The Republic of Uzbekistan is located in Central Asia, north of Afghanistan. Shares borders with Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan.
Uzbek Music
The roots of Uzbek music go back to antiquity (4th century B.C.). It was Herodotus who wrote on the abundance of tribal songs and dances in the region that is currently Uzbekistan and he described the role this music played in the lives of the ancient inhabitants of Central Asia.
Inherent to the ethnic and regional diversity of Uzbekistan four styles of music can be distinguished: Surkandarya, Kashkadarya, Boukhara-Samarkand Khorazme, and Fergana-Tashkent. (Source: Mina Rad).
Uzbek Musicians
Matlubeh
Sevara Nazarkhan
Yalla
Yulduz Usmanova
Zohreh Khan
Uzbek Music books
Women Musicians of Uzbekistan: From Courtyard to Conservatory by Tanya Merchant, University of Illinois Press, 2015. ISBN-10: 0252081064. ISBN-13: 978-0252081064
