Irina Pchelovodova (PhD hab) is an ethnomusicologist and a research associate at the Udmurt Institute for Research in History, Language and Literature (UdmFITs UrO RAN). She is interested in Udmurt folk music, folk song and folk instruments. She teaches at the University and at the Music college; she is the leader of the folklore and ethnographic musical group Chipchirgan.

e-mail: orimush@mail.ru