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Kuliev, Ashir (b. December 21, 1918, Keshi – d. August 11, 2000, Ashgabat). Turkmen composer of mostly stage, orchestral, choral, and vocal works that have been performed in Asia and Europe.
Mr. Kuliev studied dutar (2-string lute) and uchtar (3-string lute) with Purly Sariev and Mylly Tachmuradov, as well as piano with Maria M. Heraskina, at the State College of the Arts in Ashgabat from 1933-35. He then studied composition with Grigory Litinsky and Boris Shekhter at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow from 1935-41, where he later studied composition with Yury Shaporin from 1944-49.
Among his many honors are the Medal for Heroic Labor in World War II from the government of Russia (1945), the Medal for Creative Heroism from the government of Russia (1947) and the Order of the Breastplate of Honor from the government of Russia (1950). More recent honors include the Makhtumkuli State Prize from the government of Turkmenistan (1968), the Order of the People's Friendship from the government of Russia (1978) and the Medal for Veteran of Labor from the government of Russia (1980). He was also named a National Artist of Turkmenistan (1980).
He taught composition and music theory at the Dangatar Ovezov State College of Music in Ashgabat from 1941-44 and 1950-90 and the same subjects at the State Conservatory of Turkmenistan in Ashgabat from 1990-2000.
CONTACT INFORMATION
E-mail address (c/o musicologist Gulya Yangibayeva): yang@rambler.ru
SELECT LIST OF WORKS
STAGE: Yusup and Akhmed (4 act opera, libretto by A. Kurbanov, A. Minnikh), 1942 (collaboration with Boris Shekhter); Abadan (4 act opera, libretto by Berdy Kerbabayev), 1943 (collaboration with Yuly Meytus); The Heart is Found in the Desert (3 act ballet, scenario by K. Niyazov), 1974
ORCHESTRAL: Magnificent Overture, 1939; Holiday Overture, 1944; Turkmenistan (suite), 1944; Makhtumkuli (symphonic poem), 1948; Overture on Two Turkmen Folksongs, Turkmen folk orchestra, 1952; The Sunny Land (symphonic poem), large orchestra, 1955; Concerto, violin, large orchestra, 1962; Flourish, Native Turkmenistan, Turkmen folk orchestra, 1974; The Shine of White Gold: Cotton, Turkmen folk orchestra, 1976; Happiness (suite), Turkmen folk orchestra, 1978; Melodies from the Cotton Fields (rhapsody), Turkmen folk orchestra, 1980
CHAMBER MUSIC: Poem, violin, piano, 1941; Suite, violin, piano, 1945
CHORAL: Salam (cantata, texts by various Turkmen poets), mixed chorus, orchestra, 1941; Kurban-Durdy (cantata, text by D. Agamamedov), mixed chorus, orchestra, 1942; Turkmenistan (cantata, text by K. Seytliev), mixed chorus, orchestra, 1949; Karakum-Derya (cantata, text by B. Japarov), mixed chorus, large orchestra, 1969
VOCAL: Pagta – Cotton (text by Berdy Kerbabayev), voice, piano, 1935; Tupan – Storm (text by Aleksandr Pushkin), voice, piano, 1937; Yazym – My Spring (text by D. Agamamedov), voice, piano, 1944; Gozel sen – Pretty Woman (text by Makhtumkuli), voice, piano, 1948; Vatan – Homeland (text by B. Japarov), voice, piano, 1970
PIANO: Sonata, 1946
DIDACTIC MUSIC: Suite for Children, piano, 1937
(Last updated on January 13, 2004)
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