- Ilyas Malayev
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Name = Ilyas Malayev
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Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Ильяс Малаев
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Born = birth date|1936|1|12
Mary, Turkmen SSR,Soviet Union
Died = death date and age|2008|5|2|1936|1|12Flushing, Queens ,New York City ,New York , USA
Origin =Bukhara ,Uzbekistan
Instrument = Tar,Tanbur ,Violin
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Years_active = 1945–2008
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URL = http://ilyasmalayev.com
Notable_instruments =Ilyas Malayev (
January 12 1936 –May 2 2008 ) (Uzbek: Ильяс Малаев) was anUzbekistan i musician and poet.Malayev was born in Mary (then in the
Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic , now inTurkmenistan ) to aBukharian Jew ish family and raised in the Uzbek town ofKatta-Kurgan nearBukhara . He learned to play the tar and thetanbur (bothlute -like instruments), as well as theviolin , and immersed himself in theshashmaqam genre. In 1951, he moved toTashkent , where he performed with various state-sponsored ensembles, and became popular as a variety entertainer, performing comedy routines, his own songs and poetry and shashmaqam excerpts. Tens of thousands of fans attended his stadium performances.Grimes, William: [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/07/arts/music/07malayev.html?ref=music Ilyas Malayev, 72, Uzbek Musician and Poet, Dies] , "The New York Times ",May 7 ,2008 .]In 1994, following the breakup of the
Soviet Union , Malayev emigrated to theUnited States where he settled inQueens ,New York City along with thousands of other Bukharian Jews. Although it was a considerable step down from his fame and popularity in Uzbekistan, Malayev emigrated as he was unable to have his poetry published in his homeland, a restriction he suspected was due to eitheranti-Semitism or the state of the Soviet cultural bureaucracy. [Dugger, Celia W.: [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F01EFD8173EF933A15751C0A961958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all Uzbeks' Classical Master Reclaims Role in Queens] , "The New York Times ",February 27 ,1997 .] He was granted U.S. citizenship onNovember 15 ,2001 . [Brawarsky, Sandee: [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9407E5DA173BF935A25752C1A9679C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all Central Asian Jews Create 'Queensistan'] , "The New York Times",November 16 ,2001 .]Malayev died on
May 2 2008 , aged 72, after suffering frompancreatic cancer .References
External links
* [http://ilyasmalayev.com Ilyas Malayev - Official Web Site]
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