ST. PETERSBURG, March 6, 2012, Asia-Plus — Music group Baraka from Latvia has performed a number of concerts in St. Petersburg. The group presented its new program “Tribute to Muboraksho” and the album of the same name.
Compositions of this album are based on songs of known Tajik singer Muboraksho Mirzoshoyev better known as Muboraksho also as Misha.
Muboraksho’s songs sounded in a new jazz arrangement. Young singer Devika Evsikova performed them in Tajik.
The best jazz musicians from Latvia, Russia and other countries worked on the album.
The music group Baraka is an original music project working in the lounge music style. Musicians perform their own compositions as well as remixes and arrangements of other authors. They are especially interested in ethnic music.
Muboraksho was a Tajik singer, songwriter and actor recognized alongside Daler Nazarov as a pioneer of the Tajik rock music. Muboraksho was born on August 19, 1961 in the Rushon district of Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO). He died on February 8, 2000.
Muboraksho spent his childhood in his home village of Yemts in Gorno Badakhshan. At the age of 14, he composed his first song, “Chor Javon” which later became an instant hit across Tajikistan, when it hit the radio waves in the late 1980s.
From 1984 to 1987 he studied at Leningrad (present-day St. Petersburg) Leningrad Aviation Institute, but his early success solidified his desire to pursue a career in music. Muboraksho started his professional music career in 1988 when he joined Daler Nazarov’s music group. The same year Muboraksho”s music became very popular in Tajikistan.
Some of Muboraksho”s music centered on the themes of sadness and mysticism, which evoked strong emotions in his fans. He was very close and dear to all Tajiks, as his music and lyrics, some of which borrowed from the medieval mystical Persian poets were able to capture the imagination of his fanbase. His repertoire also included some very upbeat songs. One of his greatest hits was “Ay Yorum Biyo” in 1988, which has become a staple at weddings throughout Tajikistan. Many musicians, have made covers of Muboraksho”s songs including n.A.T.o.. The Persian rock band Kiosk also made an Iranian cover version of “Ay Yorum Biyo” as “Ay Yarom Bia” featuring Mohsen Namjoo.
Muboraksho is a cultural symbol of the Tajik popular music of the 20th century, who had been among a very few artists that have had an enormous influence on the contemporary Tajik music scene. He is cited as one of the major influences among the current Tajik musicians.
Despite his popularity, Muboraksho never released any official album during his lifetime. In 1997, however, there was a release (without Daler Nazarov”s or Muboraksho”s estate permission) of two non-official albums entitled Jiray-1 and Jiray-2. The first album contained mostly Daler Nazarov”s songs (except for one), while the second album had 13 of Muboraksho songs, incl
