impact journals such as Quintana (Santiago de Compostela), RdM (Madrid) and Resonancias (Santiago de Chile).