Rustam Abdullayev

Rustam Abdullayev ( Russian Рустам Абдуллаев Rustam Abdullajew ; born February 12, 1947 in Xiva , Uzbekistan ) is an Uzbek composer, pianist and music teacher. He is chairman of the Union of Composers of Uzbekistan and professor of composition and instrumentation at the State Conservatory in Tashkent .

Life

Rustam Abdullayev's parents were Abdulla Otajonov and Gavhar Matyoqubova. After secondary school , Rustam Abdullayev attended the Hamza Music School in Tashkent in 1962 and learned to play the rubab . In addition to music theory courses, he attended composition courses with Rumil Vildanov (1939–1987). From 1965 to 1972 he studied at the State Conservatory of Music in Tashkent. Here he received further lessons from Vildanov, but also from the Uzbek composer Boris Gienko (1917-2000). At the end of his studies he wrote his first piano concerto in 1972. He began his career as a gifted composer and pianist. In 1971 he took part in a competition for young composers in Leningrad . At the Days of Art and Literature of Uzbekistan in the Kazakh SSR , he successfully performed the first concerto for piano and orchestra in 1972. At festivals in Georgia and Moscow he was awarded prizes for the works Xirosima faryodi [The Lamentation of Hiroshima] and Hijron [Separation]. From 1974 he did an internship at the Conservatory in Tashkent and completed postgraduate studies in composition with Boris Zeidman (1908–1981). Since 1976 he has been teaching composition at the State Conservatory in Tashkent. In the same year he took part in the second competition for young composers in Leningrad as well as in other competitions and festivals for young composers around the world. There he was also awarded prizes. In 1985 he became Secretary General of the Uzbek Composers' Union. He has been its chairman since 1995. He is valued as a composer and performer. He is a prizewinner and winner of national and international competitions. His works have been performed in more than twenty countries, including the United States, Germany, Egypt, Japan, Thailand, Turkey, and South Korea.

Abdullayev received the honorary title of Honored Artist of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the State Prize of the Republic of Uzbekistan .

reception

Rustam Abdullayev is rated in the article Uzbek National Music on manzaratourism.com as being among the most avant-garde composers in Uzbekistan.

Works (selection)

The website of the Union of Composers of Uzbekistan, Союз композиторов Узбекистана , lists a number of works by Rustam Abdullayev.

Operas

• Xiva, 1987. The opera, a historical, heroic, epic folk drama, is set in the city of the same name. Abdullayev uses elements of classical music Chorasan and uses material from traditional sources.
• Shodimulk
• Kimlarga chor, kimra sor, 2004. Abdullayev wrote the main role for the Uzbek singer Mujassar Rassakowa.
• Sadoqat, [allegiance]
  • Opera in two acts and five scenes
  • The world premiere took place on January 16, 2016 at the Navoiy teatri in Tashkent. Abdullayev uses the traditional instruments Doira and Nagori in opera . He uses them in the introduction and in the accompaniment of the song numbers.
  • The opera is about the love affair between the two Uzbek folk poets Hamid Olimjon and Zulfiya Isroilova .

ballet

• Shoshma quyosh, a ballet oratorio, 1984. The text is by the Uzbek writer Ulmas Ulmarbekov (1934–1994).

Orchestral works

• Памяти Т.Шевченко [Memories of Taras Shevchenko ], symphonic poem
• Памяти А.Навои [Memories of Alischer Nawoij ], symphonic poem
• Polyphonic Symphony for String Orchestra, 1975
• Song of Love, 2009
• Piano Concerto No. 1, 1972. The work was recorded in 1984 by the pianist Adiba Sharipova with the State Symphony Orchestra of Uzbekistan on Melodija .
• Piano Concerto No. 2, 1989. Abdullayev describes the New Year and Spring Festival Navruz with folk dances and songs and draws pictures of jugglers such as tightrope walkers and puppeteers.
• Piano Concerto No. 3, 1993
• Piano Concerto No. 4, 1994
• Piano Concerto No. 5, 1998
• Ratalla for piano and orchestra
• Violin Concerto, 2011

Piano music

Piano music occupies a large part in Abdulayev's work. He wrote many piano pieces for lessons and for younger pianists such as the children's album, the five children's miniatures, the sonata and variations.

