Suleiman Yudakov

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Suleiman (Solomon) Alexandrovich Yudakov (Tajik: ?; Russian: Сулейма́н (Соломо́н) Алекса́ндрович Юдако́в) (Kokand, 14 April [O.S. 2 April] 1916 – Tashkent, 1990) was a Soviet Uzbek composer of Jewish descent.

[edit] Biography

Suleiman Yudakov, a Bukharian Jew, started to devote himself to music in a Kokand orphanage, where he spent three years of his childhood. His first teacher there was Mikhail Naigof. In 1932, he was accepted to the so-called rabfak (рабочий факультет, or workers' faculty - an educational establishment set up to prepare workers and peasants for higher education) of the Moscow Conservatory majoring as a flautist. In 1939, Suleiman Yudakov became a student in the class of Reinhold Glière at the conservatory's Department of Composing. In 1941, he had to interrupt his studies due to the outbreak of the war and leave for Tashkent.

[edit] Compositions

In 1944, Suleiman Yudakov composed the melody of the Tajik SSR state anthem. This melody has since been used in Surudi Milli, the modern-day Tajikistan national anthem.

After the war, Suleiman Yudakov composed many works, including the first Uzbek comical opera, ballets, cantatas, and symphonic music:

• 1945 — "Сын", a drama (English: "The Son"; Tajik: Фарзанд/Farzand)
• "Восточная поэма" (Vostochnaya poema/Eastern Poem), for violin and piano
• "Fantasia for violin, violoncello and piano"
• "Dancing suite" for two pianos, in three parts.

[edit] Honours

• USSR State Prize, 1951
• State Prize of the Uzbek SSR, 1970
• Order of the Red Banner of Labor
• Order of the Badge of Honor
• People's Artist of the Uzbek SSR, 1976.