Shahzoda (name-Zilola Musaeva)

Star of the East

The east is especial!
And the truth: having seen and having heard this east divine you understand why all Central Asia and the CIS countries in "wild" delight from a beauty and singer Shahzody.
Even the name of her is conformable with a name of other ingenious woman of the East - the Shaherezada, the magnificent storyteller of Arabian fairy tales «Thousand and one night».
The magic of her voice and eccentricity of talent were showed that she has managed to unite and in the creativity two rare qualities: the European erudition and intelligence on the one hand, both east wisdom and sincere harmony with another.
The singer has created an image of charming, vulnerable, fragile and very beautiful woman, oriental languid and constrained. But behind this restraint strong, self-assured, very bright artistic nature is felt.
As in fairy tales of thousand and one night characters, plots, orders and palace halls change, so each Shahzoda's new song is not similar on previous. Musical figure of her songs varies, as if intricate patterns of a colorful Arabian kaleidoscope. East pop divine as the drama actress, reincarnates both on a stage, and in clips, precisely corresponding to mood of her songs. She varies itself, changes a timbre of the voice, a mimicry, gestures and suits. Even scenery at her concerts strengthens a conceptual plan of a composition.
Shahzoda's songs in the Uzbek language are especially exotic . There is a charm of the southern countries so far from us - northerners, but such attracting is guessed: ancient and mysterious, hot and vivifying. Her songs breathe a cool of mountain tops, sweet aroma of violent colors, shady freshness of oases and deserted winds.
Shahzoda has managed to entice us, in the gold magic world of east fairy tale and to convince us in proud and fine omnipotence of the art.

At present time Shahzoda has finished work on the first Russian-speaking album which will consist from 11 tracks (« Two planets » / « 1000 and one night » / "Run-run" / « Simply be with me » / « the Dark sea » / « A bit too and it is insulting » / "Present" / « Me and you » / « Again alone »???).
Each song is deeply experienced by the singer, each melody reflects her mood, each plot is somehow connected to its her life.There is an enclosed part of her  soul in compositions of an album , and not only: such a popular in Russia and beyond  composers and poets, as Ravil Gimazutdinov, Paul Li, Jasur Abdurakhmanov has created them.

For the Russian spectatorы as acquaintance to creativity of Shahzoda the song «One thousand and one nights» has been chosen. It also became her visit card. This composition has been chosen for shooting a clip. When work on a clip has been finished, the song at once has come in rotation on all musical TVchannels. Beginning to start a clip on TV as it has there and then got in the Internet and has caused squall of enthusiastic responses at the same time. Director Bahodyr Juldashev popular clip maker of Central Asia and Russia, has really tried on glory. Rich colours, original plans, some subject lines. Contrasts and a dynamical picture do not allow to remove a sight. The geography of shootings amazes: founders shooted Harlem in true Harlem (New York), desert - in the true desert in Dubai, and at home in Tashkent have built grandiose scenery in pavilions of  "Uzbekfilm". The result has turned out impressing: true in an European way a qualitative clip with exotic east color. And it is no wonder: director Juldashev has a huge operational experience with the Russian stars, such as "A-Studio", «Inveterate swindlers », "Reflex", "Cream", Leonid Agutin, "МакSим", and his clips are broadcast by all musical TVchannels.

Talent without borders

Talented and multilateral, Shahzoda does not get tired itself to try in new roles. Many-sided nature of her talent amazes: more than 10 played roles at cinema have not simply gone right to the young singer, and have made these films topcash in Uzbekistan. The army of her adorers has replenished with thousand recruits. In one of the roles - in film « Fatima and Zuhra » - Shahzoda has made what nobody expected from her. The charming, refined girl always sung and speaking about love, has reincarnated in other person. Rigid, cold and prudent - the femme fatale. Such way of charachter has appeared by Shahzoda in playing Zuhra. The shown talent of a characteristic actress has been accepted by public « on hurrah » and film was included in number of nationally favorite blockbusters of Uzbekistan.
But Shahzoda has not got used to stop on achieved. Success in cinema it seemed not enough to her. And now the talented singer tries herself as the designer of clothes. While her development can be seen on her during concerts - those captivating bright and simultaneously faultlessly elegant orders - a fruit of Shahzoda's creativity. The singer plans to create the collection of a dress in the future. What they will be, it is possible to guess only, but one is indisputable: as all that makes Shahzoda, it will be beautiful, bright and faultless.
Awards:
- In 2003 she was the winner in nominations « Image of year » and « the Best singer of year ».
- In 2004 has won a nomination « the Album of year ».
- In 2005 « the Song of year » (You are the needed one) has won a nomination
She took parti in all performances in all areas of Republic Uzbekistan.
During the career she has released 5 albums: « It exists», « There gonna be a hapiness», "You are the needed one", "I'm happy", «Salam Aleykum» which scattered in the big circulations.
At present she works on creation of the sixth album (in two languages for Russia and Uzbekistan).

Shahzoda also has acted in a film "Sevinch" where she has played a leaging part of girl Sevinch . She Has acted in a film "Sarvinoz" later. Then has played a leaging role in tremendous drama «Fatima and Zuhra ", and then in a movie "Zumrad and Qimmat" where she has  played a leaging part again.

Curriculum vitae.

Shahzoda is not the person who has come to show business to amuse the vanity.
The girl since the childhood lived with music. Shahzoda is the creative pseudonym of Zilola Musaeva. Zilola was born in Uzbekistan in 1979 in family of the philologist and the Doctor of Philosophy. Up to 9 years old she has lived in Moscow, and has then returned to Tashkent where the career started. Since school times Zilola was engaged in a vocal. And having becme a student in institute, has written down the first album in structure of group " Jonim " organized by known composer Vagif Zakirov. Since 2001 Shahzoda cooperates with the record - company «Tarona Records».
In 2003 she has given the first solo concert. The success was such deafening, that the biggest Tashkent concert hall has been hammered by people before refusal. Next year Shahzoda has given 2 concerts successively, and one year later - 3. Her popularity of  grew so quickly, that tickets were bought up, hardly having had time to leave for sale, and at concerts the apple had no place to fall.
When it became close within the framework of native Uzbekistan, Shahzoda has travelled all over with performances almost all countries CIS, republics of Caucasus and Transcaucasia, and in Kazakhstan, Kirghizia and Tadjikistan - acted in all cities of these states. And today, name Shahzoda is so popular in this region, that mums with pleasure name the daughters with this beautiful east name.

The glory about the singer, at last, has come and to Russia.