Holta Sina
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| Holta Sina Kilica | |
| Born | 19 September 1970 Fier, Albania |
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| Spouse | Endri Sina |
| Relatives | Vilson Kilica |
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| Alma mater | Academy of Arts, Tirana |
| Thesis | (2013) |
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| Institutions | University of Arts, Tirana |
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Holta Sina (born 19 September 1970), also known as Holta Sina Kilica, is an Albanian musicologist, academic and educator. She is an associate professor at the Faculty of Music of the University of Arts, Tirana, where she has taught musicology and musical work analysis.[1] Her research has covered Albanian music, music education, ethnomusicology, Byzantine chant and historical musical manuscripts.[1][2]
Sina has worked in Albanian higher music education and research since the 1990s. Her publications include the monograph Kodikët ekfonetikë të Shqipërisë, published by the Academy of Sciences of Albania, and the book Opera: Concept and Structure.[1][2] She is also co-author, with Zana Shuteriqi-Prela, of 60 Years of the Faculty of Music at the University of Arts (1962–2022).[1]
Education
[edit]Sina studied musicology at the Faculty of Music of the Academy of Arts in Tirana, now the University of Arts, Tirana, from 1990 to 1994 in the class of Albert Paparisto. She completed her degree under the supervision of Sokol Shupo in 1994.[1]
She later completed postgraduate studies and a master's degree in musicology at the Academy of Arts under the supervision of Fatmir Hysi in 2006. In 2013, she defended her doctorate at the Albanian Institute of Studies, now part of the Academy of Albanological Studies, under the supervision of Shaban Sinani.[1]
Research career
[edit]From 1994 to 2000, Sina worked as a scientific researcher in the Department of Ethnomusicology and Ethnochoreography at the Institute of Folk Culture under the Academy of Sciences of Albania.[1] In 1998, she specialised as head of the Ethnomusicological Archive of the Institute of Folk Culture at the Phonogrammarchiv in Vienna under the direction of Dietrich Schüller.[1]
Her early research activity included work connected with the 1995 National Folklore Festival in Berat, where she served as a member of the scientific committee for the selection of folk music groups as an ethnomusicologist. She also participated in scientific expeditions organised by the Institute of Folk Culture in Himara in 1995 and Durrës in 1999, including research among Kosovar refugees displaced during the Kosovo War.[1]
Sina has participated in national and international conferences, symposiums and scientific panels in Albania and abroad. Her academic work has appeared in journals and media in Albania, Italy, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Kosovo, Romania and the United Kingdom.[1]
University of Arts
[edit]Since 2002, Sina has been a full-time lecturer in musical work analysis and musicology in bachelor and master programmes at the University of Arts in Tirana.[1] She received the title of Docent at the Faculty of Music in 2011 and the title of associate professor in 2023.[1]
Her teaching has included musicology, analysis of musical forms and music education. The University of Arts register of doctoral topics lists her as supervisor of a doctoral project on music and national identity, focused on the role of rock, popular and patriotic music in shaping Albanian national identity in Kosovo from the 1980s onward.[3]
She has served as a member of the Doctoral Commission and its subcommittees at the University of Arts, and as a member of the organising committee and editorial board of the International Conference on Arts and Education in 2025.[1][4] The conference agenda listed her as Associate Professor Doctor at the Faculty of Music of the University of Arts and as a member of the editorial board.[4]
The biographical note published by the Journal of Music Theory and Transcultural Music Studies identifies her as head of the Musicology Department, or chair of the subject group, in the Faculty of Music at the University of Arts.[1]
