Tours to Uzbekistan (Most popular tours to Uzbekistan)

Tours to Uzbekistan (Most popular tours to Uzbekistan)

Most Popular Tours to Uzbekistan

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These are tours to Uzbekistan, to the state whose territory is located in the very heart of Central Asia: once crossed by caravan routes, including the famous Great Silk Road.

Uzbekistan is, first of all, the country of historical and cultural tourism. It is the place of concentration of the precious Eastern Gems such as Samarkand, Bukhara, Khiva, Tashkent and Shakhrisabz with splendid and out and outer monuments of Central Asian medieval architecture.

Uzbekistan has preserved city’s districts, whose architectural look has not been changed for centuries: there you will lose the inner sense and enter an oriental fairy tale, with splendid sparkling palaces, dominating slim minarets, blooming Garden of Eden, lively oriental bazaars.

The rural districts and centers remote from the cities are strong with centuries-old national traditions. A multisided culture and every-day life of the Uzbek will certainly arouse interest of researches and fans of eco-tourism.

The tours to Uzbekistan is the exotics of modern East, ancient history, ingenious applied art, hospitality and sociability of the Uzbek people, flavored pilau and crispy flat cakes, abundance of natural delicious vegetables and fruits grown under generous Uzbek sun. A sea of positive impressions will make your holiday in Uzbekistan unforgettable!

[edit] Scheduled Uzbekistan Tours in 2014

You have a dream to visit Uzbekistan, but do not know how to do it? Join to the scheduled Uzbekistan tours with guaranteed dates. If you do not have organized Uzbekistan tours in your country and are interested in exploring ancient Uzbekistan cities with a group of travelers, this variant best suits you. Experience why Uzbekistan is called “the Brilliant in sandy setting” and share your impressions of a trip to Uzbekistan with friends!

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Scheduled tour to Uzbekistan will acquaint you with the famous ancient cities of Uzbekistan: Samarkand, Bukhara and Khiva, as well as the modern capital of Uzbekistan, Tashkent.

[edit] Uzbekistan Cultural Tours

Cultural tours are Uzbekistan tours to ancient cities: Bukhara, Khiva, Samarkand, where you will see the main places of interest and monuments of culture, history, architecture of various regions of the country. Within cultural tours to Uzbekistan you will learn lifestyle and traditions of Uzbek people.

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We invite you to celebrate Navruz in 2014 together with hospitable people of Uzbekistan and visit ancient cities of the country.

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Sightseeing weekend tour to Samarkand will show you all the beauty and magnificence of the Pearl of the East. You will visit the Gur-Emir tomb, Registan Square, Shakhi Zinda Necropolis and other attractions of Samarkand.

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This tour combines visits to two famous cities of Uzbekistan: Samarkand and Bukhara. During this Uzbekistan tour, you will see exotic medieval palaces, which glorified the reign of Bukhara emirs and world-famous Samarkand.

[edit] Religious Tours to Uzbekistan

Joining religious Uzbekistan tours you will make a fascinating trip to holy places in Uzbekistan, which for a long time were the pilgrimage sites for many nations of the world.

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You will experience the spirit of ancient Silk Road, visit the holy places and enjoy Uzbek hospitality. The tour program includes Tashkent, Samarkand, Bukhara and Khiva which are famous for its Islamic and holy Sufi sites.

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This religious tour to Uzbekistan will show you all the Zoroastrian and Buddhist cultural Heritage of Uzbekistan. You will visit ancient cities and the most interesting sights of Uzbekistan.

[edit] Combined Central Asian tours

Combined Central Asian tour is the complex and eventful trip for those who want to see everything here and now. You will learn nature, culture, architecture of each country to be visited: Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan. Our varied tour program includes only the most interesting!

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During the cultural tour to Kunya-Urgench, you will visit Turkmenistan. The former capital of the Khorezm Empire keeps such monuments as Kutlug Timur, the highest minaret in Central Asia, and the Mausoleum of Turabek Khan with a very beautiful dome.

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Combined Central Asian tour to Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan is a great opportunity to learn the culture, attractions, lifestyle and traditions of two neighboring Central Asian states.

