Jenisbek Piyazov

Jenisbek Burkitovich Piyazov was born on 9 May 1988 in Nukus. In 2007 he graduated from the Nukus College of Culture and Arts, entered the vocal department of the State Conservatory of Uzbekistan and graduated in 2011 as an academic singer. In 2010 he took part in a master class in Minsk led by D. Vdovin and Y. Bashmet.

From 2009 he worked as a vocalist at the Navoi State Opera and Ballet Theatre. In 2011–2012 he was invited to the Gut Immling International Opera Festival in Germany, and in 2014 he took part in the “Great Opera” project. He now teaches at the State Conservatory of Uzbekistan.

He has won prizes at international competitions: laureate of the Moscow international competition of young performers of Russian romance in 2009, and Grand Prix winner of the 2nd Muslim Magomayev International Vocal Competition in Moscow in 2012. According to the sources, in 2019 he became the first singer from Uzbekistan to perform on the stage of La Scala in Milan.

He has given solo concerts at the Palace of Friendship of Peoples in Tashkent: “Per Amore” (2017), a concert in memory of Muslim Magomayev (2018) and “Falsh Nota” (2019). Alongside opera he performs pop songs; in 2026 he released the song “Yonimda bo'lgin”. In April 2024 he was appointed adviser on the development of culture and the arts at the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovation.

He received the Shuhrat Medal in 2010, the title Honored Artist of the Republic of Karakalpakstan in 2012 and the title People's Artist of Uzbekistan in 2021.