Background
Toiviainen, Petri Heikki was born on November 8, 1959 in Jyväskylä, Finland. Son of Jaakko Väinö and Anne Agnes Toiviainen.
Toiviainen, Petri Heikki was born on November 8, 1959 in Jyväskylä, Finland. Son of Jaakko Väinö and Anne Agnes Toiviainen.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Jyväskylä, Finland, 1996.
Assistant professor music University Jyväskylä, 2001—2003, professor music, since 2003. Visiting professor Cornell University, 1999—2000. Advisory editor Journal of New Music Research, since 1998.
Consulting editor Music Perception, since 2002. Associate editor Musicae Scientiae, Belgium, since 2003. Director Finnish Center Excellence Interdisciplinary Research, University Jyväskylä, since 2007.
Member of European Society Cognitive Sciences Music.
Married Tuija Maarit Berg, January 1, 1983. Children: Maunu Matias, Aarni Aleksanteri, Leo Nikolai.