Background
ASHRAFI, Mukhtar was born in 1912 in Bukhara.
ASHRAFI, Mukhtar was born in 1912 in Bukhara.
1928 graduated Bukhara Musical Technicum. 1930 graduated Uzbekistan Research Institute for the Study of Music and Choreography, Samarkand. 1934-1936 attended composition class, Moscow Conservatory.
1948 graduated Conducting Faculty, Leningrad Conservatory, as external student.
1929 Director of Music, Samarkand Radio. 1937-1939 Honoured Artist of Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic. 1942-1947 Director, Uzbek Theater of Opera and Ballet.
1944-1948 instructor, 1948-1953 lecturer, since 1953 Professor, Tashkent Conser vatory. 1940-1948 Deputy Chairman, Organization Committee, Uzbekistan Union of Composers. 1955 member, Soviet cultural workers’ delegate to India.
Member, Communist Party, since 1941.
Member, Communist Party, since 1941.