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"; Member of the Editorial Board and an Author of academic series "Monuments of Folklore of the Peoples of Siberia and Far East"; Conducting Archive "Eurasia" Romano Mastromattei.

ICTM information

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

Vice-Chair of the Study Group "Music an Dance in the Turkic World"