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He got a Ph. D. in Central Asian Literature (Uzbek and Chaghatay) from
Columbia University, 1980. He has had fellowships with many establishments
and has been awarded many times for his research work (Memorial
Foundation for Jewish Culture
2001-2002,
Littauer Foundation,
2000,
National Endowment for the Humanities,
1985-87 and 1998-99
National Endowment for the Arts,
1978-79). He collaborated (from 1978 to 2001) - either as a researcher or as
a visiting professor - with institutes such as the Jewish Music Research
Center and the
Bar Ilan
University in Jerusalem,
the Universities of New York, Pennsylvania and Princeton.
He has published scientific articles in some of the most important reviews
and journals of musical literature and musicology (Edebiyat, The Turkish
Studies Association Bulletin, The International Journal of Middle East
Studies, An Anthology of Turkish Literature, Modern Literary Uzbek), he has
given many lectures on the Ottoman literature and music, the Middle East and
Central Asian music, the Uzbek music, the Western Kazakh music, the Jewish
Traditional Music of Central Europe (Klezmer), and he has written articles
for the Encyclopedia Britannica, the
New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians
and the
Garland Encyclopaedia of World Music.
Along with the above mentioned scientific work, he went on writing two books
on the Ottoman Music: the Music of the Ottoman Court: Makam, Composition and
the Early Ottoman Instrumental Repertoire (1996) and the Ottoman Turkish
Music Anthology (2001)
He has written documentation for the CD “Fidl: Klezmer Violin” by Alicia
Svigals”.
His activities include also live performances with Khevrisa ensemble in
Ashkenaz Festival in Toronto (1999) and with David Krakauer (1999). He has
cooperated with
Andy Statman
in the album
"Jewish Klezmer Music" (1979).
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