P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Abdulloev, Khairullo

Tajik music composer Khairullo Abdulloev was born on February 1,

1930, in Kulab, in southern Tajikistan. Abdulloev began his career

under the supervision of his father. Between 1943 and 1948, he was the

ghizhzhak (xylophone) player for the Kulab Theater for Dramatic Arts.

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Prominent Tajik Figures of the Twentieth Century

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

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Abdulloev graduated from the Dushanbe Pedagogical Institute of

Music in 1953, and from the Moscow State Music Conservatory in

1958. From 1958 to 1960, he was a teacher at the Dushanbe Peda-

gogical School of Music. Between 1960 and 1965, he was music editor

for Tajikistan Television. From 1965 to 1967, he was the Head of the

Music Hall of the Center for People's Creative Arts in Dushanbe. In

1968, he became the Chief Music Editor for Tajikistan Television.

Abdulloev is the author of a 1956 volume on three major instru-

ments: violin, violin cello, and piano. His other works include Sadoi

Osio (The Voice of Asia, 1957), Ba V. I. Lenin (To V. I. Lenin, 1965),

Nolai Tahmina (Tahmina's Lament, 1967), and Dostoni Simfoni (The

Story of the Symphony, 1972).