Eero Aarne Pekka Tarasti, is a Finnish musicologist and semiologist, currently serving as Professor of Musicology at the University of Helsinki.
Education
Studies at the 1967–1975
Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Helsinki 1978
Music studies (piano) at the Sibelius Academy, Helsinki 1967–1975
= Music =
Vienna 1972
Paris 1973 (Ecole Normale de Musique), with Jacques Février 1974-1975
= University =
Paris 1974-1975 (Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales)
Rio de Janeiro 1976 (Universidade Federal).
Career
Then, Tarasti served at the University of Jyväskylä between 1979–1984, where he was appointed Professor of Arts in 1979 and Professor of Musicology in 1983. In 1984 he took the position of Professor of Musicology in Helsinki, succeeding Erik Tawaststjerna. Tarasti has held posts as Director or President in several semiotic and musical societies and since the 1970s has written and edited numerous books encompassing a semiotic approach to music
He is the President of the International Association for Semiotic Studies (2004–current), and the Director of the International Semiotics Institute.
Eero Tarasti is married to Eila Marita Elisabet Tarasti, pianist and musicologist Finland Ph. Studies abroad = Music = University Professor of Arts, University of Jyväskylä 1979-1983 Professor of Musicology, University of Jyväskylä 1983-1984 Professor of Musicology, University of Helsinki, since 1984 Sémiotique et musicologie – Eero Tarasti, a film about the life and work of Tarasti, in French and English (4 hours), produced by Maison des Sciences de L"Homme, Paris, 2004, in the collection Entretiens.
Les archives de la recherche en sciences humaines et sociales Eero Tarasti, Humanist of the Day 28.4.2015. 375 Humanists, Faculty of Arts, University of Helsinki J. V.
Membership
Honorary Member of the Richard Wagner Society in Finland 2008.