MUNOJAT YULCHIEVA
Selected Pieces (Classical Music of central Asia)

Fy 8226

885016822620
Felmay Records
Uzbekistan

 

Recorded in Uzbekistan between 2006 and 2011.The album is a selection of unissued recordings from MUNOJAT YULCHIEVA, the Uzbek singer one of the best musician representative of Central Asia region .
he repertoire of this CD is mostly made of traditional classical music (maqom) except four modern compositions, three by Munojat master and mentor Shavkat Mirzaev and one by singer, musician and composer Jo‘raxon Sultonov (1903-1965).

The album is completed by a 16 pages booklet in English with a presentation text by Giovanni De Zorzi (University of Venice).


MUNOJAT YULCHIEVA, a singer who reached a world fame out of her native Uzbekistan thanks to her many qualities: among all the constant inspired intensity of her interpretation and the rich, dark, timbre of her mezzo-soprano voice that you will appreciate in a while, undoubtedly falling under the spell of the diva.
The repertoire of this CD is mostly made of traditional classical music (maqom) except four modern compositions, three by Munojat master and mentor Shavkat Mirzaev and one by singer, musician and composer Jo‘raxon Sultonov (1903-1965).

Munojat YUlchieva (born 1960), also known under the name Munadjat, is the leading performer of classical Uzbek music and its Persian-language cousin Shashmaqâm. She is famous for the unique quality of her voice and her natural charisma. Munojat was born on the 26th of November in 1960 in the village Shirinbulok which is a part of the region situated in Ferghana valley near Tashkent. From an early age it was obvious she had a great gift as a singer. This nearly resulted in her being lead into a career as an opera singer, but she was drawn towards the slow, aching music of her own ancient culture, something that seemed almost pre-ordained by her name, which means “ascent to God” or simply ”prayer”.