Ari Babakhanov

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Ari Babakhanov & Ensemble are from Bukhara, Uzbekistan. The ensemble plays traditional Shashmaqam. Ari Babakhanov masters the long-necked lutes tanbur, qashqari rubab and dutar. In 1934 he was born in Bukhara into a Jewish family which can look back on an outstanding dynasty of traditional musicians. It was founded by his grandfather Levi Babakhan (1873–1926), the legendary court vocalist of Alim Khan, the last emir of Bukhara. Levi Babakhan's son Moshe Babakhanov (1910–1983) was also a famous vocalist who accompanied himself on tanbur and doira. In contrary to his grandfather and father Ari Babakhanov became a pure instrumentalist. After his musical studies according European curriculum at the Tashkent conservatory he graduated in 1959 with the state examination. Because of the Soviet cultural politics using the customary instruments was still permitted but mainly for a European repertoire. By the discrepancy between the monophonic Uzbek music and the European polyphony this constraints led to an artificial cultural hybrid. In spite of his artistic successes in Tashkent Ari Babakhanov returned to Bukhara where he taught for the following 40 years at the music college. With the help of his father and musicians like Maarufjon Tashpulov, Najmiddin Nasriddinov und Aminjon Ismatov he gradually found his way back to the traditional Bukhara music, the Shashmaqam. He made it his life task to develop this art and achieved a unique contribution for keeping it by writing down an eno

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Shashmaqam: The Tradition of Bukhara

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The Rough Guide to the Music of Central Asia

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Asie centrale: traditions classiques

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Central Asia: Classical Traditions (1 of 2)

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Sashmaqam: The Tradition of Bukhara

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Shashmaqam: Tradition of Bukhara

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ocora: Asie Centrale, Traditions Classiques

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Rough Guide To Central Asia (Digital Version)

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Asie centrale - Traditions classiques

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Central Asia: Classical Traditions

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Circus Maximus

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Maqom Navo

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