P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Prominent Tajik Figures of the Twentieth Century

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

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Hasanov, Faizali

Tajik singer Faizali Hasanov was born into a farming family in the

village of Songonel in Kulab on June 16, 1948. Hasanov learned the in-

tricacies of the art of singing from People's Singer of Tajikistan Odina

Hoshimov.

Hasanov graduated from the Dushanbe School of Music in 1988 and

from the Dushanbe Pedagogical Institute in 1972. He worked as a singer

at the People's Theater of Moscow until 1975. In the same year,

Hasanov became the Director of the School of Music of the District of

Moscow. He specialized in singing folksongs with a high degree of skill

and had a unique music style. His contributions include "Tarki

'Ishqbozi" ("Abandoning Love"), a song based on the poetry of Hafiz;

"Khush Namioyad Maro" ("It Does Not Please Me"), "Tiri Mizhgon"

("The Arrow of the Eyelids"), "Soqari Hasti" ("The Cup of Existence")

"Vatani Mo" ("Our Fatherland"), "Savgand" ("Oath"); and "Khabar

Bigir" ("Find Out").

Hasanov became a People's Singer of Tajikistan in 1978. He was the

recipient of the Honorary Order of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet

of Tajikistan.