THE LIVING COMPOSERS PROJECT  

Jakhongir Shukurov

(b. 1981, Bukhara).

Uzbek composer of stage, orchestral, chamber, and vocal works that have been performed in Asia.

Mr. Shukurov studied composition with Dilorom Amanullayeva at the Uspensky Academic Lyceum in Tashkent from 1994–98. He then studied composition with Felix Yanov-Yanovsky at the State Conservatory of Uzbekistan in Tashkent from 1998–2002 and conducting with Eldar Azimov there from 1998–2003, where he earned his BMus in composition and his BMus in conducting.

Among his honours are two prizes in the competition of the Uzbek Composers Union (Second Prize, 2000, for Marcia; Second Prize, 2001, for TafavutDifference) and First Prize in a competition for undergraduate students in Uzbekistan (2003, for the incidental music to Said's Adventures).

CONTACT INFORMATION

E-mail address: internets1@yandex.ru

COMPLETE LIST OF WORKS

STAGE:

Bodas de sangre (incidental music, play by Federico García Lorca), 2002

Said's Adventures (incidental music, play by Wilhelm Hauff), 2003

ORCHESTRAL:

Poem, ney (flute from the Middle East), tanbur (lute from the Middle East), 3 percussion, string orchestra, 1999

Concerto for Orchestra, 2002

CHAMBER MUSIC:

Étude, flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, piano, marimba, 1999

Piece, cello, piano, 1999

Two Pieces, violin, 1999

Music for Chang and String Quartet, chang (hammered dulcimer from Central Asia), string quartet, 2003

Music for Chamber Ensemble, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion, 2003

VOCAL:

Marcia (text by the composer), mezzo-soprano, clarinet, violin, cello, percussion, fixed media, 2000

Tafavut (text by Alisher Navoy), soprano, oud (lute from the Middle East), 4 violas, 4 cellos, double bass, 2001