Yalla

The early years

At the end of the 1960s, as students of the Tashkent Theater and Art Institute (TTHI), Sergey Avanesov and his friend Bakhodyr Juraev decided to create a vocal and instrumental ensemble (VIA) in the wake of Beatlemania. Soon they were joined by Shahboz Nizamutdinov and Dmitry Tsirin, Ali-Askar Fathullin was invited to the keyboards. In this composition, the ensemble under the direction of German Rozhkov - the head of the TTXI training theater - and the young composer Evgeny Shiryaev was called “VIA TTXI”.

In 1969, after winning the republican competition, the brothers Farrukh and Ravshan Zakirov came to the ensemble. From this, according to Sergei Avanesov, the collective known as VIA Yalla began. The name for the ensemble was invented by the teacher of the TTHI - film director Anatoly Kabulov ^[1] .

1970-1978

VIA "Yalla" was formed in 1970 from an amateur ensemble at the Tashkent Theater and Art Institute . The first artistic director was German Rozhkov, who began to oversee the ensemble, being the director of the educational theater at the institute. The name of the collective, although similar to the name of one of the styles of Uzbek folk music, appeared at one of the rehearsals from the words of the refrain of the song “Kiz Bola” - “Mischievous Girl”. The arrangement of this Uzbek folk song was the first success of the ensemble; in January 1971, VIA Yalla successfully performed with her and Mark Fradkin ’s song “To that big, to the intersection” at the regional qualifying round of the All-Union competition “Hello, we are looking for talents!” in Sverdlovsk and reached the final of the competition in Moscow , where, performing the Uzbek folk song “Ramadan” and the Russian folk song “White fogs are floating” (soloed by Ravshan Zakirov, the younger brother of Batyr Zakirov , one of the ideological inspirers of the young team, and Farrukh Zakirov , with whose name in recent years VIA Yalla has actually been associated) , participants ans mblya became students of this prestigious competition for novice performers, permanent host who was Alexander Maslyakov . The songs “Keyz Bola” and “Yallama Yorim” performed by the ensemble were recorded at the All-Union company of melodic records.

One of the foundations for the success of Yalla was: the use, along with electric guitars and an electric organ, of Uzbek folk instruments - rubaba , doira , etc., of oriental song motifs in modern (1970s) processing. The ensemble's repertoire consisted mainly of songs in the Uzbek language, and songs in Russian and English were also performed.

The compositions of the Yalla ensemble, created based on folk Uzbek songs, gained fame. The collective and its leader Farrukh Zakirov developed their approach to the intonational-rhythmic beginning of Uzbek folklore and created such famous songs as “Majnuntol” (“Weeping Willow”), “Boycechak” (“Snowdrop”), “Yallama Yorim” and others. During this period, musicians often turn to the work of the poet Turab Tula and write songs on his poems ^[2] .

According to Farrukh Zakirov , who joined the ensemble in 1972, Evgeny Shiryaev , the first music director of Yalla, a composer who wrote music for many famous films: “Birds of Our Hopes,” “ What are Our Years ,” made a great contribution to creating the repertoire and the image of the group. ! " Elyora Ishmuhamedova ," The Bride from Vuadil "by Ali Khamraev , in which the song" Remember Me "was performed by the thirteen-year-old niece of Farrukh Zakirov Nargiz . For several years, the ensemble has successfully performed in the Tashkent music hall and toured the Soviet Union. In 1973, VIA Yalla took part in the Xth World Festival of Youth and Students in Berlin ( GDR ), where Amiga recorded fifteen songs in German, half of which, according to Farrukh Zakirov, were in the top ten national hit Parade of the GDR. In the USSR, their songs were also periodically recorded by Melody both on vinyl records and on flexible inserts of the Krugozor magazine. To the folk songs and songs of modern authors, songs of their own composition to the verses of the great poets of the East - Alisher Navoi , Omar Khayyam began to be added to the repertoire. But by the end of the 1970s, the team began to decline creatively.

