Tohir Sodiqov (sometimes spelled Tokhir Sodikov in English) ( uz, Tohir Sodiqov / Тоҳир Содиқов) (born July 1, 1973) is an
Uzbek singer-songwriter and actor. He is best known as the long-time lead singer, guitarist, and songwriter of the Uzbek
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band
Bolalar. Sodiqov has also established a successful solo career. He has recorded songs in
Uzbek,
Russian, and
English.
Sodiqov has received dozens of awards and nominations, including the title Meritorious Artist of Uzbekistan. He is one of the few
Central Asian artists to have given concerts in the
US and to have released albums on
iTunes
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Personal life
Tohir Sodiqov was born in
Tashkent on July 1, 1973. His father, Sodiqov Bahromjon Sobirovich, was a retired officer and died when Sodiqov was a child. His mother, Sodiqova Gulnur Mansurovna, raised him as a
single parent. Sodiqov attended Secondary School No. 41 in Tashkent from 1980 to 1990. He is married has three children, two daughters and a son.
Music career
Tohir Sodiqov had no formal music training. He started to play music when he was in high-school. Sodiqov and his friends Ruslan Sharipov, Bahodir Poʻlatov, and Javohir Zokirov, all of whom went to High School No. 41 in
Tashkent, founded the band
Bolalar in 1989.
Bolalar
Bolalar originally consisted of Bahodir Poʻlatov, Husan Sodiqov (Tohir Sodiqov's elder brother), Javohir Zokirov, Nargiza Zokirova, Ruslan Sharipov, Tofik Marduxayev, Toir Odilov, and Tohir Sodiqov. The band became widely popular in Uzbekistan with their song "Bolalar" in 1989.
Bolalar recorded their first album, ''Esingdami seni?'' (''Do You Remember?''), in January 1990. Initially, the group's artistic director and composer was Ruslan Sharipov. Over the years all of the original members left the band one after another. Currently, Tohir Sodiqov and Tofik Marduxayev are the only remaining original members.
Tohir Sodiqov usually writes both the music and lyrics to his songs.
His music has been associated mostly with
pop rock and
experimental rock. The members of Bolalar were influenced by the Uzbek
rock and roll singer
Davron Gaipov
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and the then-popular Russian band
Laskoviy Mai
Laskavyi Mai (may also be spelled as 'Laskavyy May', 'Laskavy May', 'Laskavy Mai', 'Laskaviy May'; russian: Ласковый май, lit=Tender May) is a Soviet boy band from Moscow founded by Russian songwriter, composer and musician Sergei K ...
. Bolalar and Laskoviy Mai have often been called "the legends of the 1990s." Tohir Sodiqov and
Yuri Shatunov
Yuriy Vasilevich Shatunov (russian: Юрий Васильевич Шатунов; September 6, 1973 – June 23, 2022) was a Russian singer, best known as being the frontman of the Russian 1980's band Laskoviy Mai (Ласковый май).
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, the lead singer of Laskoviy Mai, performed together in Tashkent in 2009.
Acting
Tohir Sodiqov has acted in half a dozen Uzbek films, most notably in ''Tohir va Zuhra: Yangi talqin'' (''Tohir and Zuhra: A New Interpretation'') (2000) and ''Koʻzlaring maʼyus'' (''Your Eyes are Sad'') (2005).
Filmography
Awards
Tohir Sodiqov has won dozens of awards and nominations, including the title Meritorious Artist of Uzbekistan. He has also received Nihol and Tarona awards. He is one of the few
Central Asian artists to have given concerts in the
US and to have released albums on
iTunes
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.
References
External links
Official website of Bolalar
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1973 births
Living people
Actors from Tashkent
Uzbekistani male film actors
21st-century Uzbekistani male singers
20th-century Uzbekistani male singers
Russian-language singers
English-language singers from Uzbekistan
Musicians from Tashkent
Uzbek-language singers