Ezro Malakov
Bukharian Jewish singer of shashmaqom and hazzan (cantor); in the 1970s and 80s he sang with the radio and television orchestras in Tashkent.
- Occupation:
- Singer, Musician, Folk singer
- Born:
- 1938
Biography
Ezro Malakov (also spelled Izro or Ezra) is a Bukharian Jewish singer of shashmaqom and a hazzan (cantor). His birth year is given as 1938; a Sephardic music festival bio names Shahrisabz as his birthplace.
According to that festival bio, in the 1970s and 80s he performed classical and popular repertoire in Tashkent with the national radio and television orchestras.
As a hazzan he performs the religious songs of the Bukharian Jews. The same source says that, with the maqom specialist Ari Babakhanov, he completed notations of over one hundred religious songs with accompanying CDs. At the festival he performed with David Davidov (tar) and Osher Baraev (doira).
The Bukharian Times calls him People's Artist of Uzbekistan, hazzan and maqom master; the title has not been checked against official sources.
According to the Sephardic Music Festival bio, he serves as a hazzan at Congregation Beth Gavriel in Queens, New York, and has made several recordings.