Juha Matti Henriksson

Born February 5, 1963, Helsinki

Master of Science (Engineering Physics), Helsinki University of Technology
Master of Arts 1995 and PhD 1998 (Musicology), University of Helsinki

Director 1998, Music Archive JAPA (former Finnish Jazz & Pop Archive)
Part-time teacher, 1995–, Department of Musicology, University of Helsinki
Secretary of the Finnish Society for Ethnomusicology 1995–97
Programmer and ADP designer 1984–1989
Systems architect 1990–92, Siemens Nixdorf

Member of the National Digital Library archive-sector steering group 2015–
Member of the executive committee for the project Training for Audiovisual Preservation in Europe 2004–08
Member of the executive committee of the digitisation project for nationally significant audio recordings.
Member of the doctoral school for folk and popular music 2003–08
Board member 2002-04, the Finnish Popular Music Museum
Chairman of the Finnish Society for Ethnomusicology 1998–2000
Board member of the Finnish Musicological Society 1999–2000
Board member of the Global Music Centre 1998–2000

Awards
The Kullervo Linna Foundation’s Ilpo Hakasalo prize for the promotion of popular music

Photo: Tero Juutilainen
Written by Tero Juutilainen
Translated by Matthew Billington

My best memory from the University of Helsinki

My best memory is when I walked in the door of the Department of Musicology. All of a sudden, there were no right answers and wrong answers but something in between. No longer was there a need for black-and-white thinking. That was delightful.

The most important thing in my studies was not so much the knowledge part but the people at the university. Of course there were good classes and good lecturers, but you can catch up with the knowledge later on, you can't catch up on people.

In Musicology, there was a certain camaraderie between students and teachers. We were all on the same side, as it were. That was very nice, especially after I changed over to the teacher side. My studies also led to me meeting my wife, which is the most important thing to have ever happened in my life.

By Written by Tero Juutilainen, translated by Tero Heikkinen, revised by Matthew Billington

Juha Matti Henriksson

Born February 5, 1963, Helsinki

Master of Science (Engineering Physics), Helsinki University of Technology
Master of Arts 1995 and PhD 1998 (Musicology), University of Helsinki

Awards
The Kullervo Linna Foundation’s Ilpo Hakasalo prize for the promotion of popular music

Photo: Tero Juutilainen
Written by Tero Juutilainen
Translated by Matthew Billington