[edit] Mountain Tours to Uzbekistan

Mountains are the favorite recreational places both for residents and tourists. Magnificence, space and beautiful landscape amaze everyone who has ever been there. Within the worked-out mountain tours to Uzbekistan you will have an opportunity to make hikes of various degree of complexity to Chimgan mountains, to visit the well-known Beldersay area – the popular weekend hiking spot for residents and guests the whole year round. Whatever mountain tour to Uzbekistan you choose, the travel will leave you unforgettable impressions!

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From May to October Uzbekistan mountains appear before travelers in all its splendor. Select one-day mountain tour to Chimgan to visit Gulkam waterfalls and relax at a picnic away from the city.

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Beldersay is the perfect place for a summer trekking to the mountains. On this relatively small area, the traveler will see almost all types of mountain landscape, from the narrow rocky canyons and waterfalls to large alpine meadows.

[edit] Weekend Uzbekistan Tours

UzbekTraveller.com offers one day and two days Uzbekistan tours to Tashkent and ancient cities: Samarkand, Bukhara, Khiva and Shakhrisabz. If you are in Tashkent for a weekend and have free time, you can select the following short Uzbekistan tours and have an interesting excursion and perfect rest.

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Tour to Khiva is one of the most popular weekend tours. It is an excellent opportunity to spend time with advantage and interest, having appeared in Tashkent.

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This weekend tour offers double trip to the most exotic Uzbekistan cities: Samarkand and Bukhara. A great pastime is guaranteed!

[edit] Adventure tours

What could be more exciting than getting acquainted with nature of unknown country? Different flora and fauna, picturesque valleys and the majestic mountain peaks, sultry deserts and rapid rivers...Uzbekistan provides great opportunities for skiing and mountain climbing, camping and hiking, jeep-safari, and even beach break on the shore of the Charvak water reservoir. Order one of the adventure tours in Uzbekistan, and you will get unforgettable impressions and healthy rest!

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Tour to the Aral Sea is a trip to beautiful places of western Uzbekistan. You will see magnificent and tragic landscapes of the Ustyurt Plateau and Aral Sea, visit the city of Muynak, a cemetery of ships, also you will see the second largest collection of Russian avant-garde in the famous Museum of Savitsky.

[edit] Train tours in Uzbekistan

Discover Uzbekistan traveling by train. Railway lines connect the main tourist places of Uzbekistan. High-speed electric train takes you quickly to Samarkand and Bukhara with the main attractions of Uzbekistan. You can also get the train from Bukhara to Urgench and visit Khiva, a town-museum under the open sky, listed in the UNESCO World Heritage List, which is only 30 kilometers away. Train tours in Uzbekistan give you the opportunity to travel by your own original route and get to know other Uzbek cities on the route of the famous Great Silk Road.

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In this Uzbekistan cultural tour you will fly to Bukhara and go from Bukhara to Samarkand by a high-speed train, which will bring you quickly to this historical city.

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This Uzbekistan cultural tour includes visits to Tashkent, Samarkand, Bukhara and Khiva. High-speed train travel, tours to historical sites are waiting for you. Also you will have free time for independent exploring.

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Tour to Ancient Cities of Uzbekistan

Country	Uzbekistan
Tour route	Tashkent - Urgench - Khiva - Bukhara - Shakhrisabz - Samarkand - Tashkent
Total Duration	8 days
Transportation	Comfortable AC
Season	April - October
Group Size	Any
Hotel Type	3* given as an option
Placement	TWN / DBL placement
Meal	Bed and Breakfast

This most requesting tour is a chance to visit the ancient cities of Uzbekistan, located in the land which in different times called Sogdiana, the land between the Amu-Darya and Syr-Darya, or Transoxiana by the Romans and Mawaranahr by the Arabs (both means the land "Beyond the Oxus"). As well as to visit the land of ancient cities of Uzbekistan, khorezm civilization, which lays on the lower reaches of the Amu-Darya

Day 1 Tashkent

Arrival to the Tahkent (the capital of Uzbekistan and peoples' friendship) international airport and transfer to the hotel. Accommodation and rest after flight.
Free time in the evening Tashkent.
Overnight at hotel in Tashkent.
Tashkent - is one of the most biggest ancient city in Central Asia - the capital of the Republic of Uzbekistan. The first information about Tashkent as a city settlings is kept in the ancient east chronicles of the II century B.C., in the Chinese sources it’s called Yuni; in the inscriptions of 262 years B.C. of Pursian king Shapura I on "Kaabe Zoroastra" the oasis of Tashkent was called Chach. Chach was a crossroads on the way of gold export, precious stones, spices and splendid horses to another towns and states. Today Tashkent, in translation from uzbek standing for "Stone town" is a capital of modern Republic, keeping the evidence of future, the memory of many history events of Uzbekistan, - one of the biggest industrial center of Central Asia, with the population of over 2 million people.

