PhD in Musicology and a degree in Art History from the UCM
Professor in the Department of Musicology at the UCM
Director the UCM research group ‘Musical Iconography and Organology’
Ruth Piquer holds a PhD in Musicology and a degree in Art History from the UCM. She is a tenured professor in the Department of Musicology at the UCM, where she teaches Ethnomusicology and Musical Iconography and Popular Music. She directs the UCM research group ‘Musical Iconography and Organology’ and is currently the principal investigator of the R&D Knowledge Generation 2023 project ‘Music Written in Images: Spaces, Gestures and Sounds (MUSEIM)’. She has participated in competitive national and regional projects on musical aesthetics and iconography. She is the author of the monograph Clasicismo moderno, neoclasicismo y retornos en el pensamiento musical español (1915-1939) (Doble J, 2010); editor of Sinergias para la vanguardia española (1898-1936) (Libargo, 2016); and co-editor of ImagenESmúsica (SEDEM, 2022) and Poéticas compartidas (Comares, 2023). She has published in national and international journals, including IASPM Journal and Music in Art, on musical iconography and connections between the visual arts and music, especially those developed in Spain in the 19th and 20th centuries, as well as on album covers and gender issues. She is a member of the IASPM Spain Board of Directors.