Zarrina Mirshakar, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Zarrina Mirshakar

composer

Date of Birth: 19-Mar-1947

Place of Birth: Dushanbe, Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic, Tajikistan

Profession: composer, music pedagogue

Nationality: Tajikistan

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Zarrina Mirshakar (born 19 March 1947) is a Tajik composer.
She was born in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, into the family of the national poet Mirsaid Mirshakar.
She studied at Dushanbe Music College under Yuri Ter-Osipov from 1963–67 and at the Moscow Conservatory with Sergey Balasanian from 1967–74.After completing her studies, Mirshakar took a position in 1974 at the Mirzo Tursun-zade Institute of Art in Tajikistan, and in 1994 became a senior lecturer in orchestration and composition.