Dilorom Saĭdaminova

Dilorom Saidaminova (born 27 February 1943) is an Uzbek composer who also worked as a musical editor for the Uzbekistan State TV Company and taught piano at the State Conservatory of Uzbekistan.

Saidaminova was born in Tashkent. She studied music at the Uspensky Academic Lyceum in Tashkent and at the State Conservatory of Uzbekistan, where she earned a MMus in piano, a MMus in composition, and a DMA in composition. Her postgraduate studies were at the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory. Her teachers included Edison Denisov, Yuri Fortunatov, Abraham Litvinov, and Boris Zeidman. Her son is the violinist Tigran Shiganyan.

From 1967 to 1985 and from 1988 to 1995, Saidaminova taught piano at the State Conservatory of Uzbekistan. She worked as a musical editor at the Uzbekistan State TV Company from 1985 to 1988. Saidaminova is a member of the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) and the Composers Union in both Uzbekistan and in Russia.

1983 First Prize in Tashkent Competition for Holiday Overture

2004 commission from saxophonist James Houlik for Concerto for Saxophone

Chamber

Ascending to Light (unaccompanied violin) Monologue (viola and piano, 1992) Poem-Improvisation (viola and piano, 1992) Shadow of the Woman (cello and chamber orchestra)

Orchestra

Amir Timur (orchestra and solo percussion)

Path to Enlightenment (choir and orchestra) Saraton (soprano, violin and traditional instruments)

"Uzbekistan"