Komiljon Otaniyozov (Uzbek Cyrillic: Комилжон Отаниёзов, Russian: Камилджан Атаниязов; 20 July 1917 — 5 November 1975) was an Uzbek instrumentalist, singer, songwriter and music composer. He is the People's artist of Uzbekistan. He has been an influential figure in Uzbek cultural life for almost five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1930s and 1970s. Komiljon Otaniyozov's lyrics have incorporated a variety of social, philosophical, and traditional life influences. Some of his lyrics have become part of everyday Uzbek vocabulary. While usually writes both the music and lyrics to his songs, he has also used lines from the poems of

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, and society's folklore in his songs.

Life

Komiljon Otaniyozov was born in 1917 in

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, then the

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. Komiljon Otaniyozov graduated from the state conservatory of Uzbekistan in 1956. He learned from Abdullayev Qurbonnazar and Matpano Khudoyberganov.

Professional career

From 1936 until 1952, Komiljon Otaniyozov worked as an actor in national theatres in Khorazm. From 1949 on, he made concerts initially in Khorazm then throughout

. From 1957 to 1975, he worked as a single singer at the Uzbek State Philharmonic. Throughout his long career, Otaniyozov has written and recorded hundreds of songs. As a musical composer, Komiljon Otaniyozov made some outstanding pieces of music such as "Salom, senga Xorazmdan" (Greetings, from Khorazm), "Muborak", "Vatan", "Olqish", "Temir yoʻl", "Oʻzbekiston", "Xorazm".

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Otaniyozov, Komiljon 1917 births Soviet male singers Soviet male film actors Uzbekistani male film actors 20th-century Uzbekistani male singers 20th-century Uzbekistani male actors Uzbekistani composers 1975 deaths Recipients of the Order of Outstanding Merit