Daler Nazarov
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Daler Nazarov (born on September 8, 1959) is a Tajik/Pamiri
songwriter
, singer and actor
.
Nazarov was born in the Former Soviet Republic of Tajikistan
. He has lived in Dushanbe
, the capital of Tajikistan
for most of his life, but had to leave the country in the early 90's due to a civil war that ended around 1997. For the next few years he lived in Almaty
, Kazakhstan
and then returned to Dushanbe. Among his recent work is music for feature movies. Nazarov is of the Pamiri
ethnic group and many of his songs are in Shughni
language.
Nazarov's music in Shik (2003) was nominated for an award.
Pamiri people
Pamiri is the name of an Iranian ethnic group in the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province in Tajikistan.-Ethnic Identity:The Pamiris are composed of people who speak the Pamiri languages, the indigenous language in the Gorno-Badakhshan autonomous province, and adhere to the Ismaili sect of Shia...
songwriter
Songwriter
A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...
, singer and actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
.
Nazarov was born in the Former Soviet Republic of 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....
. He has lived 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...
, the capital of 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....
for most of his life, but had to leave the country in the early 90's due to a civil war that ended around 1997. For the next few years he lived in Almaty
Almaty
Almaty , also known by its former names Verny and Alma-Ata , is the former capital of Kazakhstan and the nation's largest city, with a population of 1,348,500...
, Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Ranked as the ninth largest country in the world, it is also the world's largest landlocked country; its territory of is greater than Western Europe...
and then returned to Dushanbe. Among his recent work is music for feature movies. Nazarov is of the Pamiri
Pamiri people
Pamiri is the name of an Iranian ethnic group in the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province in Tajikistan.-Ethnic Identity:The Pamiris are composed of people who speak the Pamiri languages, the indigenous language in the Gorno-Badakhshan autonomous province, and adhere to the Ismaili sect of Shia...
ethnic group and many of his songs are in Shughni
Shughni
Shughni, Shighni is the commonly used but the short form of Shughnani, Shighnani may refer to:* Shughni language, spoken in Afghanistan and Tajikistan...
language.
Filmography
- Yunosti pervoe utro, composer, (1979)
- KumirKumirKumir is a Tajik film released in 1988. The film is directed by Yormahmad Aralev and stars Daler Nazarov, Larisa Belogurova and Ahmadsho Ulfatshoyev.- Synopsis :A pop singer Khurshed works under the leadership of impresario Mir Alisovich...
, composer and actor, (1988) - Tonnel, composer, (1993)
- Luna PapaLuna PapaLuna Papa is a 1999 movie by Bakhtyar Khudojnazarov with collaboration from Germany, Japan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Austria, Switzerland, France, and Russia....
, composer, (1999), Moon Father - Rozhdenstvenskaya mysteriya, composer, (2000), The Christmas Miracle
- England, composer, (2000)
- Statue of Love, composer, (2003)
- Shik, composer, (2003), (The Suit, aka Shik - il vestito, Italy, aka Costume, Le, France)
- Meistersinger: The sound of Russia, composer, (2003), (Big Bones - Big Business, aka Chasse à l'os en Sibérie, France)
- Angel na dorogakh, composer, (2003), Angel on the Road
- Die Sibirische Knochenjagd, composer, (2004)
- Sex & Philosophy, composer and actor, (2005)
- Shaere zobale-ha, composer, (2005), Poet of the wastes
- Bobo, composer, (2008)
- Opium War, composer, (2008)
Nazarov's music in Shik (2003) was nominated for an award.