Suleiman Yudakov

Suleiman Yudakov studied at Moscow Conservatory. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are opera, ballet and drama fiction. Works named in the authority record are National anthem of Tajikistan. Distinctions recorded are Stalin Prize, Order of the Red Banner of Labour, Order of the Badge of Honour and People's Artist of the Uzbek SSR.

• Name — Suleiman Yudakov • Born — 14 April 1916 • Birthplace — Kokand, Russian Empire • Died — 5 November 1990 • Place of death — Tashkent, Uzbek SSR • Occupation — Composer

Suleiman Yudakov, a Bukharian Jew, was born in Kokand, and started to devote himself to music in the orphanage where he spent three years of his childhood. His first teacher there was Mikhail Naigof. In 1932, he was accepted to the so-called rabfak (рабочий факультет, or workers' faculty - an educational establishment set up to prepare workers and peasants for higher education) of the Moscow Conservatory majoring as a flautist. In 1939, Suleiman Yudakov became a student in the class of Reinhold Glière at the conservatory's Department of Composing. In 1941, he had to interrupt his studies due to the outbreak of the war and leave for Tashkent. From 1943 to 1946 he worked as artistic director at the Tajik State Philharmonic in Dushanbe, but then returned to Tashkent. He died on 5 November 1990. He was buried in Tashkent at the Bukharan-Jewish cemetery.