Tolib Shakhidi

He is a son of the founder of Professional Tajik Academic Music – Ziyodullo Shakhidi.

He graduated from the Musical College in Dushanbe in 1965 from the Composition Class of Uri Ter-Osipov.

"Taste, intellect, professionalism are the three main values of contemporary music" ("Official web-site".).

This twin pillar is not an obstacle, but the most important source of his artistic power and originality.

He won the 2008 Georges Delerue Award for his score of the film Two-Legged Horse.