Turgun Alimatov, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Uzbek classic music and shashmaqam virtuoso and composer
Date of Birth: 20-Jan-1922
Place of Birth: Tashkent
Date of Death: 17-Dec-2008
Profession: composer
Nationality: Uzbekistan
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius 
About Turgun Alimatov
- Turgun Alimatov (Uzbek: Turg?un Alimatov; 20 January 1922 – 17 December 2008) was one of the leading Uzbek classic music and shashmaqam player and composer of 20th century folk and classic music.
- He was a master performer of tanbur, dutar, and sato.The musical community knows Alimatov first and foremost as a player of tanbur, dutar, and sato.
- He has found a new style and technique of performance on the dutar, sato, and tanbur which became popular around Uzbekistan, and his way of playing in these instruments is followed by many performers.
- Alimatov’s music is used in many Uzbek houses to put to sleep babies and kids, also in hospitals and treatment centers in Uzbekistan.
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