Yulduz Usmonova

Yulduz Usmonova was born in Margilan, the silk town of Fergana Region, where her parents worked in a silk factory, and studied music at the pedagogical institute there.

Discovered after a holiday concert, she trained in voice with professors of the Tashkent Conservatory and became famous for songs blending Uzbek folk motifs with modern pop.

A People's Artist of Uzbekistan and Honoured Artist of Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Tajikistan, she is known in Türkiye as Yıldız Usmonova and has acted in several Uzbek films.