Valentina Suzukei

Valentina Suzukei is one of the leading ethnomusicologists in the Tyva Republic (Tuva), Russia.

Education and career According to Theordore Levin, Suzukei had different aspirations as a student. While she was a "student growing up in the 1960s and early 1970s, her passion was dance.". Suzukei also "studied conducting at the Moscow Institute of Culture.". Suzukei also contributed to Theodore Levin's book on Tuvan sound, music and nomadism called, Where Rivers and Mountains Sing. In a chapter entitled 'Listening the Tuvan Way', she explains the concept of Timbral Listening.