Yulduz Turdiyeva

Yulduz Turdiyeva was born on 10 August 1985 in the Bukhara region. She sings in Uzbek, Azerbaijani and Persian, and vocal improvisation plays an important part in her performance. By her own account, her grandmother, who sang the Bukhara Shashmaqom, influenced her path.

She studied at the Bukhara School of Arts and then at the State Conservatory of Uzbekistan, graduating in 2008.

In 2004 she received the “Best Vocalist” prize at the Fifth International Youth Festival in Yalta. In 2009, at an international mugham festival in Azerbaijan, she performed the Azerbaijani mugham “Karabakh Shikastasi” and took first place. In 2010 she received the “Nihol” award.

Her first album came out in 2011. Her repertoire includes the songs “Shamol”, “Kelma”, “Muhabbat”, “Chaman”, “Shukrona”, “Vatan” and others, and the duet “Rashkim yomon” with Otabek Yusupov.

In August 2026, on the 35th anniversary of independence, a presidential decree conferred on her the title People's Artist of Uzbekistan; the decree names her as a singer of the state institution “Uzbekkonsert”.