Day 2 Tashkent - Urgench - Khiva

07:00 Morning flight to Urgench HY-1051.
08:40 arrival to Urgench, transfer to the hotel in Khiva (The only city-museum under the open sky in Central Asia) (35 km, 30 min). Guided sightseeing city tour. Visit a UNESCO World Heritage site Ichan-Qala fortress: Kunya-Arc, Sayeed Alauddin mausoleum, madrasa Arab-Mukhamadkhan, mosque Oq-Masjid, madrasa Hodjan Berdi-biya, Shirgazikhan, Abdullakhan, Juma mosque, madrasa Allakulikhan, Toshkhovli palace, Pakhlavan Makhmud mausoleum, minaret Islom-khodja. Free time in the afternoon.
Overnight in Khiva.
The history of Khiva and the Khorezm oasis is fascinating and a walk through the Ichan Kala, the old walled city of Khiva, will give you an insight into the life led there ancient days up to the present time. Today Khiva is the gateway to a region that has much to offer: ancient Khorezm, where you can discover lots of cities from the 6th century, acquire hand made ceramics, woven rugs and silk carpets and many other interesting things.

Day 3 Bukhara

In the morning depart Khiva and drive to Bukhara (one of the most esteemed city of Islamic culture) through the Kyzylkum desert along Caravan road (480 km, 7 h). On the way stop to see Amu-Darya (Oxus) river.
Arrival to Bukhara in the afternoon.
Check in to the hotel. Free time, walking through the backstreets of Bukhara.
Overnight in Bukhara.

Day 4 Bukhara

Breakfast at the hotel.
09:00 Sightseeing tour in Bukhara. Visit Samani dynasty mausoleum, Arc Fortress, Chashma-Ayub mausoleum, Imam Al Bukhari museum, Bolo-Houz mosque, Poi Kalon ensemble, Kalyan minaret and mosque, Miri-Arab madrasa, Toki Zargaron dome of jewelers, Magoki-Attori mosque, Khanaka and Nadir Divan Begi  madrasa, Kukeldash madrasa, Ulugbek madrasa, Abdulazizkhan madrasa, Abdullah-Khan madrasa, trade domes, Lyabi Hauz complex and Chor-Minor madrasa.
19:00 Dinner with folklore show at Nodir Devan Begi madrasa.
Overnight in Bukhara.

Day 5 Bukhara - Sakhrisabz - Samarkand

Breakfast at the hotel.
09:00 In the morning depart Bukhara and drive to Samarkand via Shakhrisabz (Kesh - a hometown of Tamerlane) (270 km, 3,5 h).
14:00 Sightseeing tour in Shakhrisabz. Visit ruins of Tamerlan's summer residence Ak-Saray palace, Tamerlane’s eldest and favorite son Jahongir mausoleum, complex Dor-ut Saodat: Khazratiy Imam mosque, mausoleum Gumbazi-Seiidan, Kok Gumbaz mosque.
17:00 In the afternoon drive to the ancient city Samarkand (90 km, 1,5 h).
Arrival to Samarkand, check in to the hotel. Free time.
Overnight in Samarkand.

