Bachelor’s degree program:
5150100 – Composing art

Master’s degree program:
5A150101 – Composing art

Subjects taught at the department
Bachelor’s degree educational disciplines:
• The art of composition
• Instrumentation
• Instrumentation
• Reading scores
• The basics of the arrangement
• Methods of teaching composition
• Dramaturgy of musical and stage works
• Modern musical notation in traditional music

Special disciplines of the Master’s degree:
• The art of composition
• Reading and instrumentation of modern scores
• Processing of folk melodies
• Methods of teaching special subjects

The teaching staff of the department:

1. Tursunova Khurshidakhon Atabaevna – Acting Head of the Department, winner of the E’tirof-2013 award, Knight of the Order of Dustlik, Professor;
2. Abdullayeva Oidin Utamuradovna – laureate of the State Prize named after Zulfii, winner of the “E’tirof-2015” award, Knight of the Order of Dustlik, Professor;
3. Bafoev Mustafa – Honored Artist of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Professor;
4. Varelas Anatoly Sovetovich – Knight of the Order of Dustlik, Professor;
5. Makhmudov Mirkhalil – Honored Artist of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Professor;
6. Erkaev Nurali Ikromzhonovich – laureate of national and international competitions, senior lecturer;
7. Khasanov Abdulaziz Telmanovich – Associate professor;
8. Kamilova Dilnoz Sabikhullayevna – Associate professor;
9. Shukur Zhakhongir Zhyrakul ygli – associate professor
10. Abdullaev Rustam Abdullayevich – Honored Artist of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Chairman of the Union of Composers and Dancers of Uzbekistan, Professor;
11. Mansurov Avaz Maksudovich – Honored Worker of Culture of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Professor;
12. Sobirov Sherzod Samigjonovich – laureate of republican competitions, senior lecturer;
13. Akramov Farrukh Isomidinovich is a teacher.
14. Saidaminova Dilorom Akhmatovna – laureate of international competitions, laureate of the Youth Prize of the Republic of Uzbekistan, associate professor.
15. M.Turazhonov – laureate of international competitions, teacher

Professors and teachers who worked at the department:

1. Boris Borisovich Nadezhdin – Honored Artist of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Professor;
2. Kozlovsky Alexey Fedorovich – Honored Artist of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Professor;
3. Boris Isaakovich Zeidman – Honored Artist of the Republic of Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan, Professor
4. George A. Mushel – Honored Artist of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Professor;
5. Boris Fedorovich Gienko – Honored Artist of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Professor;
6. Varelas Sovetov Afanasievich – Honored Artist of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Professor;
7. Berlin Alexander Abramovich – Professor;
8. Jalilov Saifi – Honored Artist of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Professor;
9. Kurbanov Tulkun Umarovich – Honored Worker of Culture of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Professor;
10. Wildanov Rumil Dzhangirovich – Honored Artist of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Professor;
11. Tojiev Mirsadyk Makhmudovich – Honored Artist of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Professor;
12. Yanov-Yanovsky Felix Markovich – Honored Artist of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Professor;
13. Alimov Farhad Gulyamovich – Honored Artist of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Professor;
14. Narkhodjaev Nadim Kadyrovich – Honored Artist of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Professor;
15. Ergashev Anvar Yuldashevich. – Honored Artist of the Republic of Uzbekistan, laureate of the State Prize, Acting Associate Professor;
16. Rakhimov Habibulla Gaibullaevich – Honored Artist of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Deputy Chairman of the Union of Composers and Dancers of Uzbekistan, Professor;
17. Akram Abdulazizovich Hashimov – Associate Professor;
18. Amanullayeva Dilorom Davranovna – Honored Artist of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Professor;
19. Atajanov Muhammad Abdusharipovich – Associate professor;
20. Yanov-Yanovsky Dmitry Feliksovich – laureate of international competitions, senior lecturer;
21. Miniakhmetova Emilia Talgatovna is a teacher.

