Classical music of Uzbekistan

The music that made the current Uzbekistan has a very long and rich record. Shasmaqam, a Central Asian classical music pattern, is assumed to have risen in the cities of Bukhara and Samarqand in the late 16^th century. The word shashmaqam means as six maqams and means to the structure of music with six parts in diverse musical modes, similar to classical Persian folk music. Breaks of spoken Sufi poetry interrupt the music, usually beginning at a low tone and later increase to the peak before calming back down to the starting tone.

source of picture: www.akdn.org

After the Turkestan became part of the tsarist Russian during in the 19^th century, the first moves were taken to record national songs of Turkestan. Russian artists assisted preserved songs by brining musical notation in the area.

At the 50s, Uzbek traditional music became less renowned, and the genres was banned from radio channels by the Soviets. They did not completely dispel the music. Though restriction, traditional musical grouped remained to play their music in their own methods and extend it individually.

After the Uzbekistan attained independence from the USSR during in the early 90s public interest renewed folk Uzbek music. Today’s Uzbek television and radio channels constantly play the traditional music of the country.

The people’s musician of Uzbekistan Turgun Alimatov is seen by broad musical public and ethnomusicologists as the initial virtuoso of Shashmaqam, Uzbek classical and legends composer and professional tanbur, dutar and sato player. He has attained big fame not only in the Uzbekistan, but also around the world with his supreme mastery in his acts and works. His extreme popular works include the following such as Chorgoh, Tanovar, Buzruk, Segah and Navo. His picture is connected with the national pride and has been presented as the sign of Uzbek classical music to the world.

Another popular Uzbek composer is known as Mukhammadjon Mirzayev. His very popular works include the following such as Sarvinoz Bahor valsi, and Bahor valsi (Spring Waltz) is played on Uzbek television and radio stations every coil.

Recently Sherali Jo’rayev is possibly the most popular and powerful singer of the traditional Uzbek music in Uzbekistan. Though, he has declined out for the favor with the Uzbek authority and the latter has restricted his acts on all Uzbek TV stations as well as his public acts since 2002. But he still performs during wedding parties in Uzbek and some other countries to popular recommended.

In the current years, singers such as Yulduz Usmonova and Sevara Nazarkhan have introduced Uzbek music to global spectators by combing the folk songs with the current beats and instrumentation. In the late 2000s, Ozodbek Nazarbekov appeared as a current renowned singer who combines current music with rudiments of the traditional Uzbek music.