Background
Tohir Sodiqov was born in Tashkent on July 1, 1973. His father, Sodiqov Bahromjon Sobirovich, was a retired officer and died when Sodiqov was a child.
Tohir Sodiqov was born in Tashkent on July 1, 1973. His father, Sodiqov Bahromjon Sobirovich, was a retired officer and died when Sodiqov was a child.
Sodiqov attended Secondary School Number.
He is best known as the long-time lead singer, guitarist, songwriter, and composer of the Uzbek rock band Bolalar. Sodiqov has also established a successful solo career. He has recorded songs in Uzbek, Russian, and English.
Tohir Sodiqov had no formal music training.
He started to play music when he was in high-school. 41 in Tashkent, founded the band Bolalar in 1989.
Bolalar Bolalar originally consisted of Bahodir Poʻlatov, Husan Sodiqov (Tohir Sodiqov"s brother), Javohir Zokirov, Nargiza Zokirova, Ruslan Sharipov, Tofik Marduxaev, Toir Odilov, and Tohir Sodiqov. The band became widely popular in Uzbekistan with their song "Bolalar" in 1989.
Bolalar recorded their first album, Esingdami sening? (Do You Remember?), in January 1990.
Initially, the group"s artistic director and composer was Ruslan Sharipov. Over the years all of the original members left the band one after another. Currently, Tohir Sodiqov and Tofik Marduxaev are the only remaining original members.
Tohir Sodiqov usually writes both the music and lyrics to his songs.
His music has been associated mostly with popular rock and experimental rock. Bolalar and Laskoviy Mai have often been called "the legends of the 1990s." Tohir Sodiqov and Yuri Shatunov, the lead singer of Laskoviy Mai, performed together in Tashkent in 2009.
Acting Tohir Sodiqov has played main roles in two Uzbek films, namely Tohir va Zuhra: Yangi talqin (Tohir and Zuhra: A New Interpretation) and Koʻzlaring maʼyus (Your Eyes are Sad).
The members of Bolalar were influenced by the Uzbek rock and roll singer Davron Gʻoipov and the then-popular Russian band Laskoviy Mai.