On August 28, the opening ceremony of the XI “Sharq taronalari” International Music Festival was held in Samarkand.

On 26th of August in “Registan Plaza” hotel the press conference devoted for XI international music festival “Shark taronalari” was held for local and foreign mass media representatives.

A photography exhibition dedicated to the life and work of the founder of independence of our country, the great state and political figure, the First President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov, as well as an art exhibition following the results of a creative competition for the creation of his portrait were opened at Tashkent House of Photography of the Academy of Arts of Uzbekistan.

The 100th birth anniversary of Komiljon Otaniyozov, a people’s artiste of Uzbekistan and a laureate of the “Buyuk hismatlari uchun (For his great services)” award, is being widely celebrated in Khorazm Region.