Beknazar Dostmurodov

Beknazar Dostmurodov was born on 15 June 1957 in the Yakkabog district of the Kashkadarya region. He graduated from the Tashkent Theatre and Art Institute in 1980.

He works as an actor and singer at the Muqimiy Theatre. He learned classical song, katta ashula and maqom from Orifkhon Hotamov, Fattohkhon Mamadaliyev, Ochilkhon Otakhonov and Abdulhoshim Ismoilov. His repertoire includes Shashmaqom and Fergana-Tashkent maqom routes (Sarakhbori Navo, Sarakhbori Segoh, Chorgoh, Ushshoq), songs such as «Firoqingizda», «Guluzorim», «Sensiz» and «Vatan yagonadir», and large songs such as «Yovvoyi Chorgoh», «Diyorim O'zbekiston», «O'zbekiston madhi» and «Muborak to'yga keldik»; he has also sung duets with M. Dadaboyeva and M. Hasanova.

In 2001 he was given the title People's Hafiz of Uzbekistan; the same year he shared the main prize of the republican competition of katta ashula performers in Andijan with S. Niyozov and A. Ibrohimov. He has toured the USA, the UK, France, Germany, India and Saudi Arabia. The O'zbektelefilm studio made two documentaries about his work (1994 and 2001).

He is listed among the faculty of the Folk Art department of the Uzbek State Institute of Arts and Culture and posts his performances on his official YouTube channel.