C 1979

Of the old composition (1972), only Farrukh Zakirov , the artistic director of the VIA, vocalist and composer, remained. In 1979, new musicians came to the ensemble, who still play in it, with the exception of music director and bass player Rustam Ilyasov, who, after 15 years of creative activity at Yalla, broke up with the band in 1994 and moved permanently in the USA. In 1980, the ensemble expected new creative success - the song “Three Wells” composed by F. Zakirov on verses by Yu. Entin, published on the sound page of the club and amateur performances magazine No. 2 for 1982 as “Uchkuduk” (“Melody”, FD , G92-09061), has become a super-hit in the USSR (and to this day is the “visiting card” of the ensemble). In 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, and 1988, the State Honored Ensemble of the Uzbek SSR Yala was a diploma winner (finalist) of the annual Song of the Year television festivals held in the Soviet Union. In 1981, the band released its first album (a giant vinyl disc) - Three Wells.

Over the years, songs performed by the ensemble become popular: “The Last Poem”, “ Shakhrisabz ”, “Tightrope Walker” or “Baka, Baka Bang”, “Song of Nasreddin ”, “The Face of My Beloved”, “The Road Called Me”, “The Teahouse ”, "Blue domes of Samarkand ." Several albums were recorded, colorful theatrical performances were shown: “Let's create a holiday, friends”, “The face of my beloved” and “The teahouse for all time”. In 2000, Farrukh Zakirov was appointed to the post of Deputy Minister of Culture of Uzbekistan, but despite this, he remains at Yalla, and the ensemble continues its concert activities and studio recordings. As deputy minister, Farrukh Zakirov is involved in charity work, financing the treatment of sick children and elderly people, and participating in charity concerts. September 30, 2002 in the concert hall "Russia" in Moscow was a gala anniversary concert of the ensemble. In the same year, the members of the first ensemble formed the Retro Yalla group with a repertoire of the early 1970s. She also successfully performed in various concerts and shows, including the Yalli anniversary concert. As Aliaskar Fathullin said in an interview, “Retro Yalla” plans to record a disc with the first songs of the ensemble. In 2004, Farrukh Zakirov was appointed the acting Minister of Culture of Uzbekistan. After the summit of the heads of state of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in Tashkent, Azizkhodjaev was approved as the Minister of Culture. Farrukh Zakirov frees up his chair and returns to his creative "element", continues to engage in charity work. The Yalla ensemble was an honored guest at all events in diplomatic corps, public organizations and representative offices accredited in Tashkent.

In 2005, VIA Yalla celebrated its 35th anniversary with a series of gala concerts. On New Year's Eve 2007, the ensemble, together with other stars of the 1970–80s, took part in the concert show “Legends of Retro-FM”, broadcast on the First channel of Russian television. From the press:

Izvestia . “At the first chords of the epoch-making Uchkuduk, everyone started to dance: the Olympic gymnast Svetlana Khorkina , the singing wife of the capital’s official Anita Tsoi , and even the head of Rosatom Sergey Kiriyenko , who appeared in the “ Olympic ” without a tie and jacket.”

A country. Ru . “... with what delight the audience sang such familiar words from the song“ Uchkuduk “, which was performed by guests from Uzbekistan - the ensemble“ Yalla ”.”

November 26, 2016 performed at the concert "Autoradio" in the Olympic.

Starting next year, after the formation of the ensemble, the songs of the Uzbek collective were recorded and broadcast on Central television (the song "Ramadan"). In 1974, Amiga (GDR) included the song “Yallama Yorim” in the collection “Parade der Schlagerstars '73” / “Hit Parade '73” (“Amiga”, LP, 855 393), and in 1975 a solo single was released Wie schade / Das wird ein Tag sein (Amiga, SP, 4 56 148). The All-Union Melody Record Company produced minions :

