Gavriel Mullokandov, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Uzbekistani musician
Date of Birth: 08-Apr-1900
Place of Birth: Samarkand, Samarqand Region, Uzbekistan
Date of Death: 06-Feb-1972
Profession: musician
Zodiac Sign: Aries 
About Gavriel Mullokandov
- Gavriel Mullokandov (8 April 1900 - 6 February 1972) is widely regarded as the greatest Bukharian Jewish singer and musician.
- He was the People's Artist of Uzbekistan.
- Gavriel Mullokandov was born on 8 April 1900 in Samarkand to a family of music lovers.
- He got much of his musical training and experience from his older brothers and from the age of nine began to sing in synagogue.
- At the age of 11 Gavriel was already singing at weddings and concerts and the public loved him.
- From his childhood, he learned everything about Shashmakom (a style of music in Central Asia) and could play all local instruments.
- During the 1920s Gavriel worked with his brother Mihoel, who was also one of the greatest singers and musicians in Central Asia.
- In 1925-26 they were joined by Levi Babahanov, who once was a court musician of Emir of Bukhara.
- In 1929 Gavriel Mullokandov won a contest in Samarkand for the best Shashmakom singer and was recognized as a new music star.
- In 1930-32 Gavriel and Mihoel Mullokandovs together with other Bukharian activists organized a Bukharian Jewish theater in Samarkand.
- In it, they were joined by such outstanding Bukharian Jews as Aron Saidov, Murduhai Bachaev and Bahor Kandhorov.
- The Jewish theater became very famous in Central Asia, Moscow, Leningrad and Baku.
- In 1936 Gavriel Mullokandov was awarded the title of People's Artist of Uzbekistan.
- In the following years he was awarded with many other government awards.
- In 1940 Mullokandov was elected to the City Council of Samarkand.
- During the Second World War, Gavriel Mullokandov was among the artists of Bukharian Jewish Theater, who traveled around the USSR performing in support of the war effort.
- Mullokandov did a lot to promote Bukharian Jewish culture.
- Songs that he sang, music that he played were forever saved in the archives of Uzbek and Tajik radio and television.
- Even though he lived in the atheist state, Mullokandov never forgot his roots and religion.
- He celebrated Jewish holidays and his home was always full of people, who came to listen to his songs.
- Gavriel Mullokandov also promoted peaceful and friendly relations between Uzbek and Tajik people and Bukharian Jews.
- He was very respected by non-Jewish population.
- One of his best friends was the great Uzbek writer Gafur Gulyam, who during the war wrote a poem called "Men – Yahudiy" or "I'm a Jew".
- Mullokandov died on 6 February 1972.
- In 1976 the Central Committee of Uzbekistan renamed Eastern Street in Samarkand, where he was born and lived most of his life, in his honor.
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