Turgun Alimatov

Turgun Alimatov is an Uzbek musician.

He was born in Tashkent in 1921 and lived there through the 1990s. He learned music from his father, never having taken formal music lessons, and began performing in 1939, becoming well known to the Uzbek public through musical theater as well as radio. His music has been strongly identified with sentiments of Uzbek nationalism. In 1991 he toured the United States.

He plays traditional Uzbek music, including melodies such as the "Segah" and the "Nawa". He performs on and composes for the "dutar" and the "tanbur".

References

*Matyakubov, O. "A Traditional Musician in Modern Society: A Case Study of Turgun Alimatov's Art". "Yearbook for Traditional Music" 25 (1993), pp. 60-66.