(b. 27 February 1943, Tashkent).
Uzbek composer, now resident in both Russia and Uzbekistan, of mostly orchestral, chamber and piano works that have been performed in Asia, Europe and North America.
Ms. Saidaminova initially studied composition with Boris I. Zeidman and piano with Abraham M. Litvinov at the Uspensky Academic Lyceum in Tashkent from 1950–61. She then studied composition with Boris I. Zeidman and piano with Abraham M. Litvinov at the State Conservatory of Uzbekistan in Tashkent, where she graduated with her MMus in piano in 1966, MMus in composition in 1967 and DMA in composition in 1971. She later had postgraduate studies with Yuri Fortunatov at the P. I. Tchaikovsky State Conservatory in Moscow in 1981, where she also had a few lessons with Edison Denisov.
Among her honours are the Special Prize for Most Outstanding Young Composer (Tashkent, 1977, for Symphonic Poem), Second Prize in a state-sponsored competition in Tashkent (1982, for her popular song Uzbekistan), Second Prize in a song competition in Tashkent (1983, for a children's song), First Prize in a state-sponsored competition in Tashkent (1983, for Holiday Overture), the Award for Outstanding Contributions to Culture and Music (Tashkent, 1991), Zweiter Preis in the competition GEDOK in Mannheim (1998, for By the Sound of Francesca), and a grant from the Open Society Institute/Soros Foundation in Tashkent (2002). Her music has been performed in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, Germany, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, the UK, the USA, and Uzbekistan, including portrait concerts in Tashkent in 1992, 1998, 2000, and 2002.
She is also active in other positions. She worked as musical editor-general of the Uzbekistan State TV Company in Tashkent from 1985–88.
She taught as a professor of composition, music history and piano at the State Conservatory of Uzbekistan from 1967–85 and again from 1988–95.
In addition to the works listed below, Ms. Saidaminova has composed many children's songs.
She is the mother of the violinist Tigran Shiganyan.
SELECT LIST OF WORKS
STAGE:
A Girl Who Has Made Magic (incidental music, play by Shukur Sagdulla), 1965
An Inflammable Stone (ballet, scenario by Oleg Uzakov), 1971
My Sweetheart Does Not Notice Me (incidental music, play by Yusuf Shamansurov), 1974
Magic Cage (incidental music, play by Zakhid Khaknazarov), 1975
ORCHESTRAL:
Symphonic Overture, 1963
Symphony No. 1, 1967
Concerto No. 1, piano, orchestra, 1971
Symphonic Poem, 1977
Concerto No. 2, piano, orchestra, 1981
Holiday Overture, 1983
Symphony No. 2, 1988
Poem (ballad), 1994
A Short Novel, string orchestra, 1994
In Memory of My Friends, 2000
The Garden of My Childhood, 2 pianos, orchestra, 2002
Festival Overture, symphonic band, 2003
Concerto, tenor saxophone, symphonic band, 2004 (also longer version for tenor saxophone, orchestra, 2005)
The Shadows, saxophone, small orchestra, 2010
Amir Timur, percussion, orchestra, 2011
The Smell of the Night, small orchestra, 2013
The Dance of the Rain, small orchestra, 2013
CHAMBER MUSIC:
Sonatina, chang (hammered dulcimer from Central Asia), 1960
Variations, violin, piano, 1961
String Quartet, 1966
Concert Play, flute, 1980
Three Plays, trumpet, 1981
Five Plays, ghijak (spike lute from Central Asia), piano, 1985–87
Navrus, French horn, 2 trumpets, trombone, tuba, 1990
Monologue, viola, piano, 1992
Poem–Improvisation, viola, piano, 1992
Umid – Hope, violin, piano, 1993
Fantasy, chang, piano, 1994
Sonata–Improvisation, cello, piano, 1994
A Prayer in the Night, tenor saxophone, 1994
Maskaraboses, alto saxophone, 1994
By the Sound of Francesca, flute, violin, cello, percussion, 1997
Sonata No. 1, violin, piano, 1997
Lost in Eternity, piano, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass, 1998
To My Son, violin, ensemble (flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, 2 French horns, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass), 2001
Primum impe imperare sibi imperare, piano, percussion, 2003
Sonata No. 2, violin, piano, 2005
Sabo – Morning Breeze, violin, cello, piano, 2006
Where There Is No Time, clarinet, violin, piano, 2010
The Sounds of the Ney, ney, percussion, ensemble, 2012
Saraton, zurna (oboe from Central Asia), chang, rababa from Kashgar, 2 violins, 2013 (version of vocal work)
CHORAL:
To You, Homeland (rock oratorio, text by Oman Mukhtarov), tenor, guitar (+ electric guitar), bass guitar, synthesizer, percussion, 1985
Strong with Brotherly Friendship (ode, text by Rakhim Farkhadi), bass, mixed chorus, orchestra, 1986
Azon (text from Muslim prayers), mixed chorus, violin, piano, organ, 2002
VOCAL:
Requiem, voice, piano, 2001
Through the Lines of Misty Dreams..., voice, double bass, synthesizer, folk ensemble (ney [flute from the Middle East], koshnay [flute from Central Asia], chang, 2 dutar [2-string lutes from Central Asia], 2 bass dutar, qanun [zither from the Middle East], 2 rababa [2-string bowed instruments from the Middle East], 2 rababa from Kashgar, 2 rababa from Afghanistan, percussion), 2004
West-East Divan (text by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe), 2009
Saraton, voice, zurna, chang, rababa from Kashgar, 2013 (also version for zurna, chang, rababa from Kashgar, 2 violins)
PIANO:
Plays for Children, 1966
Étude, 1968
Polyphonic Piece, 1969
Lyric Waltz, 1969
Lullaby, 1969
The Races, 1969
Fantastic Dance, 1970
Hide-and-Seek, 1970
Nocturne, 1971
Reflection, 1971
Rondo, 1972
The Walls of Ancient Bukhara, 1973, revised 1988
Sayora, 1974
Toccatina, 1974
Sonatina, 1974
Poem, 1980
Dedication to a Poet, 1981
Waltz, 1989
Three Plays, 1991
Three Preludes and also..., 1994
Frescoes of Afrasiab, 1997
Play with Batman, 2003
Dialogue with Khayyam, 2012
ORGAN:
Dreams from Childhood, 1988
FILM SCORES (DIRECTOR):
Magic Carpet (animation; Malik Kajumov), 1973
Khamrakul – Ata, 1976 (Melis Abzalov)
Khiva, 1977 (Malik Kajumov)
There is a Kind City in the East (Malik Kajumov), 1977
Meeting with Tashkent, 1979 (Malik Kajumov)
The Junior (Raano Kubayeva), 1994