Alifova, Firuza Shodmonovna

She studied at the Republican secondary special music boarding school. Maliki Sobirova (Dushanbe), at a music school ( Gafurov ). In 2000 she graduated from the Sodirkhon Hofiz Music School ( Khujand ) in piano ^[1] , in 2006 - from the Academy of Arts of the Khujand State University named after B. Gafurov (folk singing class of the People's Artist of the USSR Jurabek Murodov ) with the qualification of “concert performer, artist of folk and vocal genre. "

Family

Father - Shodmon Alifovich Alifov, violinist, director of the Chkalov Music School, head of the chamber orchestra of the Sogd region; Knight of the Order "Sharaf" 1st degree ^[1] .

Mother - Khamrodzhan Mamadzhanova ^[1] .

Husband - Kasim Rakhbarovich Kasymov ^[2] ; four children.

The first solo performance as a pianist took place in 1991 - performed “Little Concert” by V. A. Mozart with the Symphony Orchestra of the State Philharmonic of Tajikistan under the direction of B. Merobov .

Since 1994, performs folk and pop songs; studied with the Honored Artist of Tajikistan Yuri Sobirovich Pulatov for some time ^[1] . In 1999-2001 she performed in the duet “Laylo” (with Olimjan Vakhidov), which was recognized as the best pop group of the Sughd region (2000), “The best duet of the year” (2000, the Ministry of Culture of Tajikistan), “the best debut of the year” (2000, the television and radio company “ PEACE"). In 2005-2006, she was a soloist in the vocal and instrumental ensemble Voice of Sogd. Speaking at the 4th international pop-vocal competition Astana 2006, she won 2 places - “For a bright performance of a song of her country” and was awarded an Honorary Diploma of the Ministry of Culture of Kazakhstan “For an Individual Contribution to the Variety of the Country”. He performs at state events of a republican scale, tours in the republic and abroad.

Released 8 albums and recorded more than 100 songs.

Albums in the duet “Lilo”:

• 1999 - Laylo (Layla)
• 2000 - Mechuyamat (Looking for you)
• 2001 - Oshiki ruyut (In love with your face)

Solo albums:

• 2002 - Modarnoma (About Mom)
• 2003 - Hoham Bubam
• 2004 - Shabcharog (Night Light)
• 2005 - Dili Man (My Heart)
• 2006 - Bakhti Safed (Happiness)

• Diploma-recipient at the International Piano Competition in honor of S. Prokofiev (Dushanbe, 1989)
• 2nd place at the regional vocal and pop contest in memory of N. Bandishoeva (1995)
• Grand Prix of the regional vocal and pop contest in memory of N. Bandishoeva (1999)
• Laureate of the vocal competition of regional pop singers “Golden Threads” (1999)
• Grand Prix of the regional vocal competition “Song of the Year 99” (1999) - as part of the duet “Laylo”
• 2nd place of the republican competition "Aryans, Samanids and Tajiks" (2001)
• “The best artist of the year” (Hunarmandi Sol) of the Sogd region (2002)
• Laureate of the state contest “Song of the Year 2003” (2003)
• Certificate of Merit of the Governor of Sughd Region (2005)
• 2nd place of the IV international pop-vocal competition “Astana-2006” (2006) - for the bright performance of the song of his country ^[1]
• Certificate of honor of the Ministry of Culture of Kazakhstan "For individual contribution to the stage" (2006)
• 2nd place project Hello, Dublin 2009! (2009) ^[3]

• Yusupov H. Tajik melodies conquer admirers of national pop music in Kazakhstan (Russian) (inaccessible link) . Asia-Plus (October 17, 2006). Date of treatment March 25, 2015. Archived April 2, 2015.