Day 6 Samarkand

Breakfast at the hotel.
09:00 Sightseeing tour in Samarkand (Marakanda to the Greeks) - One of Central Asian’s oldest settlements. The capital of Tamerlane’s  empire Mawaranahr). Visit Registan Square: Ulugbek, Shir Dor and Tillya-Kari madrasas, ruins of Afrosiab -  an archeological excavation and museum of the ancient town (6 BC-13 AD), Bibi-Khanum Mosque, Shakhi-Zinda necropolis, Gur-Emir mausoleum, Ulugbek observatory, and Siab bazaar in Samarkand.
Overnight in Samarkand.
Samarkand is one of the most ancient city of the world. As well as other first centres of a human civilisation - Babylon and Memphis, Athenes and Rome, Alexandria and Byzantium - Samarkand also was fated to go through rough events and upheavels.
The history of Samarkand goes deep into millenium. Archeological finds and annalistic works of eyewitnesses and ancient historians have allowed to establish with full reliability, that a human had lived in the territory of the modern city for many thousand years B.C..
Throughout centuries the ancient city was constantly involved in whirlpool of rough events. The periods of brilliant bloom of science and culture, art and crafts were superseded by full decline under blows of half-civilised, greedy conquerors. There were decades when Samarkand lost almost all population and jackals howled at night on once populous Registan. But mighty vital forces made the way again on a surface, and the city, as phoenix, rose from ashes and ruins.

Day 7 Samarkand - Tashkent

Tashkent (Chach - Modern city with old history. Starting from the settlement of Ming-Uruk (2 BC) to the nowadays).
09:00 In the morning depart Samarkand and drive to Tashkent (315 km, 5 h).
14:00 Arrival to Tashkent, check in to the hotel.
In the afternoon the sightseeing tour around Tashkent. Visit Old City part of Tashkent: Kukeldash madrasa, Kaffal Shashi mausoleum, Barak Khan madrasa, Juma (Friday) Mosque, Mui-Mubarak madrasa, Abdulkasim madrasa, Khast-Imom complex (which houses the 7'th century Osman Quran, the world’s oldest), Chor-Su handicraft bazaar and the center of Tashkent with Amir Temur Square, Independence Square, Uzbekistan History Museum,  Applied Arts Museum.
Overnight in Tashkent.

Day 8 Tashkent

Breakfat at the hotel.
Transfer to the airport, departure.
The end of the tour.

Included - specific

• Folklore show programm at Nodir Devan Begi Madrassah in Bukhara
• Hotel placement: 7 nights (early check-in and late check-out is not included)

  Check-in time after 14:00
  Check-out time before 12:00

• Breakfast – 7 included according to the program

 Included - general

• Visa support
• CIP transfer by arrival
• AC Comfortable transportation for the whole trip
• Professional guide (available in different languages) will accompany you and try to give you the best explanation of the site's history, traditions and culture
• Tour operator and Group Leader will make you feel comfortable and assist you in case of problem 24/7
• Entrance fees to historical places
• For each transfer 0.5 L of mineral water
• Single / Double / Twin hotel rooms as indicated above
• Luggage handling at the airports and hotels

Excluded

• Visa application fee in Uzbek embassy in your country
• Fees for the use of cameras and videos in the monuments and tourist sites
• Expenses of personal nature like laundry, telephone, fax, internet, beverages, camera / video camera fee at monuments, medical expenses, airport departure tax etc.
• Personal expenses
• Local payments in domestic currency, such as tips and gratuities
• Expenses for things which are not listed in the tour package

Opportunities

In addition, our program may include special arrangements such as:

• Similar standard hotels will be provided if in case mentioned hotels are not available at the time of reservation or does not suit travelers
• Lunches or dinners in private homes of Uzbek families to get closer to the traditions, culture and way of life of local people, to see the process of baking the traditional round bread and cooking tasty osh (pilaf)
• Different dance shows and entertainment varying from region to region in traditional costumes
• Special tours to different studios and workshops where You can see various traditional crafts in real.

You can use our suggested programs as they stand or create Your own itinerary according to Your wishes and preferences. We will be happy to assist you in this task.

Style.Uz in numbers: then and now

October 29, 2013

Style.Uz Art Week is the first and the biggest culture and art project of its kind in Central Asia that seeks to encourage further development of modern and traditional national fashion and arts in Uzbekistan. In 2006, the year it was launched, the project included several national and international fashion shows, a Design and Fashion Exhibition and workshops. Now in its eighth year, the project also includes Tashkent International Biennale of Contemporary Art, Tashkent Film Forum ‘Golden Guepard’ and International Festival ‘Theatre.Uz’.
In the 8 years since it was launched, Style.Uz has included:
- 155 exhibitions
- 24 festivals
- 107 workshops and meetings
- 75 catwalk shows by international fashion houses and designers
- 377 shows of collections by Uzbek fashion designers
- 20 conferences
- 16 major concerts
- 8 auctions
The participants have included:
- over 350,000 visitors
- 2,700 international guests
- 1,756 dancers
- 1,300 volunteers
- 829 artists
- 700 representatives of local and international media outlets
- 619 film and theater actors and actresses
- 376 photographers
- 280 local and international designers
- 80 participant countries
- 43 sponsors

