Post Tagged with: "Azerbaijan"
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“They Took the Heart of Mugham!”
“They Took the Heart of Mugham!” Azerbaijani Musicians Finding Authenticity in Iranian Traditions by Polina Dessiatnitchenko The performance is remarkable for many reasons. On the centerstage of the Mugham Center in Baku, Azerbaijan, singer Fergana Gasimova is sitting cross-legged, and as she sings, her body sways sideways, her eyes close in ecstasy, her arms thrust upward, and her head moves poignantly to the well-defined poetical meters. Instead of the usual Azerbaijani instruments, […]
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Neva Mugham in post-Soviet Azerbaijan
The many meanings of Neva Mugham in post-Soviet Azerbaijan by Polina Dessiatnitchenko: Azerbaijani_Nava.pdf
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New article by Polina Dessiatnitchenko
The Voice of Azerbaijan: Experiencing Recordings of Hajibaba Huseynov and post-Soviet Muslim Musical IdentitiesPolina Dessiatnitchenko’s article has been published in the Yale Journal of Music & Religion’s special issue titled “Sacred Recitation and Ritual in Digital Worlds.” Her article is focused on the Azerbaijani mugham singer Hajibaba Huseynov and how his legacy continues to create transnational communities, connecting Azerbaijanis astride the Aras River. The article is free to read and […]
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Project Strands
MAQĀM BEYOND NATION is designed in the form of six interlinked research strands based in different contact zones across the maqām world. Strand 1: Maqām across the Soviet-Chinese divide Rachel Harris, Giovanni De Zorzi, Mukaddas Mijit This strand aims at “unbordering” Central Asian maqām repertoires across the former Soviet-Chinese divide. It focuses on repertoires canonised in the twentieth century as the separate Uzbek and Tajik Shashmaqām, and the Uyghur Twelve […]