Author: Caroline Murray

Madina Aknazarova / Мадина Акназарова

Madina Aknazarova (Мадина Акназарова) is a Tajik pop singer. She was born on 15 February, 1998 in St. Petersburg, Russia. She lived there with her aunt and her mother until she was in the ninth grade. She then moved to Dushanbe, Tajikistan in 2014 and attended a musical college there. She currently studies at the […]

Feruza Jumaniyozova

Feruza Jumaniyozova is an Uzbek singer. She has released songs in Tajik, Uyghur, Farsi, Dari, Turkmen, Azeri, Hindi, Turkish, and Uzbek. Feruza was born on 14 Feebruary, 1984 in Khorezm, in the Uzbek SSR. She started performing music when she was three. Originally wanting to be a doctor, she enrolled in the Institute of Medicine […]

Farzonai Khurshed / Фарзонаи Хушед

Farzonai Khurshed (Фарзонаи Хушед) is a Tajik pop singer. She performs songs in Tajik and has performed in Tajikistan, Germany, and Russia. Farzonai Khurshed was born on 11 July, 1989 in Kulob, Tajik SSR. She was born into a musical family. Her mother, Surayo Qosimova, and her sister, Shabnam Surayo, are both singers as well. […]

Shabnam Surayo / Шабнам Сураё

Shabnam Surayo (Шабнам Сураё) is a famous Tajik singer. She has a strong following in Persian-speaking countries such as Afghanistan, Iran, and Tajikistan. She has performed in Russian and the Persian dialects of Dari and Tajik. Shabnam was born on 14 October, 1981 in Kulob, in the Tajik SSR. She is from a famous Tajik […]