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Razia Sultanova (Cyrillic: Разия Султанова) is an Uzbek ethnomusicologist, dutar performer and cultural anthropologist at Cambridge Muslim College.[1] She specialises in the study of Central Asian music in its social and cultural contexts.[2]

Early life and education

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Sultanova is Uzbek with partial Tatar heritage.[citation needed] Her family originates from Andijan.[3] She was born in Vladivostok, Primorsky Krai, Soviet Russia, and grew up in Uzbekistan's Ferghana Valley, where she witnessed many forms of traditional music and rituals from a young age. Upon graduating from the Tashkent State Conservatory, she completed her PhD at the Moscow State Conservatory,[4] where she was awarded the position of Visiting Professor. During her postgraduate work at the Moscow Arts Study Institute, Sultanova developed theory of music relating to the centuries-old Central Asian court music culture of Shashmaqam, resulting in her monograph on Rhythm of Shashmaqam (1988).[citation needed]

Career

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Sultanova has worked in musicology since the 1980s. She is best known for her work in the fields of religious belief and cultural heritage of Central Asian music and dance, in its theoretical and methodical approaches, with particular focus on the role of women.[citation needed] As an Uzbek woman, she is more easily able to access the private quarters of Islamic households across Central Asia,[3] and her professional relationships with local performers, instrument makers and musicians across the region help her remain up to date on music in the region.[citation needed]

In 1993, Sultanova received a grant to transcribe Uzbek folk songs at the University of Bamberg in Germany. The songs, from Northern Afghanistan, had been recorded in the late 1970s by Dr. Ingeborg Baldauf. Sultanova also began working on musical analysis of the songs, which had not previously been done. She has cited this project as speaking her interest in Afghan music.[5]

Following her editorial roles at the Union of the Soviet Composers and the Russian Institute of Arts Studies in Moscow, Sultanova moved to UK in 1994, where she has worked at the University of London and since 2008, at Cambridge Muslim College.[6] From 2004-2006, she taught the course Gender and Music, which she had also designed, at SOAS, University of London.[5] In 2005, she launched a course on the music of Central Asia.[7]

Sultanova has been a Research Fellow at Goldsmith's College and at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) at the University of London. She is currently a Visiting Professor at Charles University (Prague, Czech Republic), Khoja Ahmet Yassawi Kazakh-Turkish University (Turkistan, Kazakhstan), and the Kazakh National University of Arts (Nur-Sultan).[citation needed]

In 2016, she organized a conference on the duty, held at the Royal Anthropological Institure in London.[8]

Sultanova has held the post of Vice President of the International Council for Traditional Music from 2015-2019, during which she co-chaired the 43rd ICTM World Conference in Astana (Kazakhstan) with over 600 participants from 70 countries.[9] In 2006, she founded the ICTM study group on Music of the Turkic-Speaking World, at SOAS, University of London, which she chaired until 2019.[10] She currently chairs the ICTM's study group on Global History of Music.[11]

Her work over the years has been enabled by more than twenty grants and fellowships at the CCIA, AHRC, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Société Française d'ethnomusicologie, Institut Français d'Etudes sur l'Asie Centrale, the British Council and the British Academy, among others.[citation needed]

Public relations

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Razia Sultanova has been at the forefront of introducing and raising profile of traditional Central Asian music among international audiences through her lectures and talks,[12][13] dutar performances, TV and radio programmes and interviews,[14][15] as well as books, recordings and collaborations. One such collaboration with Peter Wiegold took place at the BBC Proms in 2007,[16] where Sultanova secured UK's first public appearance for a group of Karnay musicians from Tashkent, performing alongside The Coldstream Guards and other groups of European brass instruments. She has also organised numerous concerts and workshops showcasing traditional Uzbek music and renowned Uzbek musicians at academic institutions and cultural venues in the UK and across the world.[citation needed]

Music conservation

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Sultanova has worked with music heritage conservation. In 2002, Sultanova assisted Margaret Birley at the Horniman Museum with procuring a collection of more than 100 Central Asian musical instruments, recording accompanying videos of instrument-making and rituals for a collection entitled "The Rhythms of Life",[17] where it remains exhibited as part of the extensive World instrument collection, educating generations of visitors of all ages about the music of Central Asia.[citation needed]

Writing

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In 2019, Sultanova was tasked with collating and editing an encyclopaedia entitled Islam & Music of the Turkic Speaking World,[18] in a project supported by Cambridge Muslim College.[19]

Her most recent book, Afghanistan Dispossessed - Women, Culture and the Taliban (2023), is a result of her archival research around the globe and her fieldwork trip to Afghanistan during times of political upheaval, shedding light on the plight of musicians and women under the Taliban rule.