Publications and research interests
[edit]Sina's research interests include Albanian music, music education, musical forms, folk song, Byzantine chant and musicological manuscripts.[1][2]
Her 2019 study Kodikët ekfonetikë të Shqipërisë was published by the Academy of Sciences of Albania. The book examines ancient musicological manuscripts of Christian liturgy preserved in Albanian archives, particularly Byzantine musical manuscripts from Fund 488 of the Central State Archive of Albania. According to a report on the publication, the study places the manuscripts in chronological and typological order and compares several musicological codices from Berat and Vlorë.[2]
In 2025, the Academy of Sciences of Albania listed Sina among the participants of the national scientific conference "Muzika shqiptare si krijimtari, interpretim, muzikologji dhe edukim artistik" ("Albanian Music as Creation, Interpretation, Musicology and Artistic Education").[5] A conference proceedings volume included her paper on music education and its role in citizenship and the preservation of national values and identity.[6]
Music criticism and public writing
[edit]Sina has also written music criticism and cultural commentary in Albanian media. In 2022, Gazeta Telegraf published her article on an in memoriam meeting held at the Faculty of Music of the University of Arts during the 60th anniversary of the institution.[7] She has also written on concerts and works by Albanian composers, including Haig Zacharian and Endri Sina.[8][9]
Selected publications
[edit]- Music 5 – textbook for nine-year schools, co-authored with Elira Aliaj, Ministry of Education and Science, 2007[1]
- Opera: Concept and Structure, Express Print, Tirana, 2016[1]
- Kodikët ekfonetikë të Shqipërisë, Academy of Sciences of Albania, 2019[1][2]
- 60 Years of the Faculty of Music at the University of Arts (1962–2022), co-authored with Zana Shuteriqi-Prela, Naimi, 2024[1]
- "A perspective on our folk song and Byzantine Chant in the historical context of their development: Some aspects at the meeting point", Journal of Music Theory and Transcultural Music Studies, 2025[1]
- "An analysis of Avni Mula in terms of his contributions to Albanian music", Journal of Kosovo Music and Culture, 2025[10]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Sina, Holta (2025). "A perspective on our folk song and Byzantine Chant in the historical context of their development: Some aspects at the meeting point". Journal of Music Theory and Transcultural Music Studies. 3 (1). Retrieved 24 June 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Akademia e Shkencave boton studimin për dorëshkrimet e lashta muzikologjike të liturgjisë së krishtere – "Kodikët ekfonetikë të Shqipërisë" me autore Holta Sina Kilica". Shqipëria.com (in Albanian). 3 May 2021. Retrieved 24 June 2026.
- ↑ "Regjistri i Temave – Doktoratura FM". Universiteti i Arteve (in Albanian). Retrieved 24 June 2026.
- 1 2 "International Conference on Arts and Education 2025 – Agenda" (PDF). University of Arts, Tirana. 2025. Retrieved 24 June 2026.
- ↑ "Mbylli me sukses punimet konferenca shkencore mbarëkombëtare "Muzika shqiptare si krijimtari, interpretim, muzikologji dhe edukim artistik"". Akademia e Shkencave e Shqipërisë (in Albanian). 31 October 2025. Retrieved 24 June 2026.
- ↑ "Muzika shqiptare si krijimtari, interpretim, muzikologji dhe edukim artistik – Aktet e konferencës" (PDF). Akademia e Shkencave e Shqipërisë (in Albanian). 2026. Retrieved 24 June 2026.
- ↑ "Dr. Holta SINA Kilica: në 60-vjetorin e Fakultetit të Muzikës në Universitetin e Arteve". Gazeta Telegraf (in Albanian). 11 June 2022. Retrieved 24 June 2026.
- ↑ "Dr. Holta Sina Kilica: "Tingujt e ngrohtë" të Haig Zacharian-it". Gazeta Telegraf (in Albanian). 15 May 2022. Retrieved 24 June 2026.
- ↑ "Okteti i violave në hollin e UART". Universiteti i Arteve (in Albanian). Retrieved 24 June 2026.
- ↑ Sina, Holta K. (2025). "An analysis of Avni Mula in terms of his contributions to Albanian music". Journal of Kosovo Music and Culture. 1 (1): 21–24. Retrieved 24 June 2026.