Nodira Pirmatova, Mirgiyos Mukhitdinov & Kiya Tabassian

UZBEKISTAN, IRAN

In Uzbekistan, at the centre of sedentary Central Asia, Nodira Pirmatova is among the best-known performers of popular classic. Trained in both traditional music and opera singing, Pirmatova accompanies herself on the dutar and brings exquisite vocal control and intensity to the performance of katta ashula, a traditionally a cappella vocal genre, as well as classical Maqam songs.

Nodira Pirmatova | Uzbekistan | dutar and vocals

Mirgiyos Mukhitdinov | Uzbekistan | doyra

Kiya Tabassian | Iran |  sétar and vocals