Davlatmand Kholov
Davlatmand Kholov (Tajik: Давлатманд Холов; born: 1950) is a musician and singer from Kulob in Tajikistan. He is an expert in the southern folk genre of Tajik music called Falak (lit. "the firmament"). A multi-instrumentalist, trained in Shashmaqam at the Conservatory of Music in Dushanbe, he's well known for his works on the two-string dutar, ghijak, and setar which are popular instruments in Central Asia.
Davlatmand Kholov | |
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 Kholov in July 2022 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | October 26, 1950 |
| Origin | Doghiston village Shurobod, Tajik SSR, USSR |
| Genres | Traditional Tajik music, Falak, Shashmaqam |
| Occupation(s) | singer |
| Instrument(s) | Rubob, tor |
He plays and sings poetry of the Sufi poets, mainly Jalaleddin Rumi; Davlatmand's outlook is close to Rumi's poetry and philosophy. He also belongs to the post-Soviet nationalist school of thought, or is influenced by "Tajikisation", therefore turning his back on Tajik shashmaqam. This can be displayed through his works: Sawt-i Falak or "The Voices of Falak", where he creates European symphonic settings to tell tales of Tajik life and rural practices.[1] He released the album Learned & Folk Music on 9 January 1996.[2]
References
- Music and the play of power in the Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia - Laudan Nooshin (2009)
- https://www.allmusic.com/album/r327855
External links
- BBC Persian (in Cyrillic alphabet)
- Charkh-o-Falak, a documentary on Davlatmand and his music