Tolib-khon Shakhidi (Толиб-хон Шахиди) or Tolib Shahidi ( tg, Толиб Шаҳидӣ/ fa, طالب شهیدی, born 13 March 1946) is a Tajik and Soviet composer who was born in the city of

Dushanbe Dushanbe ( tg, Душанбе, ; ; russian: Душанбе) is the capital and largest city of Tajikistan. , Dushanbe had a population of 863,400 and that population was largely Tajik. Until 1929, the city was known in Russian as Dyushambe (r ...

Tajik SSR The Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic,, ''Çumhuriji Şūraviji Sotsialistiji Toçikiston''; russian: Таджикская Советская Социалистическая Республика, ''Tadzhikskaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Resp ...

. He is a son of the founder of Professional Tajik Academic Music – Ziyodullo Shakhidi.

Early life

Tolib-khon Shakhidi began his musical career at the age of fourteen. He graduated from the Musical College in Dushanbe in 1965 from the Composition Class of Uri Ter-Osipov.

Career

From 1972 to this day, Tolib Shakhidi has participated in a number of music festivals. "Taste, intellect, professionalism are the three main values of contemporary music" (). This aphorism, expressed by the composer fully complies with his own creative work. Tolib Shahidi represents a very rare type of Universal master-composer, who possesses the whole arsenal of contemporary musical language, yet uses the richest resources of traditional Eastern music of his region. This twin pillar is not an obstacle, but the most important source of his artistic power and originality. He won the 2008

Georges Delerue Award The Georges Delerue Award for Best Music, or Georges Delerue Prize / Prix Georges Delerue, is an award for the best film score. It is named after the French composer Georges Delerue, and was first awarded at the 1985 Film Fest Gent festival. Past ...

for his score of the film ''Two-Legged Horse''.

Personal life

Tolibkhon Shakhidi is married to Gulsifat Shakhidi.

List of major works

* 1975 – ''Festival'', symphonic poem * 1978 – ''Death of usurer'', suite of ballet * 1978 – ''Tajiks'', symphony No. 2 * 1980 – ''Rubai of Khaiam'', film ballet * 1981 – ''Charkh'', symphony for chamber orchestra * 1981 – ''Sonata No. 1 for piano'' * 1981 – ''Recitative of Rumi'', suite for flute and piano * 1984 – ''Sado'', symphonic poem * 1988 – ''Caliph-stork'', operas for children * 1989 – ''Karlic-nose'', operas for children * 1989 – ''Beauty yosif'', ballet * 1991 – ''Sonata No. 2 for piano'' * 1991 – ''Sonata No. 2 for piano and chamber orchestra'' * 1992 – ''Siavush'', ballet * 1993 – ''Beauty and Monster'', opera * 1993 – ''Concerto for violin and chamber orchestra'' * 1994 – ''Concert No. 3 for piano and orchestra'' * 1997 – ''Concert No. 1 for string orchestra'' * 1998 – ''Firdavsiada'', concerto No. 2 for string orchestra * 1998 – ''Sufi-dancer'', music for 15 instruments * 1998 – ''Istanbul-capricci'', for saxophone and chamber orchestra. * 1999 – ''Dobro vam'', vocal cycle for tenor and symphonic orchestra. Poems of Hofiz,

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* 1999 – ''Amir Ismoil'', opera * 2000 – ''Silk road dreams dancing'', septet * 2000 – ''Pictures under moon'', for R. Finn poem, soprano and chamber orchestra * 2001 – ''Algorismus marimba+'', sextet * 2001 – ''Contrasts in 55'' * 2001 – ''Contrasts'', music for violin and piano * 2002 – ''King Lear'', music for tragedy of Shakespeare * 2002 – ''Persian Suite'', music for string orchestra * 2002 – ''Sufi and Buddha'', pictures etude for piano * 2004 – ''Concerto Grosso No. 3'', for santur, violino solo and chamber orchestra * 2005 – ''Contrast of times'', vocal cycle for soprano and symphonic orchestra, words of

Paul Valéry Ambroise Paul Toussaint Jules Valéry (; 30 October 1871 – 20 July 1945) was a French poet, essayist, and philosopher. In addition to his poetry and fiction (drama and dialogues), his interests included aphorisms on art, history, letters, mus ...

and Rekan * 2007 – ''Birds talking'', suite for three flute * 2008 – ''Adagio'', for violoncello solo in remembrance of

Aram Khachaturian Aram Ilyich Khachaturian (; rus, Арам Ильич Хачатурян, , ɐˈram ɨˈlʲjitɕ xətɕɪtʊˈrʲan, Ru-Aram Ilyich Khachaturian.ogg; hy, Արամ Խաչատրյան, ''Aram Xačʿatryan''; 1 May 1978) was a Soviet and Armenian ...

* 2008 – ''Allegro in 5'', for chamber ensemble * 2008 – ''Four retro miniature for chorus A-Capella'', in remembrance of Ziyodullo Shakhidi * 2008 – ''Playing Backgammon'', for piano * 2009 – ''Verdi-Shakhidi'', paraphrase for piano from opera Traviata * 2010 – ''Concerto for clarinet and orchestra'' * 2011 – ''Quartet for 4 cellos'', from Indian Raga * 2012 – ''Darius'', pictures for Symphonic Orchestra * 2012 – ''Adagio – Existence'', for string orchestra * 2013 – ''Rhapsody Dialogue: Theme of Aram Khachaturian'', for piano and orchestra

Discography

* ''Symphonic music'' (1997) * ''Great Hall of Moscow State Conservatoire, Author Concert'' (1999) * ''Symphonic Music'' (2004) * ''Symphonic music and ballet extracts'' (2002) * ''Movie Music & Existence'' – various music written for movies and theatre between 1969–2008 (2004) * ''Concert featuring works of Tolibkhon Shakhdi, Live'' (2006) * ''Gergiev-Shakhidi'' – Valery Gergiev, London Symphony Orchestra & Mariinsky Orchestra (2012) * ''Anthology of piano music by Russian and Soviet composers, vol.7'' – Melodija, (2014)

References

External links

Official website

BBC Persian
{{DEFAULTSORT:Shakhidi, Tolib 1946 births Living people Tajikistani composers Russian classical composers Russian male classical composers Soviet film score composers Tajikistani film score composers Georges Delerue Award winners People from Dushanbe Moscow Conservatory alumni 20th-century classical composers 21st-century classical composers Male film score composers 20th-century Russian male musicians 21st-century Russian male musicians