Ashrafi, Mukhtar

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Ashrafi, Mukhtar

Ashrafi, Mukhtar, Russian composer and teacher; b. Bukhara, June 11, 1912; d. Tashkent, Dec. 15, 1975. He studied composition in Samarkand, with S. Vasilenko at the Moscow Cons. (1934–37), and at the Leningrad Cons. (1941–43). In 1944 he settled in Tashkent, where he was a teacher at the Cons. In many of his works, he glorified themes from Central Asian history.

Works

DRAMATIC: Opera: Buran (Tashkent, June 12, 1939; in collaboration with S. Vasilenko); Velikiy Kanal (The Great Canal; Tashkent, Jan. 19, 1941; in collaboration with S. Vasilenko); Dilorom (Tashkent, Feb. 5, 1958); Dusha Poeta (A Poet’s Soul; Tashkent, July 13, 1960); 2 ballets; many film scores. OTHER: 2 syms.; 5 symphonic suites; songs.

—Nicolas Slonimsky/Laura Kuhn/Dennis McIntire