Department of Kashkadarya Musical Performance

The Surkhandarya-Kashkadarya musical style is one of the local variants of Uzbek traditional music. The ethnic composition, origin, and historically established socio-economic conditions of the people living in this region have determined the uniqueness of this style. In folk musical performance, performers mainly rely on their inner emotions, practical experience, and memory. In orally transmitted professional music, performance traditions are preserved and developed through the master–apprentice relationship, while instrumentalists and singers adhere to specific knowledge and principles such as aruz (prosody), music theory, and composition.