Cathedral cooperation agreements:
• Union of Composers and Bastakors of Uzbekistan
• State Institute of Culture and Art
• The Omnibus Ensemble

Department of “Composition and Instrumentation” (acting Head H. Tursunova) takes an active part in the educational and creative life of the State Conservatory of Uzbekistan. Her history is closely connected with the formation of the country’s school of composition and the rise of Uzbek musical culture to the world level, and the milestones of her biography coincide with the main stages of development of the university, of which she is the same age.
The Department of Composition was established in 1936 on the basis of the merger of two departments – music history and music theory. This triumvirate was headed by the famous musicologist, Honored Artist of Uzbekistan, associate Professor E. E. Romanovskaya until 1947. In 1947, at the initiative of M. A. Ashrafi, the musicology department was divided into two: the Department of Music Theory and Composition was headed by Doctor of Art History, Professor Yu. N. Tyulin, and the Department of Music History by E. E. Romanovskaya. Each of them has its own history and numerous achievements. The work of the composition department was devoted to the education and training of composers. Thus, the effective activity of its teachers made it possible to solve the problem of professional composer education in the republic, to prepare a large group of composers.
Over the years, the members of the department were outstanding masters, including B. B. Nadezhdin, B. I. Zeidman, A. F. Kozlovsky, G. A. Mushel, B. F. Gienko and others. By the early 50s, the Department of Composition had become an independent creative department. It was headed by a great musician, Honored Artist of Uzbekistan, laureate of the Khamza State Prize, composer, conductor, Professor A. F. Kozlovsky. After Alexey Fedorovich, the department was headed in different years by: B. F. Gienko, F. M. Yanov-Yanovsky, S. D. Jalil, A.M. Mansurov, A. A. Hashimov, O. U. Abdullayeva, N. I. Erkaev.
Later, the Department of Composition (unfortunately, the exact date is unknown) was merged with the Department of Instrumentation. The expediency of this decision was explained by the fact that most of the teachers of the instrumentation department for many years conducted the main disciplines of the academic cycle at the composition department. This association has certainly strengthened the position of the Department of Composition, because over the years of its existence, the Department of Instrumentation has become an authoritative scientific and methodological center in the field of the art of instrumentation and arrangement, which is the undisputed merit of its teachers.
The traditions laid down by the luminaries were developed by their students, who later became part of the teaching staff – F. Yanov-Yanovsky (from 1979-1986 he was head of the Department of Composition and Instrumentation), R. Vildanov, M. Tajiev, T. Kurbanov, S. Varelas and many others. They were active in their own work, which had a beneficial effect on their teaching work.
To date, the teaching staff of the department, while preserving its traditions, actively contributes to raising the banner of the Uzbek school of composition and popularizing this rich musical culture both inside and outside the country. The main direction of her activity, as before, is the education and training of the composing profession in all its areas, including instrumentation, arrangement (including computer). The teachers of the department conduct serious scientific and methodological work: these are curricula and lecture courses on the main special subjects: composition, instrumentation, reading scores, polyphony, harmony, musical form, solfeggio, instrumentation and others. They are being developed taking into account current trends in world composing practice.
Outstanding composers of the country are engaged in educational activities and work with students, including professors M. Bafoyev, R. Abdullaev, M. Mahmudov, O. Abdullayeva, A. Varelas, A. Mansurov, H. Tursunova, associate professors J. Shukur, D. Kamilova, A. Khasanov, senior teachers, N. I. Erkaev, Sh. Sobirov, teachers F.Akramov, S.Narturaeva, M.Turazhonov and others.
The activity of the department is multifaceted. In addition to the educational process, teachers and students take an active part in organizing and conducting concerts, competitions and festivals at both the national and international levels. In addition, there is a lot of scientific activity: students regularly make presentations at scientific and practical conferences, and the teaching staff conducts scientific and methodological work, preparing and releasing methodological and teaching aids for schools, colleges and universities of the country.

Brief information about the head of the Department of Composition and Instrumentation