Style.Uz Art Week 2013: round-up

October 29, 2013

This year’s Style.Uz Art Week, a major action-packed culture and art project overseen by Fund Forum, has come to an end. Over 10,000 people attended roughly 200 multifarious events held as part of Style.Uz Art Week, the Tashkent International Film Forum ‘Golden Guepard’, International Festival ‘Theatre.Uz/2013’ and the Tashkent International Biennale of Contemporary Art held on October 19-27.
The highlights of this year’s Art Week include:
The 7th Tashkent International Biennale of Contemporary Art, which was made up of 41 projects, among them 11 exhibitions, 6 workshops and international conference ‘Various Cultures, One World’.
The Biennale showcased works by around 100 artists from Azerbaijan, Greece, Russia, France, Algeria, Armenia, Bangladesh, Belarus, Bulgaria, the United Kingdom, Germany, Hong Kong, Georgia, Denmark, Egypt, Spain, South Korea, Montenegro, Poland, Serbia, Ethiopia, Israel, Italy, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, the USA, Turkey, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, the Philippines, Sweden, Estonia and Japan. The Biennale also presented artworks by around 130 Uzbekistan artists.
The Biennale is dedicated to raising the broad local public’s awareness of fresh trends in contemporary global fine art while promoting Tashkent as a regional art powerhouse, creating opportunities for international cultural ties and international dialog, and putting the spotlight on the achievements and potential of national arts. It also works to ramp up international cultural relations, to enhance intercultural dialog and highlight new names in modern art and the achievements of various countries in fine art.
Besides the Biennale, the Week has included: the Traditional Art, Fashion and Design Exposition, solo exhibitions, video installation ‘Triptych… Architecture.Music.Dance’ (Uzbekistan-Russia), Japanese artist Noriko Yamamoto’s installation ‘Weltformel - Theory of Everything’, British artist Nick Sayers’ exhibition and ‘Zero Waste’ installation, a Chinese comic art exhibition, and Japanese exhibition ‘The Last Samurai – Mysterious Japan’.
The Third Tashkent International Film Forum ‘Golden Guepard’ took place on October 19-24. While the film forum has a permanent motto ‘Civilizations of the 21st Century: Dialog of Cultures’, which mirrors its long-term strategy, it is annually given a new slogan that reveals the concept of each edition of the forum and serves as a criterion for selecting entries submitted. The slogan of this year’s film forum is the Latin phrase Per speculum et in aenigmate – "in an enigma by means of a mirror".
The film forum was attended by professionals from over 50 European, Asian, African and North and South American countries.
The film forum drew over 500 entries, with the selection committee having selected 11 feature films, 13 short films and 10 animated films.
The Golden Guepard Film Forum included an international conference titled ‘National Cinema in a Global World’, 23 workshops by film industry professionals and 10 press conferences. The film forum screened 16 in-competition films and 23 out-of competition films sent in from South Korea, India, the Czech Republic and France as well as documentaries. A total of 75 events were held as part of this year’s film forum.
The jury for this year’s film forum was chaired by prominent award-winning Chinese film director and scriptwriter Zhang Yuan.
The Fourth International Festival ‘Theatre.UZ/2013’ included 27 projects: 4 workshops, collaborative productions, and plays by international troupes as well as Tashkent and Uzbek regional theaters.
The Week’s fashion section was made up of 17 catwalk shows by big-name international fashion labels and designers such as Stefano Ricci, Dsquared2, Jo No Fui and VLOV, Underground youth fashion show (featuring collections by 26 local fashion designers, National Dress Festival (15 local designers), General Défilé by Dom Stilya as well as jewelry shows by Japan’s Mikimoto and Malaysia’s Rafflesia. All told, Style.Uz Art Week 2013 presented 65 collections by fashion designers from China, France, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Russia, Spain and Uzbekistan.
The music section, which is one of the distinguishing features of Tashkent Art Week, presented 4 concerts: by Russian celebrated conductor and violist Yuri Bashmet, Russian pop star Valeriya, as well as the premiere of the musical ‘The Lion King: The Return’ and Live Show ‘Kings of the Stage’ by The Lion King Music and Theater Studio, which gave itself the goal of discovering and training talented children, who will then be supported and promoted throughout their artistic pathway.
The Charity Gala Dinner, organized annually by the National Breast Cancer Association of Uzbekistan (NBCAU) as part of Style.Uz, was attended by around 500 people. The event included an auction, which raised funds for the benefit of breast cancer patients in Uzbekistan. Gulnara Karimova, the initiator of the project, presented gratitude diplomas to partner organizations, tickets to health sanatoriums for 10 women, and certificates to representatives of three regional cancer care clinics that will entitle them to receive Damas ambulances free of charge. The gala dinner featured performances by Russian folk singer Nadezhda Babkina, Yalla music group and several Uzbek pop stars.
Over 5,500 young people attended 37 workshops taught by artists, film critics, film actors, film directors and producers, cameramen, playwrights, photographers, stylists and fashion experts throughout Style.Uz Art Week.
Four conferences: international conference ‘Innovation and Creativity: International Cooperation in Fashion Development’, organized in conjunction with the British Council; international conference ‘Various Cultures, One World’; international conference ‘National Cinema in a Global World’; and a press conference with Style.Uz organizers, guests and participants.
Style.Uz 2013 also saw the opening ceremony of a Ceramics and Porcelain Art Studio set up by IJOD Association of Artists, At Critics and Craftsmen. The idea of creating the studio was floated in 2012 at the closing ceremony of Bazar Art Fair, a project overseen by Fund Forum that is dedicated to preservation and revival of various types of Uzbek traditional art. To this end, Uzbek fashion label Guli made available a grant for the creation of the Ceramics and Porcelain Art Studio as a tribute to late prominent porcelain artist and sculptor Shakhnoza Muminova (1949-2011), who made a massive contribution to the development of art in Uzbekistan.
For a third time in a row Tashkent Art Week has included an International Hairstyling Competition, which has seen around 70 masters from beauty salons in Uzbekistan, Russia and Kazakhstan demonstrate their skills at Tashkent’s Center of National Arts. The members of the jury for the competition have included world-class professionals, who have emerged as winners of international hairstyling competitions across the world.
Style.Uz Art Week is a unique opportunity for many young artists, fashion designers and other professionals with limited financial resources to demonstrate their skills. Moreover, talented young professionals and craftspeople working to revive ancient fabric weaving techniques are awarded grants. The bulk of tickets to fashion shows, exhibitions, concerts and workshops held as part of Tashkent Art Week are distributed among young people free of charge.

