MUSTAFO BAFOEV (born in Bukhara in 1946) - the Honoured Art Worker of Uzbekistan (1996), Laureate of State prize named after A.Kadiri (1997); graduated from the Tashkent State Conservatory named after M.Ashrafi, hav­ing specialized in Uzbek folk instruments (1969) and composition (1977). M.Bafoev is an assistant professor at the Faculty of Composition at the State Conservatory of Uzbekistan.

 M.Bafoev went down to Uzbek musical culture in the late 1970s as active worker. In a short time period he was able to try out his skills a various genres. There can be mentioned 3 op­eras, 3 ballets, 7 musical dramas and comedies, 5 symphonies, about 20 oratorios and compositions for chor’s, many chamber-instrumental pieces and more than 200 romances and songs among his works. Despite the fact that the creative work of M.Bafoev seems to be many-sided, musical-stage genres possess a priority among the others. The achievements of the composer in this field have greatly contributed to the development of the Uzbek music theatre. Particularly, his opera “Omar Khayyom”, in which the stage regularities were skillfully defined and the national soul in music language was naturally perfected, was highly appreciated by audience. M.Bafoev pro­ moted the entry of foreign themes into musical drama ("Raja" - based on the work of R.Tagor).Finally, the composer introduced such aspects as Uzbek teleopera ("Bukhoroi Sharif") and teleballet ("The Sign of Ulugbek", "Nodira", "Light from the Past") in order to renew the drama of stage genres.

The priority of stage properties in the work of M.Bafoev influences the presentation of other genres. One can notice the strong decora­tive character in his instrumental music, the compulsory entry of pithy head-lines (the sym­phonic poem "The Frescos of Sogdiana"), and the frequent use of vocal parts (all his sympho­nies include a programme, there's a part of cho­rus and solo in the 1st and 5th symphonies). The composer pays a particular attention to the cham­ber vocal and chorus compositions. He carefully studied the potentialities of vocal voice, and managed to use it with the national melody. The chorus poem "Makom Sadosi" ("The Melody of Makom") and "Al-Horazmi" chorus composition are the models of his experiments in this field. A modern world-outlook is clearly seen in the mu­sic of M.Bafoev. The astonishing aspect of this virtue is that the composer mainly refers to his­torical themes. Therefore, it can be said that the work of M.Bafoev serves to restore the national Properties of Uzbek musical art, and is standing the peak of modern direction.

 IKROM AKBAROV (1921-2011) - the Honoured Artist of Uzbekistan; graduated from Tashkent (1939-1945) and Leningrad (1945-1954) conservatories. He is a twentieth-century-composer, greatly contributing to the Uzbek symphonic creative work. The creation of artistic compositions in this genre is one of the most complicated creative objects in the West, and particularly in the East, where the music was based on monody. That's why composers (such as Beethoven, Martinu), who actively worked in the field of symphonic music, usually composed their first symphonies only after compositions of small forms such as poem, overture, etc. I.Akbarov in his first score - the poem "In the Memory of Poet" (1934) assimilated symphonic themes and developed them intensively. These achievements became vivid in such compositions as "Epic Poem" (1961), two concertos for violin and orchestra (1962, 1985), "Post" (1970) and "Shakuntalla" (1980) symphonic pictures and "Samarqand Stories" (1972).

Despite the fact that the "Samarqand Stories" was almost a genuine symphony, the composer wrote his "Symphony-epitaph" and "Symphony-poem" only in the 1990s. There were also created concertos for violoncello and or­chestra, and viola and chamber orchestra.

I.Akbarov greatly contributed to the de­velopment of musical-stage genres in Uzbekistan. Such musical dramas and comedies as "Momo yer" (1965), "Bloody wedding" (1973), "Kizbulok" (1967), "Silver wedding" (1969), "Performance before wedding" (1979), "The Queen of Silver City" (1985) were put on stage in Uzbekistan and other countries of Cenral Asia. His "Dream", "Layli and Majnun" and "Navruz" ballets, "The Leopard of Sogd" and "The Primordial Mistake" operas are performed in Tashkent. He is also the author such oratorio and string quartets as Toshkentnoma", "My City", "Eternalmemory", cantatas, a number of film-music, songs and romances.

RUSTAM ABDULLAEV – is the Honoured Аrt Worker of the Republic of Uzbekistan, a laureate of the Repub­lic State Prize, possesses a distinguished place among Uzbek composers. He has composed compositions of various forms and genres, many of which thanks to the novelty, vividness and expressiveness of their sound were highly appre­ciated by the audience.

The composer was born in Khiva, in 1947. After graduating the Conservatory he was specialized on composition, under supervision of Prof. B.Gienko, then contined his Master’s degree under supervision of prof. B.Zeidman.

R.Abdullaev is the author of three operas - “Sadokat”, “Khiva”, “Shodimulk”, ballet “Don't hurry, Sun”, ten symphonic poems, such as “Memory of Alisher Navoi”, “Taras Shevchenko”, “Love’s poem”, a Polyphonic Symphony for chamber orchestra, five conserts for piano and orchestra, five vocal cycles – -"The Cry of Hiroshima", “Khijron” (“Separation”), “A Thought about Mothers”, more than 100 romances and songs, chorus compositions, more than 60 songs for children and etc.

The composer pays a particular attention piano in the field of instrumental music. He composed preludes and fugues, variations, a so­nata, various concerto pieces, which were entered on training and concert repertoire of pianists of the Republic.

The music of R,Abdullaev is character­ized by a deep national base. But his leaning on Uzbek national folk, in particular on its Horezm traditions, is shown more deeply, through the prism of the author's individual vi­sion, his own interpretation.

R.Abdullaev is the Chairman of the Composers Union of Uzbekistan, the assistenant professor at the faculty of composition and instrumentation at the State Conservatory of Uzbekistan.

Compositions of R.Abdullaev were perfomed in USA, Germany, Egypt, Japan, Thailand, Turkey, Korea and Bangkok.