Sultanova has been a guest editor for the journal Yearbook for Traditional Music.[20]

Selected publications

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Books

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  • Sultanova, Razia (2011). From Shamanism to Sufism: Women, Islam and Culture in Central Asia. London, New York: I.B. Tauris. ISBN 978-0-85773-182-1.[21][22][23][24]
  • Sultanova, Razia (2023). Afghanistan Dispossessed: Women, Culture and the Taliban (1st ed.). New York: Pen and Sword Books. ISBN 978-1-3990-6026-4.[5]

As editor

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Chapters

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  • Levin, Theodore; Sultanova, Razia (2008). "The Classical Music of Uzbeks and Tajiks". In Koskoff, Ellen (ed.). The Concise Garland Encyclopedia of World Music. Routledge. pp. 899–903. ISBN 978-0-415-99403-3.
  • Sultanova, Razia (2021). ""Let me take your pain away": Female shamanism in a Central Asian soundscape". In Torri, Davide; Roche, Sophie (eds.). The Shamaness in Asia. London, New York: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-429-31980-8.
  • Sultanova, Razia (2023). "Becoming Family: A Female Ethnomusicologist Contemplates Fieldwork in Central Asia". In Stock, Jonathan; Diamond, Beverley (eds.). The Routledge Companion to Ethics and Research in Ethnomusicology. Routledge Music Companions. New York, London: Routledge. ISBN 978-1-003-04390-4.

Articles

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Music annotations, recordings, and translations

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  • Luman Seidjalilov: Legend of Crimean Tatar Music (2004), Ethnic Series, Pan Records[29]
  • In the Shrine of the Heart: Popular Classics from Bukhara and Beyond (2010) Music of Central Asia 7, Smithsonian Folkways[30]
  • Music of the Uzbeks of Northern Afghanistan (2013)[31]

