Dmitri Yanov-Yanovsky

Dmitri Yanov-Yanovsky was born in 1963 in Tashkent into the family of the composer Felix Yanov-Yanovsky. He studied composition and instrumentation with his father at the State Conservatory of Uzbekistan in Tashkent, graduating in 1986. In 1992 he attended masterclasses with Edison Denisov and Poul Ruders in Denmark, and in 1993 he was at IRCAM in Paris.

In 1996 he founded the annual contemporary music festival Ilkhom-XX in Tashkent and was its artistic director from 1996 to 2006. He was composer-in-residence at the Siemens Foundation in New Jersey in 2002 and at Harvard University in 2008–2010.

In 1992 he won first prize at the ALEA III ensemble competition in Boston with «Presentiment»; he was also recognised at competitions in Fribourg (1991) and Nantes (1992). In 1995, with his father, he received the prize of the Union of Cinematographers of Uzbekistan for the music of an animated series.

He has written music for more than 50 films and more than 25 stage productions; his film scores include «Cammy» (1991), «Who Are You?» (1989), «Uncle» (2014), «Ibrat» (2020) and «Cotton» (2025).