Academic information

Free Scholar , In retirement

• Interests: Musical Traditions of Siberian and Himalayan Peoples, Analysis, Methodology, Comparative Studies, Music and Shamanism, Msuic and Ritual.
• Fieldwork: Siberia: Altai, Shoriya, Khakassiya, Tuva, Buriatiya, Irkutsk region, Khanty, Evenkiya, Sakhalin, Mongolia, Nepal.
• Projects: Current projects: Information Base "Musical Culture of Siberia"; Musical Сulture of Siberia: Sources, Research Centers and Directions; Comparative Study of Song Traditions of Turkic and Slavic Peoples of Siberia; Typology of Ritual Folklore of Altaians: Word, Music, Action; Dog - Man Relationship in NOmadic Cultures of Eurasia; Member of the Editorial Board and an Author of Academical Series "Monuments of Folklore of the Peoples of Siberia and Far East" .

ICTM information

Member of ICTM Study Group on Music of the Turkic-speaking World.

Vice-Chair of the Study Group "Music of the Turkic-Speaking World"