• 1972 - “Yalla I”: “Keyz Bola”, “Remembrance”, “ Andijon Polkasi ”, “Kessara” (“Melody”, EP, D-00033093/94);
• 1976 - “Yalla II”: “Salom Festival!”, “Kim Uzi”, “Thorimning Siri”, “Nav Nihol” (“Melody”, EP, S62-07195 / 96);
• 1978 - “Yalla III”: “Star of the East”, “Sing, dutar, in the hands of a dzhigit”, “Yumalab-Yumalab”, “Song of Friends” (“Melody”, EP, S62-10083 / 84);
• 1979 - “Yalla IV”: “Who is he”, “Secrets of my soul” (“Melody”, FD, G62-07352);
• 1980 - “Yalla V”: “Yalla”, “Sumalak” (“Melody”, SP, С62-14961 / 62);
• 1981/82 - “Yalla VI”: “This is love” , “The road called me” (“Melody”, FD / SP, G62-08965 / 66 and C62-17473 / 74);
• 1983 - “Songs of Farrukh Zakirov”: “The face of the beloved”, “Motherland”, “Song of Shakhrisabz” (“Melody”, EP, C62 19397/98 006);
• 1986 - “Sharq miniatures” / “Eastern miniatures”: “Blue domes of Samarkand”, “Sogdiana”, “Eastern miniatures” (“Melody”, EP, C62 23189/90 006);
• 1987 - “Yalla VII”: “The Musical Teahouse”, “Mysara’s Tricks:“ Mulladost’s Aria ”,“ Hidoyatkhon's Couplets ”,“ Haji Darga Aria ”(“ Melody ”, EP, C62 24589/90 006).

Songs of VIA "Yalla" were also published in the collections of the WFG "Melody" - "Uzbek pop", "Uzbek pop songs", "Our song", "Discoclub", "Parade of ensembles", "Homeland - my song", "Tashkent 2000 years old ”,“ Our address is the Soviet Union ”,“ I can not do otherwise ”,“ New Times ”,“ New Times ”,“ Girlish Dreams ”,“ Orange Microphone (Tashkent-89) ”,“ Pop Kaleidoscope ”; - recordings on folklore (T. Tula (1918) - “Lyrics”) and literary (Sayyer - “Sadokat satrlari”) discs, split “Old Album” (composition “The Last Poem”), duet of Farrukh Zakirov and Natalya Nurmukhamedova in the album “ Raspberry syrup "(composition" tightrope walkers "), as well as numerous tracks on the in-page pages (FD media) of Krugozor magazines (No. 4 for 1972, No. 10 for 1974, No. 5 for 1977, No. 12 for 1982, No. 5 for 1984) and "Club and amateur performances" (No. 2 for 1982).

Albums

• 1981 - “Three Wells” (“Melody”, LP, C60-16641 / 42);
• 1983 - “The face of my beloved” (“Melody”, LP, С60 20135/36 000);
• 1988 - The Musical Teahouse (Melody, LP, C60 27343/44 004);
• 1991 - “Falunqing fal-afioli” (“Melody”, LP, C60 31205/06 004);
• 1995 - “The Beard of the Camel” / “Beard of a Camel” (“Imagina Productions, Inc.”, CD, 11010-2);
• 1997 - “Jinouni” / “Zhinuni” (“Imagina Productions, Inc.”, CD, 11011-2);
• 1999 - "Eastern Bazaar" (? CD?);
• 2001 - "Eastern Teahouse" ("Solo Florentin Music", CD, 3194079).

In 2008, the Russian state record label FGUP Melody in the VIA Best series published 13 tracks (Compilation) of the original VIA Yalla records from the company's historical audio archives (Melody, CD, MEL CD 60 01560).

• The song "Three Wells" / "Uchkuduk" was written on a tour in the city of Uchkuduk . The poet Y. Entin, the former head of VIA, wrote poetry, and Farrukh Zakirov in 40 minutes of music. On the same day, the song was performed at a concert. At that time, Uchkuduk was a closed city and was not marked on the maps of the USSR. According to Yu. Entin and F. Zakirov, the city appeared on the maps of the country only thanks to their song, which became the main hit of “Yalla”, but which the KGB of the Uzbek SSR forbade to perform and record ^[3] .
• Visiting concerts abroad, Yalla performs at least one song in the language of the country in which they tour. So it was in Vietnam , in Turkey , Israel , Switzerland , Azerbaijan , Sri Lanka and African countries.
• The head of VIA "Yalla" Farrukh Zakirov has the title of People's Artist of Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan , Kyrgyzstan , Turkmenistan , Tajikistan , Bashkiria ^{[4] [5]} .

• Songwriters
• Trio Marenich
• Dos Mukasan
• Squabs

• Interview with F. Zakirov on the website www.aviatour.uz
• Interview with Farrukh Zakirov at www.novostispb.ru (inaccessible link)
• Interview with Yuri Entin on the site www.pharmed.uz (inaccessible link)
• Interview with Aliaskar Fathullin on the website www.sovetulemov.ru (inaccessible link)
• Official site