[1] In 1925 Ovezov was sent to the Turkmen Educational College in Tashkent, where he began studying and composing music, and where he learned to play the trumpet.
He arranged Turkmen folk music for the orchestra, composing "Piyala", "Sen-sen", "Bibi jan", "Bady saba", and "Dash galdy".
[2] During this period he composed numerous works, among them the first Turkmen opera Shahsenem and Gharyp, which he co-wrote with Adrian Shaposhnikov, and which was first performed on 25 October 1944.
[3][4] Staging of this opera drew a who's who of Turkmen theater; it was directed by Alty Garliyev, and the singers included People's Artists of Turkmenistan Maya Kuliyeva, Annagul Annaguliyeva, Sona Myradova, Hojav Annadurdyev, and Yolaman Hummayev.
[3] Ovezov and Shaposhnikov drew on Turkmen folk music for many of the melodies, including "My Loved One Has Arrived", "I Weep", "My Gharyp", and "Tyuni-Derya".
[1] In 1946 Ovezov collaborated with Ukrainian composer Yuliy Meitus on the opera Leyli and Mejnun, the libretto of which is based on poetry by Nurmuhammed Andalyp.