Publications

“The Pearl of Muğam Philosophy: Qəzəl Poetry and Musical Hermeneutics in Independent Azerbaijan.” Ethnomusicology 66(1): 81-105. April 2022

“Affective Hermeneutics: Love, Mugham and Post-Soviet Azerbaijani Subjectivities.” Asian Music 53(1): 5-33. March 2022

“Phenomenology of Segah Mugham Creativity on the Tar.” In Trends in World Music Analysis. Lawrence Beaumont Shuster, Somangshu Mukherji, Noe Dinnerstein, eds., Pp. 1-17. London: Routledge. (invited chapter) February 2022

“A Nation of Lovers: Mugham, Karabakh, and National Identities in Azerbaijan.” In Eastern Countries International Academy of Architecture 21(2): 192-203. November 2021

“‘An Elder in Punk Clothes’: Purged Frets and Finding True Mugham in Post-Soviet Azerbaijan.” In Ethnomusicology Forum 27 (2): 136-56. November 2018

“National Consciousness in pre-Soviet Azerbaijan and the Development of Mugham.” In Problems of Arts and Culture, International Scientific Journal 65 (3): 36-49. (invited article) November 2018

“Pre-Soviet Shusha and Baku: The Creation of the Azerbaijani Tar.” In Traditions of Mugham at the Intersection of Science and Art. E. Salamzade, ed., Pp. 224
“Rendering Musically the Form, Meters, and Meanings of Ghazal Poetry In Azerbaijani Shur Mugham.” In Azerbaijan Mugham Studies: Problems, Perspectives. S. Farxadova, ed., Pp. 185-94. Baku: Taknur. September 2015

“Exploring Intersections of the Historical, Musical, and Poetical Journeys of Azerbaijani Mugham.” In Musiqi Dunyasi: Azerbaijan Beynalxalq Elmi Musiqi Jurnali (World of Music: International Scientific Music Journal of Azerbaijan), Vol.4 (61): 35-41. December 2014

Recording review of “Mugham Souls, Traditional Music of Modern Azerbaijan.” In The World of Music (new series) 8 (1): 138-40. (invited review) June 2019

Book review of Aida Huseynova’s “Music of Azerbaijan: from Mugham to Opera.” In Fontes Artis Musicae, Vol.63 (4): 317-19. December 2016