P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Shahobov, Fazliddin

Tajik singer and composer Fazliddin Shahobov was born into a

scholarly family in Bukhara on March 21, 1911. He studied at the

Bukhara School of Music from 1925 to 1929, and in the Uzbek Division

of the Moscow State Conservatory from 1936 to 1941. From 1930 to

1932, he was the soloist for the Tashkent State Music Theater Orches-

tra. Between 1933 and 1936, he was the Director of Music, and Con-

ductor of the State Orchestra of the Institute of Music of Bukhara.

In 1947, Shahobov relocated to Stalinabad, and until 1956, was the

Head of the Music Division of Radio Tajikistan and a great contributor

to People's Creative Center. He was also the Chief Editor for music at

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