Russian singer Valeriya brings down curtain on Style.Uz 2013

October 27, 2013

Russian singer Valeriya put up a rousing performance at Tashkent’s Istiqlol Palace on the last day of Style.Uz Art Week 2013. It is often that when a change occurs to an original plan, it is a change for the better. And that was the case with the live concert by Valeria that concluded this year’s Style.Uz Art Week.
In Valeriya’s words, she last visited Tashkent about 10 years ago and is excited to be back in Uzbekistan. She also said she was happy to be in Tashkent during Style.Uz Art Week 2013, which she had been watching closely. While on the stage, she took the opportunity to tell the audience about happy events in her life as well as about her songs and how they were created.

Valeriya performed her most famous hits that had won her thousands of fans across Uzbekistan. It is therefore no wonder that the audience sang along as she performed each piece. Among the songs, all of which the singer performed live, were ‘Samolyot’ (The Airplane), which triggered the audience to light up their mobile phone flashlights and sing along; ‘Riga-Moskva’, ‘Otpusti menya’ (Let me go), ‘Chasiki’ (A little clock) that the audience were impatient to hear, and other hits. The concert concluded with one of her latest songs, ‘Po serpantinu’ (Along the winding road).

The singer treated the audience to live performance and music throughout the concert while expressing sincere emotions and heartfelt gratitude. Valeriya’s and the musicians’ upmost professionalism ensured that the concert delivered the goods, leaving no buts about the event.

