Aziz Shokhakimov, Uzbekistan
Aziz Shokhakimov was born in Tashkent in 1988 and studied conducting at his native city’s State Conservatoire. In 2005 he was awarded the State ‘Nikhol’ Prize for talented young musicians.
After conducting the National Symphony Orchestra of Uzbekistan for the first time, he was named Assistant Conductor in 2001. As conductor he has since led it in many concerts. In 2002 he made his operatic debut at Uzbekistan’s main State Academic Theatre with Bizet’s Carmen. Since 2003 Aziz Shokhakimov has worked regularly with the Russian Youth Symphony Orchestra, based in Togliatti, and has conducted it not only in Russia but also in France and in the Ukraine.
In 2005 Aziz Shokhakimov was invited to attend a conducting course with the Russian National Philharmonic and was subsequently given the opportunity to conduct the Orchestra in public. In 2008 he took part in the 4th International Sir Georg Solti Conducting Competition in Frankfurt.
