Eson Kandov

Eson Kandov (born 1941) was a singer and musician from Uzbekistan with a successful career during the 1960-80s. He was awarded the distinction as Honored Artist of the Uzbek SSR in 1974 and is considered the first artist who represented the Republic of Uzbekistan on the international stage at the Sopot Festival "Sopot-73".

His albums and EPs were successfully distributed throughout the Soviet Union through the major record label Melodiya in the 1970s and 1980s.

Early life He was born as the second son into a family of Bukharian Jews. His father was a teacher of the Uzbek language and his mother was a housewife who worked in the financial administration when he was young. During his childhood his maternal grandfather, who had lyrical baritone voice, and his mother often sang to him on weekends or on holidays.

Education After graduating from school, Eson Kandov entered the acting department of the Theater and Art Institute, and from the second year he chose to enter the Tashkent State Conservatory. At the conservatory he mainly learned classical singing. After successfully participating in a competition at the Conservatory in 1964, he was accepted as a soloist and singer in the Variety Orchestra of Uzbekistan. Along with singers such as Botir Zokirov, Luiza Zokirova and Elmira Urazbaeva, he is considered a co-founder of modern Uzbek pop music with traditional influences in the 1960s.

In 1973 he represented the Soviet Union at the Sopot International Song Festival with the song “Ormonlarga konarokshom” (translated from Uzbek as “Evening falls on the forests”) in the Forest Opera, Sopot, Poland. In the same year, on the basis of the Uzbek Variety Orchestra, the Tashkent Music Hall was created, where he was the leading soloist and singer. Since 1974 he has been collaborating with the state ensemble "Yalla". With Yalla, he toured a dozen European countries as well as across all over the Soviet Union. In 1977 when the state ensemble "Navo" was formed, he became its soloist singer. Title in English Format Label, country

|1973

|Эсон Кандов – Барно |Eson Kandov - Barno |Vinyl, 7", 33 ⅓ RPM

|1976 |М60-39403-4 |ЭСТРАДНАЯ МУЗЫКА КОМПОЗИТОРОВ УЗБЕКИСТАНА |POPULAR MUSIC BY UZBEK COMPOSERS LP, Mono, Yellow

|1976 |М62-39529-30 |Узбекские эстрадные песни |Uzbek Estrada pop songs |7", 33 ⅓ RPM, Mono, Yellow

|1977 |М60-40359-60 |ПЕСНИ Ш. РАМАЗАНОВА (1910). |SONGS OF SH. RAMAZANOVA (1910). LP

1987 Г62—06887-8 Поёт Эсон Кандов Eson Kandov Singing Flexi-disc, 7", 33 ⅓ RPM, Mono

|1979 |С62-12121-2 |Эсон Кандов – Не Успокоимся |Eson Kandov - Let's not rest 7", 33 ⅓ RPM

|1979 |С60-13079—80 |УЗБЕКСКАЯ ЭСТРАДНАЯ МУЗЫКА |Uzbek Estrada Music Album

|1983 |С62 20053 008 |Эсон Кандов, Наво – Ливанские Кедры |Eson Kandov and the ensemble Navo - Lebanese Cedars 7", 33 ⅓ RPM

|1984 |С62 20821 008 |ПЕСНИ НА СТИХИ ТАТЬЯНЫ КОРШИЛОВОЙ |SONGS TO VERSES BY TATIANA KORSHILOVA 7", 33 ⅓ RPM

|1986 |АБП 0038 |СУЛТАНОВА Надира. |SULTANOV Nadira.

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2016 MEL CO 0234 Летняя Мелодия. 50 песен для лета Summer Melody. 50 songs for the summer

2021 Ностальгия по СССР (Любимые хиты) Nostalgia for the USSR (Favorite hits) Selection of songs Boi, boi / Бой, бой Bukharian Wedding / бухарская свадьба Емина / Emina Romansi / Романсы Song about Tashkent / Песня о Ташкенте with Yunus Turaev and Naufal Zakirov (in 1965)