The uproarious applause from the audience came as testimony to the success of Valeriya’s Tashkent concert. As the concert drew to a close, Gulnara Karimova came up on stage to congratulate the singer on her successful performance. As the singer’s Uzbek fans were leaving the concert venue, they gushed about the event, sharing their impressions with each other: “She was awesome! It couldn’t have been better!”

‘Signs of Time’ exhibition presents artwork by Uzbek painters

October 26, 2013

‘Signs of Time: PRO Life’ contemporary art exhibition that kicked off at the Center of National Arts presents works by young artists as well as winners of international competitions.
‘Signs of Time’ is an annual project overseen by Fund Forum and IJOD Association of Artists, Art Historians and Craftsmen. The first exhibition was staged in 2007.

Style.Uz 2013 presents a new project, ‘Signs of Time: PRO Life’, which seeks to demonstrate the latest trends in Uzbek painting. The exhibition will showcase artworks by D. Usmanov, Y. Useinov, M. Fozili, A. Nikolayev, B. Ismailov, Z. Mansurov, A. Barkovsky, D. Rahmani and R. Bozorov among others. The paintings reflect the artists’ new approach whereby they reflect daily life through the principles of traditional painting.

The idea of the exhibition encourages the development of inner artistic potential. Modern art is a mirror of the thoughts, actions and fantasies of people living in the immediate environment, and the works on display make for a contribution to the development of modern arts.

Ceramics and Porcelain Art Studio launched

October 24, 2013

On the third Day of Style.Uz Art Week 2013, hundreds of people flocked to the opening ceremony of a Ceramics and Porcelain Art Studio set up by IJOD Association of Artists, Art Critics and Craftsmen. The studio will work toward preservation and revival of various types of Uzbek traditional art.
The establishment of the Ceramics and Porcelain Art Studio has been made possible thanks to a grant made available by Guli brand as a tribute to late prominent porcelain artist and sculptor Shakhnoza Muminova (1949-2011), who made a massive contribution to the development of art in Uzbekistan.

The idea of creating the studio was floated in 2012 at the closing ceremony of Bazar Art Fair, a project overseen by Fund Forum that is dedicated to preservation and revival of various types of Uzbek traditional art.
Grants provided as part of Bazar Art Fair, overseen by Fund Forum, are aimed at further developing of applied art and revival of disappearing types of Uzbek art. Twenty-five million soums worth of grants have been provided since 2007. Among the grantees are Yodgorlik silk mill in Marghilan; jeweler Lola Sadykova (Tashkent); ceramist Abduvahid Karimov (Bukhara); painter and woodcarver Ortiq Faizullayev (Tashkent Region) among others.

The grant from GULI enabled the studio to purchase a ceramics oven on which its creative activities hinge. Moreover, the visitors to the presentation could view works by famous craftsmen as well as vases based on Gulnara Karimova’s sketches. These vases will go under the hammer at an auction for the benefit of breast cancer patients to be held as part of the upcoming benefit gala dinner.

DSQUARED2 presents its fashion esthetic at Style.Uz 2013

October 23, 2013

Fashion show by trendy DSQUARED2 brand at the Hotel International Tashkent put an impressive end on the second day of Style.Uz Art Week 2013. The founders of the brand, twin brothers Dean and Dan Caten, presented their collection devoted to retro glam of the ‘50s, turning the podium into a bar on the shore of some tropical island. Looks a-la Sophia Loren and James Bond – high hairstyles, butterfly sunglasses, full skirts and hats, smart men’s suits for real style hunters – all world fashion brands borrow this all-time classic, and DSQUARED2 was no exception.
Female models reminded of paradise birds from the south. They sashayed down the catwalk wearing dresses and corsets, complementing their looks with bright jewelry, hats and coral lipstick. Beside informal outfits, the collection included more solemn samples (shorts and jackets). The dominating colors of the collection were black, white and golden-sandy.
The various prints presented in the collection decorated mostly trendy classic jackets of men’s models of the collection.
At the end of the show designers Dean and Dan Caten appeared on the catwalk with all the models to lavish applause from the fashion crowd. They expressed their gratitude to Uzbekistan, the organizers of Style.Uz Art Week and Gulnara Karimova, the initiator of the project, for a warm welcome
Clothes and accessories of the popular brand are designed for smart, stylish, confident and active people. The fashion house always offers something new and extraordinary, turning demonstrations of their outfits into a spectacular show with plenty of good vibes and pleasant surprises.
Amongst the main features of the famous brand’s clothes are freedom of style, uniqueness and singularity of each item, the highest quality of fabrics and exquisite blend of comfort and beauty.

