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Biography

Rafael (Ardi) Echevarria is a musicologist and music theorist specialising in nineteenth-century musical form and musicological debates surrounding analysis. Ardi is a PhD candidate at Durham University, supported by the Northern Bridge Consortium and the Ramsay Centre. He earned First Class Honours (2019) and Masters (2022) degrees from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and was Visiting Fellow (2024) at Harvard University. Ardi has presented his research at numerous international conferences and taught at the Sydney Conservatorium and Durham. He is currently chair of the Formal Theory Study Group, student representative for the Society for Music Analysis, secretary for the Musicological Society of Australia’s Sydney chapter, and lead Early Career Researcher representative for the Centre for Nineteenth-century Studies.

Invited Talks
  • "Towards Sonata Reformation: Rethinking Nineteenth-century Form”. Sydney Music Analysis Conference, organised by Richard Cohn and David Larkin, Sydney, Australia, 17–18 July 2025.

  • “Resistance and Collaboration: Transnational Currents in Philippine Musical Responses to Japanese Occupation”. Cultural Institutions and Spectacle in Global Fascism in the 1930s, ‘40s and Beyond, organised by Amanda Hsieh and Friedemann Pestel, Tübingen, Germany, 10–11 June 2025.

  • Constellations of Music Theory in Adorno’s Philosophy”, Online Colloquium & Research Seminar at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany, 10 February 2025.

  • Breakthrough and the New Formenlehre,” Friday Lunch Talk at the Department of Music, Harvard University, Cambridge, US, 16 February 2024.

  • From Deformation to Reformation: Sonata Failure and the Analysis of 19th-century Music,” Research Seminar Series at the School of Music, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, 19 May 2022

Conferences
Scholarships and Awards
  • Northern Bridge Consortium: Doctoral Training Partnership Studentship
  • Harvard University (GSAS) – Durham University Exchange Program
  • World Universities Ramsay Postgraduate Scholarship
  • Eleanor Sophia Wood Postgraduate Research Travelling Scholarship
  • Australian Government Research Training Program Stipend Scholarship
  • University of Sydney Honours Scholarship
  • David Harold Tribe Postgraduate Research Fellowship – Symphony
  • Busby Musical Scholarship
  • Musicological Society of Australia Student Delegate Conference Paper Award – Second Prize
Professional Service
  • Formal Theory Study Group (FTSG): Chair

  •  Society for Music Analysis: Student Representative

  •  Centre for Nineteenth-century Studies (CNCS): Early Career Researcher (ECR) Lead

  •  Musicological Society of Australia, Sydney Chapter: Secretary

Research interests

  • Music Theory
  • Musical Form
  • Musicology
  • Nineteenth-century Music
  • Music Philosophy

Publications

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