• Prelude and Toccata, 1972
• Epitaph, 1998
• Freski Nafrusa, Rhapsody No. 1, 1998
• Sumloch, concert piece for piano and percussion, 2006
• Skaski [Fairy Tales], Rhapsody No. 2, 2008
• 48 fugues, cycle, 2010
• Variations

Chamber music

• Piano trio
• String quartet folk tunes
• String quartet classical

Vocal works

Rusmat Abdullayev set the works of various poets to music, such as Taras Shevchenko , the Uzbek poets Muhammad Rizo Ogahiy (1809–1874), Usmon Nosir (1912–1944), Turab Tula (1918–1990), Abdulla Oripov (1941–2016), Omon Matjon (* 1943), Erkin Vohidov (1936–2016), Jumaniyoz Jabborov (* 1930), Mirpulat Mirzo (* 1949), Sirojiddin Sayyid (* 1958), Iqbol Mirzo (* 1967), Hamid Olimjon and the Uzbek poet Zulfiya . He translated many texts himself from other languages ​​into Unbek.

He wrote over a hundred romances and songs and over sixty children's songs.

• Bahor, song cycle based on poems by Zulfiya and Lesja Ukrajinka .
• Xirosima faryodi [The Lamentation of Hiroshima], song cycle based on texts by the Japanese poets Kishiro Tanika, Tomik Khara, Takako Asida and Conti Oseki., 1974
• Hijron [separation] based on poems by Zulfiya. The orchestral version was awarded at a composition competition in Moscow.
• [A thought about mothers] song cycle
• Крик души [cry of the soul], song cycle
• Soginch for voice and orchestra based on a text by Omon Matjon
• Seven songs based on poems by Hafez
• Six songs based on texts by Rudaki
• To'ylaring muborakTuron turnalariGo'zal Vatanim
• Piyola

Choral works

• Farod . Abdullayev composed the work under the impression that Beslan was taken hostage

Web links

• Official website
• Rustam Abdullaev: Love for Music Should Be Cultivated by the Best Examples Interview with Rustam Abdualleyev in Uzbekistan Today on uzbekistan.de (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j} АБДУЛЛАЕВ РУСТАМ. In: http://commus.uz . Association of Uzbek Composers, accessed November 23, 2017 (in Russian). 
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} Rustam abdullayev (1947). In: hozir.org. Retrieved November 24, 2017 (Uzbek). 
3. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p} O'zbek va chet'el kompozitorlari. In: Rustam Abdullayev. http://jabbarov.lark.ru , accessed November 23, 2017 (Uzbek). 
4. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j} Rustam Abdullayev. In: www.commus.uz. UCUz, accessed November 26, 2017 . 
5. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g} Abdullaev Rustam. In: ZiyoNET. Archived from the original on March 1, 2016 ; accessed on June 28, 2020 (Uzbek). 
6. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Michael Herman: Rustam Abdullayev . In: Stephen Ellis (ed.): RUSSIAN, SOVIET & POST - SOVIET CONCERTOS . S. 1 (English, musicweb-international.com [PDF]).
7. ↑ Kompozitor Abdullayev Rustam tavallud topgan kun - Respublika bolalar kutubxonasi. In: http://taqvim.uz . Retrieved November 24, 2017 (Uzbek). 
8. ^ Tanya Merchant: Women Musicians of Uzbekistan: From Courtyard to Conservatory . University of Illinois Press, 2015, ISBN 978-0-252-09763-8 , pp. 115 (English, google.de [accessed November 24, 2017]).
9. ↑ Uzbek National Music / Manzara Tourism - Various Tours in Uzbekistan, Central Asia and along the Great Silk Road. In: manzaratourism.com. Manzara Tourism Co., accessed November 26, 2017 . 
10. ↑ Садокат, Р. Абдуллаев. In: gabt.uz. Navoi Theater, Alisher Navoiy nomidagi davlat akademik katta teatri, accessed November 24, 2017 (in Russian). 
11. ↑ ^{a b} Афиша. In: http://gabt.uz . Navoi Theater, accessed November 24, 2017 (Russian). 
12. ↑ ^{a b} Important works of Rustam Abdullayev were played | Uzbekistan Today. May 18, 2017, archived from the original on May 28, 2017 ; accessed on November 23, 2017 (English). 
13. ↑ Venera Zakirova: The Role of concert genre in art-music education of young people . Ed .: The State Conservatory of Uzbekistan. Tashkent 2007 (English, scientific-publications.net [PDF]).