Chinese artists present comic art

October 24, 2013

A series of comic artworks by Chinese artists are on display at Tashkent House of Photography as part of Style.Uz Art Week 2013. The opening ceremony of the art show drew scores of professional artists, designers, photographers and comic art enthusiasts.

The exhibition offers comics by six Chinese artists Lu Ming, Nie Chongrui, Pang Bangben, Wang Kewei, Xia Ji An and Zhang Xiaoyu. Known as manhua, Chinese comics have enjoyed increasing popularity throughout the world. These comic artists have won numerous awards and prizes while their works have been published as separate books.

Asror Mahmudov, a student at Tashkent Economics Institute:
“I am a big fan of comics and I can say they have inspired me all my life. My favorite pieces are ‘Superman’ by Charlie Brown and ‘Spiderman’ by Garfield. But today I have seen that Chinese comics are as good as American works and I enjoyed them big time.”

Golden Guepard Film Forum: Day Five

October 23, 2013

As the Third Tashkent International Film Forum ‘Golden Guepard’ nears its end, members of the jury for features, shorts and animated films are poised to select the winner entries. The key event of Day Three was the international conference ‘National Cinema in a Global World’, followed by three workshops as well as the final demonstration of in- and out-of-competition films.
International Conference "National Cinema in a Global World" was held in the format of discussions on creative processes in the world of cinema in terms of preservation of national and cultural identity in the context of globalization. A plethora of opinions were expressed both in favor of globalization of modern cinema and preservation of the integrity of national cinema. Toward the end of the discussion, participants conferred that the globalization of national cinema is only possible technically. Otherwise, it will ruin cinema and will lead to the degradation of humanity, because all nations and cultures are varied and unique in their nature. Cinema is a reflection of culture.

The Golden Guepard string of workshops was continued by Swiss film director director Jeshua Dreyfus, German cameraman Markus Zucker and French film director Regis Ghezelbash. Every meeting brought together interested students, alumni of art schools, who asked questions, provided comments and engaged in the discussions. Dreyfus spoke about the possibilities of creating a film on a small budget. Zucker, in turn, focused on the subtleties of the cameraman’s work. Ghezelbash, in turn, demonstrated how to calculate with precision the shooting position, angle and pitch frame.

The final in-competition feature films screened on the fifth day of the film forum included ‘On the Bottom’ (Uzbekistan) and ‘The Watchtower’ (Turkey, Germany, France). The out-of-competition program concluded with a demonstration of ‘Barefoot Dream’ (South Korea).

Hello Kitty stages nail design workshop

October 23, 2013

Japan’s Sanrio and its signature ‘Hello Kitty’ character – a female white Japanese bobtail cat with a red bow – shared its ‘Small Gift, Big Smile’ philosophy at a workshop that the company representatives staged at the Youth Art Palace.
The attendees of the workshop saw Japanese nail design artist Masako Kojima create three types of Hello Kitty manicure that looked glamorous and drew “wows” from onlookers. She also shared nail design tips with those gathered.

Following the workshop, the representatives of Hello Kitty held a quiz among the audience on their knowledge about the brand, with the most knowledgeable participants receiving presents from the Japanese professionals.
Gulnara Karimova, the initiator of Style.Uz Art Week project, who was among those attending the workshop, spoke with the representatives of Sanrio and thanked them for participating in Style.Uz Art Week and contributing to the project.

Hello Kitty is one of the most colorful and trendy characters in Japan and probably in the entire world. The fictional character was first designed in 1974 by Yuko Shimizu when the founder of Sanrio Shintaro Tsuji decided to give people a little bit of joy after the hard years of war. Today Hello Kitty delights its clients with its smile and charm around the world.
Originally aimed at the pre-adolescent female market, the Hello Kitty product range includes clothes, accessories, purse and home appliances. The brand rose to greater prominence during the late ‘90s, when celebrities such as Mariah Carey adopted Hello Kitty as a fashion statement.
Sanrio representatives participated in the International Hairstyling Competition held as part of last year’s Tashkent Art Week.