- Suleiman Yudakov
Suleiman (Solomon) Alexandrovich Yudakov (Tajik: ?; _ru. Сулейма́н (Соломо́н) Алекса́ндрович Юдако́в) (
Kokand , OldStyleDate|14 April|1916|2 April –Tashkent , 1990) was aSoviet Bukharian composer ofJewish descent.Biography
Suleiman Yudakov, a
Bukharian Jew , started to devote himself to music in a Kokandorphanage , where he spent three years of his childhood. His first teacher there was Mikhail Naigof. In 1932, he was accepted to the so-called "rabfak " (рабочий факультет, or workers' faculty - an educational establishment set up to prepare workers and peasants for higher education) of theMoscow Conservatory majoring as aflautist . In 1939, Suleiman Yudakov became a student in the class ofReinhold Glière at the conservatory's Department of Composing. In 1941, he had to interrupt his studies due to the outbreak of the war and leave forTashkent .Compositions
In 1944, Suleiman Yudakov composed the melody of the
Tajik SSR state anthem. This melody has since been used in "Surudi Milli ", the modern-dayTajikistan national anthem.After the war, Suleiman Yudakov composed many works, including the first Uzbek comical opera, ballets, cantatas, and symphonic music:
* 1945 — "Сын", a drama (English: "The Son"; Tajik: Фарзанд/Farzand)
* "Восточная поэма" (Vostochnaya poema/Eastern Poem ), for violin and piano
* "Fantasia for violin, violoncello and piano"
* "Dancing suite" for two pianos, in three parts.Honours
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USSR State Prize , 1951
* State Prize of theUzbek SSR , 1970
*Order of the Red Banner of Labor
*Order of the Badge of Honor
*People's Artist of the Uzbek SSR , 1976.
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