Saturday, 15, March, 2025

Culture

An art exhibition on Tuberculosis through the Eyes of Young Artists opened December 11 at the Palace of Youth Creativity to raise awareness of tuberculosis (TB). Thirty-six young artists from the Kamoliddin Bekhzoda National Institute of Art and Design contributed 56 works of art to emphasize the importance of TB prevention, detection, and treatment, and to build community support to combat the stigma that often accompanies a TB diagnosis.

The jury of the IV PROlogue International Film Festival has selected 31 films out of more than 280 entries. These films were selected for the main competition.

For the first time George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four was translated into Uzbek by Karim Bahriev for a translation project launched by Asaxiy online retailer which aims to bring quality English literature to Uzbek-speaking readers.

Tashkent will host PROlogue International Film Festival 2018 from November 27-30. The event is co-organized by the Youth Union, UzbekCinema National Agency, the Tashkent City Mayor's Office, the Cinematography Development Center, the Young Cinematographers' Council and the National Cinema Commission.

To promote cultural relations between the people of the United States and Uzbekistan, the U.S. Embassy in Tashkent has brought the Next Level Hip Hop group to Tashkent. They will be performing at the Turkiston Open Air Stage 16 August.

Yeoju Technical Institute in Tashkent (YTIT), the first private university in Uzbekistan has announced admissions for the 2018/2019 academic year.

The Museum of Arts of Karakalpakstan named after Igor Savitsky commented on the incident happened to the 1914 painting of Alexander Shevchenko (1883-1948) "Woman with Buckets".

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed Measures to Organize the Activities of the Uzbekistan’s Philharmonic Orchestra Decree Wednesday resurrecting the society under the Ministry of Culture.

An unusual monument named "The Place of the Ignorant and Lazy in Society" has been erected at Baxtli recreation park in Karakalpakstan’s Kanlykol district, KrUz reported.

In the end of June, the World Heritage Committee will discuss the issue of removing Shahrisabz city from the UNESCO World Heritage List, Jens Jordan told Gazeta uz.

Julio Iglesias will start off his new 75th anniversary and jubilee world tour with performance at the Tashkent's Xalqlar Do'stligi (Peoples' Friendship) Palace on September 10th. Then he will continue in the United Arab Emirates with two concerts at the Dubai Opera House, on October 1st and 2nd, in Tel Aviv (at the Nokia Arena, on Oct. 6th) and in Moscow (at the Kremlin, on Oct. 17th).

Famous filmmaker Shukhrat Abbosov died on Wednesday in Tashkent aged 87, the government hospital No1, where he was hospitalized the day before, said.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev today visited the Suzuk-Ota mausoleum on February 9, 2018, the President’s press service reported.

The Ninth Islamic Conference of Culture Ministers issued a resolution whereby Bukhara was designated as Capital of Islamic Culture for the Asian region for the year 2020. Also the capitalы of Islamic culture in 2020 were designated Cairo (Egypt) and Bamako (Mali).

The US television channel HBO confirmed Thursday that fans of the Game of Thrones series will have to wait until 2019 to find out the outcome of the fantasy saga adapted from the novels of George  Martin.

Famous Spanish singer Enrique Iglesias will perform in Tashkent’ Palace of International Forums on December 28, in a concert organized with the support of the Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov.

The Government of Uzbekistan, by its December 11 decree, has approved the Program for development of activities and strengthening resource base of state museums for 2017-2027.

José Carreras, one of the greatest tenors of all time, will perform at the Uzbekistan International Forums Palace on December 17, accompanied by the Uzbekistan Symphony Orchestra under the baton of the Spanish maestro David Gimenez.

Kuwait city will host the Days of Uzbek Culture from December 15 to 22, the Uzbek ministry of culture said. The events will be opened with a concert, also featuring exhibitions of national applied arts and photographs, presentation of Uzbekistan’s tourist potential and sights, round table, master classes and other events.

British pop singer Robbie Williams will perform at Tashkent’s International Forums Palace on December 15. The concert is reportedly organized by Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov.