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Shukurov, Jakhongir (b. 1981, Bukhara). Uzbek composer of stage, orchestral, chamber, and vocal works that have been performed in Central Asia; he is also active as a conductor.
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 at the same school from 1998-2003, where he earned individual BMus degrees in composition and conducting.
Among his honors are two Second prizes in the competition of the Uzbek Composers Union (2000, for Marcia; 2001, for Tafavut – Difference) and First Prize in a competition for undergraduate students of Uzbekistan (2003, for the incidental music to Said's Adventures). He has also participated in the Ilkhom-XX festival since 2001.
CONTACT INFORMATION
E-mail address (c/o Dmitri Yanov-Yanovsky): yanovsky@mail.tps.uz
Street address: Mr. Jakhongir Shukurov, Yunus Abad 10, kv. 16, Apt. 40, 700180 Tashkent, Uzbekistan
COMPLETE LIST OF WORKS
STAGE: Bodas de sangre (incidental music, play by Federico García Lorca), 2002; Said's Adventures (incidental music, play by Wilhelm Gauf), 2003
ORCHESTRAL: Poem, nay, tanbur, 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, 2003; Music for Chamber Ensemble, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion, 2003
VOCAL: Marcia (text by the composer), mezzo-soprano, clarinet, violin, cello, percussion, tape, 2000; Tafavut (text by Alisher Navoy), soprano, 'ud, 4 violas, 4 celli, double bass, 2001
(Last updated on July 5, 2003)
