Shahidi Foundation

The maqam, inside the symphony.

Ziyodullo Shahidi set the classical maqams inside the symphony. The Foundation takes that music into study and performance through work on scores and scholarship.

Programmes

Scores for study and performance

The Foundation's programme joins work on critical editions and new commissions with teaching. Residency and salon give composers and scholars time for work and discussion. Archive research returns to the source material.

Editions

The editions programme prepares numbered critical scores and monographs for musicians and researchers to use in performance and study.

Commissions

Commissions connect composers with cultural partners to develop new scores for performers.

Residency & Salon

Residency gives composers and scholars time for focused work at the Samarkand residence; the salon brings that work into conversation.

  1. Shahidi's first opera, Komde & Madan, brings Bedil's poem to the stage.

  2. Ziyodullo Shahidi writes the Symphony of Maqams, drawing on Shashmaqom themes.

  3. Munira Shahidi founds the Foundation during Tajikistan's civil war.

People

Meet Ziyodullo Shahidi, Munira Shahidi, Farangis Nurulla-Khoja and Nargis Nurulla-Khoja.

  • Ziyodullo Shahidi
  • Munira Shahidi
  • Farangis Nurulla-Khoja
  • Nargis Nurulla-Khoja

Dushanbe and Samarkand

The composer's house in Dushanbe is home to the public Ziyodullo Shahidi museum. The family residence in Samarkand gives the residency and salon programme its setting.