Sevara Nazarxon

Pseudonym: Sevara

Date and place of birth: December 23, 1976, Asaka city, Andijan region, Republic of Uzbekistan.

Genre: folk-rock, pop, estrada.

Musical instruments: Piano, dutar, tanbur, electric guitar.

Title: Honored Artist of Uzbekistan (2002), Winner of the "Nihol" State Award (2000).

Website: www.sevara.uzrealworldrecords.com

Sevara Nazarxon is an Uzbek singer, actress, musician, and songwriter. She was born in Asaka city, Andijan region.

She began her first activities in show business in the "Sideris" group, led by the well-known producer and musician Mansur Toshmatov. The group, consisting of four girls, quickly became known, but she achieved more success as a solo singer.

The name Sevara Nazarxon entered the Uzbek estrada in 1999. The song "Yur muhabbat" (Go, Love), composed to the lyrics of Muhammad Yusuf, brought her luck. The songs included in her first album "Ko'rgim kelar" (I Want to See) in 2000 still hold great significance. Her music videos for the songs "Tushim" (My Dream) and "Unutgin" (Forget) released in early 2001 attracted everyone's attention with their modernity. Songs like "Dugona" (Friend), sung with the Setora group, and "Yagonam o'zing" (You Are My Only One), sung with Abdulaziz Karim, brought her true fame. In September 2000, she was the first to receive the "Nihol" State Award, along with Tohir Sodiqov, Dilfuza Rahimova, and the Setora group, and performed the song "Millatlar" (Nations) at the solemn ceremony. On August 31, 2001, she performed the song "Ulug'imsan Vatanim" (My Great Motherland), written by Muhammad Yusuf, at the 10th-anniversary celebrations of Independence held at Independence Square, demonstrating her true talent.

The composition "Vatan bu" (This Is Motherland), performed in 2002, also won acclaim. Since 2000, Sevara Nazarxon has been collaborating with the Universal Music studio in London and the world-famous singer and producer Peter Gabriel. Starting in 2003, she began performing folk songs in the pop-folk genre. Comparing her performance to full-fledged maqom performance is incorrect from the point of view of art history. The maqom and folk songs performed by Sevara, while moving away from singing traditions and stylistics, focus more on achieving the accompaniment of the voice to music, but have faced stylistic distortion. However, her contribution to the global sounding of Uzbek folk songs can hide the shortcomings in her singing skills. The People's Artist of Uzbekistan, Yulduz Usmonova, criticized in one of her interviews that Sevara Nazarxon is presenting folk songs to the world as her own copyright songs.

Sevara Nazarxon, who works in the pop genre, makes extensive use of the national musical instruments dutar and tanbur, which are widespread in Central Asian singing, in her songs. In recent years, the new interpretation of samples of folk oral art in a modern direction in songs created in foreign music recording studios has created a unique image for Sevara Nazarxon. The album "Yol Bo'lsin" (Let It Be the Road), created in collaboration with French producer Hector Zazou in 2003, was well received by critics. Some songs from this album were included in the Afro Celt Sound System album in 2005.

Sevara Nazarxon was awarded the Best Asian Singer title presented by BBC Radio 3 in 2004. She acted in the new interpretation of the film "Tohir and Zuhra" in 2000 and performed the duet "Yagonam o'zing" with Abdulaziz Karim. Sevara's participation in the Russian Federation's main vocal project, "Golos" (The Voice), was an unexpected situation for all Uzbeks. After that, she achieved several successes in projects such as "Vyshka," "Toch v Toch," and "Dancing with the Stars." Currently, although she lives in London, England, with her family, she travels regularly on the London - Moscow - Tashkent route. She lives mostly in Tashkent in the spring and autumn. She has a son named Deniz. By the Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated 26.08.2002, Sevara Nazarxon was awarded the title of Honored Artist of Uzbekistan.