Mukhtar Ashrafi

Mukhtar Ashrafi (Russian: Мухтар Ашрафович Ашрафи, Uzbek: Muxtor Ashrafiy; 11 June [O.S. 29 May] 1912 in Bukhara - 15 December 1975 in Tashkent) was a Soviet Uzbek composer. He was awarded the Stalin Prize in 1943 and 1952, and was named People's Artist of the USSR in 1951. He became a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1941.

Selected works

Operas

• Buran (1939, with S. Vasilenko)
• Grand Canal (1941, with S. Vasilenko)
• Dilaram (1958)
• Heart of a Poet (1962)

Ballets

• Love Amulet (1969)
• Timur Malik (1970)
• Stoikost' (1971)
• Love and Dream (1973)

Orchestral works

• Symphony No. 1 "Heroic" (1942; awarded Stalin Prize)
• Symphony No. 2 "Glory to the Victors" (1944)
• Kantatu o Schast'ye (1952; awarded Stalin Prize)
• Oratorio Skazanie o Rustame (1974)
• Music for theater, films, etc.