Gurminj Zavkibekov
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Tajik actor
and musician
- Gurminj Zavqibekov was born on May 1, 1929, in the village of Shujand in Rushon
, GBAO, Tajikistan
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Zavqibekov graduated from the Tashkent Institute of Theater and Painting named after Ostrovsky in 1954. In 1977, he became the Director of the Lahuti State Academy of Dramatic Arts in Dushanbe
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distance himself from flights of fancy and hyperbole. The roles he has performed include:
, was established in 1990 by Gurminj as a result of long-pursued dream and expression of his passion for music and arts.
of Tajikistan and won the Rudaki State Prize in 1966.
, director of the renowned Group "Shams" and inherited to become the Director of the Gurminj Museum after his death. Gurminj Zavqibekov died in 2003 in Dushanbe.
Actor
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and musician
Musician
A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....
- Gurminj Zavqibekov was born on May 1, 1929, in the village of Shujand in Rushon
Rushon district
Rushon District or Nohiya-i Rushon is a district in east Tajikistan, in the west-central part of the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province . It stretches along the Bartang River between the Yazgulem Range to the north and the Rushon Range to the south...
, GBAO, Tajikistan
Tajikistan
Tajikistan , officially the Republic of Tajikistan , is a mountainous landlocked country in Central Asia. Afghanistan borders it to the south, Uzbekistan to the west, Kyrgyzstan to the north, and China to the east....
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Zavqibekov graduated from the Tashkent Institute of Theater and Painting named after Ostrovsky in 1954. In 1977, he became the Director of the Lahuti State Academy of Dramatic Arts in Dushanbe
Dushanbe
-Economy:Coal, lead, and arsenic are mined nearby in the cities of Nurek and Kulob allowing for the industrialization of Dushanbe. The Nurek Dam, the world's highest as of 2008, generates 95% of Tajikistan's electricity, and another dam, the Roghun Dam, is planned on the Vakhsh River...
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Acting career
Zavqibekov is partial to the portrayal of positive, decisive, upright, and kind heroes. A realist actor, he tends todistance himself from flights of fancy and hyperbole. The roles he has performed include:
- Frunze in Hurriat (Freedom), by Gh. Abdullo, 1964;
- Ghafur in Boi va Khizmatgor (The Richman and the Servant), by Hamza Hakimzoda Niyozi, 1957;
- Mach and Akbar in Rudaki (Rudaki), by S. Ulughzoda, 1973;
- Urtaboev in the film Odam Pustashro Ivaz Mikunad (Man Changes His Skin), directed by R. Perlshtein, 1959;
Stage Roles
Zavqibekov's contribution to stage include:- Saidali in Tufon (Storm), by Gh. Abdullo and Sh. Qiomov, 1957;
- Kent in Shoh Lir (King Lear), by W. Shakespeare, 1957;
- Kamol in Man—Fakhriddinov (I Am Fakhriddinov), by J. Ikromi, 1961;
- Rustam in Rustam va Suhrob (Rustam and Suhrab), by Gh. Abdullo, 1967; and many others.
Museum of Gurminj Zavqibekov
The Museum of musical instruments, better known as the Gurminj MuseumGurminj Museum
The Gurminj Museum of Musical Instruments is a museum located in the center of Dushanbe, Tajikistan, behind the Office of the Mayor on Bokhtar Street.- History :...
, was established in 1990 by Gurminj as a result of long-pursued dream and expression of his passion for music and arts.
Awards
Zavqibekov became a People's ArtistPeople's Artist
People's Artist is a honorary title in the Soviet Union, Union republics, in some other Eastern bloc states , as well as in a number of post-Soviet states, modeled after the title of the People's Artist of the USSR....
of Tajikistan and won the Rudaki State Prize in 1966.
Personal life
Gurminj Zavqibekov was married to Tamara Pavlovna and had two sons: Iqbol and Genadiy. Iqbol is a professional musicianMusician
A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....
, director of the renowned Group "Shams" and inherited to become the Director of the Gurminj Museum after his death. Gurminj Zavqibekov died in 2003 in Dushanbe.