Lasse Lehtonen

Ph.D., postdoctoral researcher, University of Helsinki (previously: the University of Tokyo)

This is the homepage of Lasse Lehtonen, a researcher and performer of Japanese music. I will probably launch a blog here in the future, but at the moment, this is basically my profile page. Why not take a look at my activities and drop me a message if you share similar interests?

Research topics and expertise

Japanese music: popular music, Western art music, video game music
Music in Japanese culture and society
Historical musicology; ethnomusicology

Japanese cultural history (premodern and modern)
Japanese society
Nationalism in Japan
History of Western music; music analysis

Photo: Matias Autio