References

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  1. ^ "Razia Sultanova - Academic profile and mentions of scientific works". Cambridge Academia.
  2. ^ "Razia Sultanova - Biography". Royal Anthropological Institute. 26 January 2024.
  3. ^ a b Zhusupzhan, Zhanyl (2011-12-16). "Центральная Азия: Женщины-суфи еще не перевелись" [Central Asia: Sufi Women Still Live]. Radio Azattyk (Kyrgyz Service of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty) (in Russian). Retrieved 2024-12-04.
  4. ^ ""Shomoniylikdan so'fiylikkacha" kitobi muallifi Roziya Sultonova savollaringizga javob beradi" [Roziya Sultanova, author of the book "From Shamanism to Sufism", answers your questions]. BBC News O'zbek (in Uzbek (Cyrillic script)). 2011-02-07. Retrieved 2024-12-04.
  5. ^ a b c "Interview with Razia Sultanova". Voices of Central Asia. 2022-11-14.
  6. ^ Team, Comms (2021-04-01). "Islam & Music | Cambridge Muslim College". Retrieved 2024-12-02.
  7. ^ "БОРБОР АЗИЯ ЭЛДЕРИНИН МУЗЫКАЛЫК МУРАСТАРЫ БАТЫШТА КЫЗЫГУУ ЖАРАТАТ" [The Musical Heritage of Central Asia is Arousing Interest in the West]. Radio Azattyk (Kyrgyz Service of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty) (in Kyrgyz). 2005-02-03. Retrieved 2024-12-04.
  8. ^ "Londonda anjuman: O'zbek madaniyatida dutor va ayol ijrochilar o'rni" [Conference in London: The role of the dutar and female performers in Uzbek culture]. BBC News O'zbek (in Uzbek (Latin script)). 2016-04-09. Retrieved 2024-12-04.
  9. ^ "43rd ICTM World Conference, 16-22 July 2015, Astana, Kazakhstan". International Council for Traditions of Music and Dance. Retrieved 2024-12-02.
  10. ^ "ICTMD Study Group on Music and Dance in the Turkic World". International Council for Traditions of Music and Dance.
  11. ^ "ICTMD Study Group on Global History of Music and Dance". International Council for Traditions of Music and Dance. Retrieved 2024-12-02.
  12. ^ "Woman's Journey in Afghan Music Study: Fieldwork in a Burka". The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music. Retrieved 2024-12-02.
  13. ^ "A Talk by Dr. Razia Sultanova – Yunus Emre Institute London". 2019-11-27. Retrieved 2024-12-02.
  14. ^ "BBC Radio 3 - Sunday Feature, Searching for the Songs of Bukhara". BBC. Retrieved 2024-12-02.
  15. ^ "Interview with Razia Sultanova, 3rd March 2020". Janyl Jusupjan.
  16. ^ "Prom 21 - Brass Day". BBC Music Events. Retrieved 2024-12-02.
  17. ^ "Music Gallery".
  18. ^ "The Encyclopaedia of Music Realities of Turkic-Speaking Peoples". International Council for Traditions of Music and Dance. Retrieved 2024-12-02.
  19. ^ "Razia Sultanova - Biography and Islam and the Music of the Turkic speaking world". Cambridge Muslim College. April 2021.
  20. ^ Sultanova, Razia; Rice, Timothy (January 2016). "Guest Editors' Preface". Yearbook for Traditional Music. 48: xi. doi:10.5921/yeartradmusi.48.2016.00xi. ISSN 0740-1558.
  21. ^ Wolf, Richard K. (2015). "Razia Sultanova, From Shamanism to Sufism: Women, Islam and Culture in Central Asia". Asian Ethnology. 74 (1): 225–228. doi:10.18874/ae.74.1.14 (inactive 2 December 2024).{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of December 2024 (link)
  22. ^ Ibbotson, Sophie (2012-07-01). "From Shamanism to Sufism: Women, Islam and Culture in Central Asia". Asian Affairs. 43 (2): 308–309. doi:10.1080/03068374.2012.682719. ISSN 0306-8374.
  23. ^ Weller, R. Charles (2023-04-30). 'Pre-Islamic Survivals' in Muslim Central Asia: Tsarist, Soviet and Post-Soviet Ethnography in World Historical Perspective. Springer Nature. pp. 164–165. ISBN 978-981-19-5697-3.
  24. ^ Mukaddas Mijit (2012). "From Shamanism to Sufism: Women, Islam and Culture in Central Asia by Razia Sultanova". Cahiers d'ethnomusicologie. 25: 273–276. JSTOR 23621624.
  25. ^ Pegg, Carole (2011-04-01). "Sacred Knowledge: Schools or Revelation? Master–Apprentice System of Oral Transmission in the Music of the Turkic Speaking World". Ethnomusicology Forum. 20 (1): 107–109. doi:10.1080/17411912.2011.560045. ISSN 1741-1912.
  26. ^ Rouland, Michael (December 2011). "Book review". Central Asian Survey. 30 (3–4): 589–590. doi:10.1080/02634937.2011.603254. ISSN 0263-4937.
  27. ^ Dudoignon, Stéphane A. (2021-10-11). Central Eurasian Reader. Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. pp. 482–483. ISBN 978-3-11-240039-5.
  28. ^ Hijleh, Mark (2018-12-07). Towards a Global Music History: Intercultural Convergence, Fusion, and Transformation in the Human Musical Story. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-351-61380-4.
  29. ^ Macrae, Craig (January 2006). "Luman Seidjalilov: Legend of Crimean Tatar Music. 2004. Ethnic Series. Pan Records PAN 2076. Recorded by Razia Sultanova and Jean During. Annotated by Razia Sultanova. 11 pp. of notes in English. 2 colour, 2 b/w photographs. 5-item bibliography. 1 compact disc, 14 tracks (74:28)". Yearbook for Traditional Music. 38: 160. doi:10.1017/S0740155800011863. ISSN 0740-1558.
  30. ^ Wolf, Richard (January 2013). "In the Shrine of the Heart: Popular Classics from Bukhara and Beyond. 2010. Music of Central Asia, 7. Smithsonian Folkways Recordings SFW CD 40526". Yearbook for Traditional Music. 45: 275–277. ISSN 0740-1558. JSTOR 10.5921/yeartradmusi.45.2013.0275.
  31. ^ Sakata, Hiromi Lorraine (January 2015). "Music of the Uzbeks of Northern Afghanistan. 2013. Directed by Razia Sultanova and Usman Tufail. In Uzbek with English subtitles. 35 minutes. Colour, DVD. Sponsored by the British Council. To obtain a copy, contact Razia Sultanova (rs588@cam.ac.uk)". Yearbook for Traditional Music. 47: 232–233. doi:10.5921/yeartradmusi.47.2015.0232. ISSN 0740-1558.
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