Sevara Nazarkhan
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About
Known for albums such as Tortadur and Go'zal Dema, this Uzbek folk singer and songwriter gained an international following and was awarded a 2004 BBC Radio 3 World Music Award.
Before Fame
She began her music career as a professional player of the doutar (an Asian lute). She went on to attend the Uzbek National Conservatory and released her acclaimed debut album, Yoʻl Boʻlsin, in 2003.
Trivia
She founded a music production company called Sevaramusic and released her fourth solo album on the label.
Family Life
She grew up in what was then the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic, as the daughter of a radio station executive father and a musician mother.
Associated With
In 2004, she toured with the renowned English singer Peter Gabriel.
