Zarrina Mirshakar facts for kids

Zarrina Mirshakar, born on March 19, 1947, is a talented composer from Tajikistan. She grew up in Dushanbe, the capital city, and her father was a famous national poet named Mirsaid Mirshakar. Zarrina loved music from a young age. She studied at the Dushanbe Music College from 1963 to 1967, learning from a teacher named Yuri Ter-Osipov. Later, she went to the famous Moscow Conservatory, a big music school, from 1967 to 1974, where she learned from Sergey Balasanian.

Teaching and Career

After finishing her studies in 1974, Zarrina Mirshakar started working at the Mirzo Tursun-zade Institute of Art in Tajikistan. This is a special school for art. She taught students there. By 1994, she became a senior lecturer. This means she was a very experienced teacher, helping students learn how to create and arrange music (which is called orchestration and composition).

Her Musical Creations

Zarrina Mirshakar has written many different kinds of music. Here are some of her important works:

• For Orchestra:
  • 2 Pamir Pictures (1973–1974)
  • Sinfonietta for string instruments (1973–1975)
  • The Colours of the Sunny Pamir, a symphonic poem (1982)
  • Symphony no.1 for string instruments (1991–1993)

• For Voices:
  • A Cantata (a piece for singers and instruments) for children's chorus and a small orchestra (1975). Her father, M. Mirshakar, wrote the words for this.

• For Chamber Music (small groups of instruments):
  • String Quartet (1973)
  • 3 Pamir Frescoes for violin and piano (1976–1977)
  • Crescendo for violin and piano (1988)
  • Respiro for violin, chamber orchestra, and timpani (1990)
  • Romance for three flutes (1992)
  • 3 Pieces for three violins (1995)
  • 6 Pieces for flute and clarinet (1995)

• For Solo Instruments:
  • Sonata-poem for clarinet (1981)
  • 24 Musical Bytes for piano (1982)
  • Sonata for oboe (1987)

• Film Music:
  • Nash Boki (Our Boki), a film score (1972)
  • BAM (The Baykal-Amur Railway), a film score (1988)