Music in the Caucasus

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Ramzan Kadyrov dancing a lezginka after voting in Russian parliamentary elections in 2007. Photo: RIA Novosti

Kadyrov says restrictions to music tempo were ‘just recommendations’

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Chechen Head Ramzan Kadyrov has clarified that recent requirements for the speed of musical compositions were only intended to be ‘recommendations’ for performers of traditional Chechen music. Chechnya’s Culture Minister Musa Dadaev announced earlier this month that Kadyrov had instructed him to ban all music that is slower than 80 beats per minute and faster (bpm) than 116 bpm. At the time, it was unclear what music the guidelines would affect or when they would come into effect. Kadyrov

Culture Minister Musa Dadaev at a meeting with Chechen artist. Photo: Chechen Ministry of Culture

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Podcast | Is Chechnya banning lezginka?

by OC Media

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Chechnya’s Culture Ministry said earlier this month that the Russian republic would issue restrictions on music slower than 80 bpm and faster than 116 bpm. At the time, the ministry stated that the Chechen Head Ramzan Kadyrov had instructed them to introduce the restrictions, however, last week, Kadyrov said that the restrictions were meant to be ‘recommendations’ for performers and composers of folk music in Chechnya. This week, OC Media’s Luiza Mchedlishvili talks about

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Chechnya bans ‘fast and slow’ music

by Luiza Mchedlishvili

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Chechnya’s Ministry of Culture has issued a decree banning all music that is slower than 80 bpm and faster than 116 bpm. On 3 April, Chechnya’s Ministry of Culture stated that Culture Minister Musa Dadaev decided to introduce these restrictions on Chechen Head Ramzan Kadyrov’s behalf in a meeting with Chechen artists in Grozny. ‘From now on all musical, vocal, and choreographic works must correspond to a tempo of 80 to 116 beats per minute’, stated the Russian republic’s Ministry of Culture,