The purpose of this document is to introduce historically valuable compositions for the violin, largely unfamiliar in the West, written by Soviet and post-Soviet era composers of Uzbekistan. When looking at this repertoire in a historical context, it is important to explore the development of the Western orchestral instruments tradition in Uzbekistan, which was inspired by geopolitical changes in the region brought in by Russia during the first half of the 20th century. While analyzing the relationship between Soviet music written in Uzbekistan and traditional Uzbek folk music along with the methods that prominent Uzbek Soviet composers incorporated Uzbek traditional music in their works for the violin, I will also examine the effects that the Soviet-era policies had and continue to have in shaping the creative identity and compositional style of modern-era post-Soviet composers of Uzbekistan. This paper will provide a historical overview of the Uzbek people and their traditional folk music. It will explore the many instruments, genres, ideas, and methods that have developed over centuries. The research will include an examination of musical and stylistic elements, an exploration of the compositional origins within a historical context, an analysis of the creative components used by the composers in their violin compositions, including elements derived from Uzbek folk music, and the development of recommendations for performers. This research and its findings will culminate in a lecture recital where I will present some of the selected works for the violin and composers discussed in this paper, that aims to provide notable contributions to the well-established violin repertoire.
