Analía Capponi-Savolainen (M.Mus., Lic.Mus., DMus.) is an Argentinian-Finnish classical singer, vocal pedagogue, music educator, and researcher. She graduated as a doctor of music from the University of the Arts Helsinki, Sibelius Academy, with a dissertation on children's singing ecologies, which explores the meanings of singing in children's lives from an interdisciplinary perspective. Her dissertation, titled "Children’s singing ecologies in culturally diversifying Finnish schools and society, " can be found here https://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-952-329-380-9. Her work was part of the ArtsEqual research initiative (2015–2021), coordinated by the University of the Arts Helsinki and funded by the Strategic Council of the Research Council of Finland. She has presented the findings of her doctoral research at national and international conferences on music education, education policy, and early childhood, for academic and professional audiences. She is currently focused on her postdoctoral project. Her current research networks include the European Union-funded project COST Action CIRCUL’ARTs (Critical Pedagogies, Inclusive Art Forms, and Urban Sustainability), WG Plural schooling and critical pedagogies.
Analía has taught at all levels of education. In Argentina, she taught Classical Singing, Didactics of Music, Teaching in Practice and Music Perception in higher education institutions, as well as music education in schools and in preschool. As voice teacher, founder, and director of her own private music school in Argentina, she taught singing to young children, youth and adults and produced numerous student concerts and opera productions. In Finland, alongside her studies at Sibelius Academy, Analía founded a vibrant and culturally diverse singing studio in the capital region, where she currently teaches students of all ages.
Analía is a specialist in children’s singing pedagogy and the Suzuki approach, and delivers Suzuki teacher education courses in Finland and abroad. She has conducted teacher development courses for voice teachers in Argentina, Mexico, Italy, Australia, and Finland. As a classical singer, she focuses on art song, particularly in vocal music from Latin America and Spain, and currently performs with the voice-piano duo Capponi-Merikanto. She has conducted masterclasses on Latin American and Spanish art songs both in Finnish music institutes and private settings.