P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Ghulomaliev, Ghulomhaidar

Tajik choreographer, composer, and instrumentalist Ghulomhaidar

Ghulomaliev was born into a farming family in the village of Vamar in

Rushon, Badakhshan, in 1904. He received his early education in

Badakhshan. In 1933, he established the Rushon amateur group. In

1940 and 1941, he performed as a member of the Pamir music and

dance ensemble of the Tajik Philharmonic Society. He joined the CPSU

in 1943. Thereafter, until the end of his life, he was the leader of the

same group. He contributed to Tajik music and dance both as a chore-

ographer and a composer.

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Ghulomaliev's contributions include "Nola Kunam" ("Let Me

Moan"), "Salom az Badakhshon" ("Hello from Badakhshan"), "Pakh-

takoron" ("Cotton Workers"), "Mahbuba" ("Beloved"), "Surudi Mihnat"

("Song of Labor"), Bahori Badakhshon ("Spring in Badakhshan"), and

"Surud dar Vasfi Moskva" ("Anthem in Praise of Moscow").

Ghulomaliev participated in the 1941 and 1957 festivals of Tajik

music and dance in Moscow. One of the founders of professional music

and dance groups in Soviet Badakhshan, Ghulomaliev became a

People's Artist of the Soviet Union in 1957. He is the recipient of the

Order of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of Tajikistan.

Ghulomaliev died in Moscow on April 19, 1961; he is buried in

Dushanbe.