Biography
Tolibkhon Shakhidi (13 March 1946) was born in the city of Dushanbe, Tajikistan. His father Ziedullo Shakhidi, was the founder of twentieth century Tajik music.
Tolibkhon began his musical career at the age of fourteen and graduated from the Musical College in Dushanbe in 1965 from the Composition Class of Uri Ter- Osipov. In the same year, he entered the Moscow Tchaikovsky State Conservatory. During his student years in Moscow, he strove to be at the centre of musical activities. Conductors such as Mikhail Terion and Maxim Shostakovich performed his orchestral and instrumental compositions.
In 1972 Tolibkhon Shakhidi graduated from the Moscow Conservatory from the class of Aram Khachaturian. 'Tolib, your time is precious,' wrote the famous master on Shakhidi's graduation photograph – and since then, this has become the composer's fundamental belief both in life and in his creative work.
From 1972 to this day, Tolibkhon Shakhidi has participated in a number of music festivals and has striven to produce innovative and powerful compositions. His music attempts to create a synthesis between East and West. His brilliant understanding of orchestration and familiarity with different musical styles have firmly established him in the contemporary music scene.
Working in a number of different genres, including theatre and cinema, Shakhidi's compositions often serve as the vehicle for the musical representation of intensely powerful plays. Drawing inspiration from playwrights such as Sophocles and Shakespeare, Shakhidi's compositions capture the listener's imagination much as a dramatic representation would.
A master of different genres, including operas, ballets, symphonies and instrumental compositions, his work represents a unique fusion of the very best of the European and Asian musical traditions. He is a contemporary artist, whose world outlook transcends national boundaries. In this capacity, he regularly participates in international festivals of contemporary and world music in a number of different countries.
Tolib Shakhidi won several awards including the International Competition of Contemporary Music in the United States and the National Rudaki Prize in Tajikistan.
Tolib Shakhidi have 6 Author CD's and a DVD published in London and Moscow. Please check the CD's section.
Major works of composer Tolib Shakhidi
- 1975
- «Festival»—symphonic poem
- 1978
- «Death of usurer»—suite of ballet
- 1978
- «Tajiks»—symphony N 2
- 1980
- «Rubai of Khaiam»—film ballet
- 1981
- "Charkh" - symphony for chamber ochestra
- 1981
- Sonata N 1 for piano
- 1981
- «Recitative of Rumi»—suite for flute and piano
- 1984
- «Sado»—symphonic poem VIEW & LISTEN ON YOUTUBE
- 1988
- «Caliph-stork»—operas for children
- 1989
- «Karlic-nose»—operas for children
- 1989
- «Beauty yosif» - ballet
- 1991
- Sonata N 2 for piano
- 1991
- Sonata N 2 for piano and chamber orchestra
- 1992
- «Siavush»—ballet,
- 1993
- «Beauty and Monster»—opera
- 1993
- Concert for violin and chamber orchestra
- 1994
- Concert N 3 for piano and orchestra
- 1997
- Concert N 1 for string orchestra,
- 1998
- «Firdavsiada»—concert N 2 for string orchestra
- 1998
- «Sufi-dancer»—music for 15 instruments
- 1998
- «Istanbul-capriccio»—for saxophone and chamber orchestra.
- 1999
- «Dobro vam»—vocal cycle for tenor and symphonic orchestra. Poems of Hofiz, Gete, Pushkin
- 1999
- «Amir Ismoil»—opera
- 2000
- «Silk road dreams dancing»—septet
- 2000
- «Pictures under moon» for R. Finn poem. Soprano and chamber orchestra
- 2001
- «Algorismus marimba+»—sextet
- 2001
- «Contrasts in 55»
- 2001
- «Contrasts»—music for violin and piano
- 2002
- «King Lear»—music for tradegy of Shakespeare
- 2002
- «Persian Suite»—music for string orchestra
- 2002
- «Sufi and Budha»—pictures etude for piano
- 2004
- «Concerto Grosso N3»—for santur violino solo and chamber orchestra
- 2005
- «Contrast of times» — vocal cycle for soprano and symphonic orchestra, words of Pole Valery and Rekan
- 2007
- «Birds talking»—suite for three flute
- 2008
- «Adagio»—for violoncelle - solo in remembrance of Aram Khachaturian
- 2008
- «Allegro IN 5»— for chamber ensemble
- 2008
- Four retro miniature for chorus A, Capella in remembrance of Ziyadullo Shakhidi
- 2008
- "Magic Apples" - child opera on motives of an English fairy tale
- 2008
- "Playing Backgamon" - for piano VIEW & LISTEN ON YOUTUBE
- 2009
- VERDI-SHAKHIDI - parafraz, for piano from opera Traviata
- 2010
- Concert for Clarnet and Symphonic Orchestra
- 2011
- Quartet for 4 cello - from Indian Raga
- 2012
- "Darius" - Pictures for Symphonic Orchestra
- 2012
- Adagio - Existence - for string orchestra
- 2013
- Rhapsody - Dialogue on themes of Aram Khachaturian for piano and orchestra Youtube
- 2013
- "Two poems: Byron, Rumi" for Chorus and Chamber Ensemble
- 2014
- "Devouring time" - Romance for voice and orchestra based on Shakespeare’s sonnet
- 2014
- "Etude-Picture no 3 for piano
