From Tashkent to Carnegie Hall: Behzod Abduraimov’s musical journey

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From Tashkent to Carnegie Hall: Behzod Abduraimov’s musical journey  Uzbek pianist Behzod Abduraimov describes his musical journey, from humble beginnings in Tashkent to performing in storied venues around the world.  In partnership with Agency of Information and Mass Communications of Uzbekistan  READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/08/05/from-tashkent-to-carnegie-hall-behzod-abduraimovs-musical-journey  Spark your senses, wake your wonder. Euronews Culture seeks to show creativity in action and inspire our audience to explore the world through the five senses. Start your journey through the best of Europe's arts, gastronomy, traditions and high-end craftsmanship.

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00:00My mother was a piano teacher and she was the one who started teaching me all the basics in

00:10music and also playing recordings for me. I guess I had an inspiration from that age because of my

00:18mother. I was very lucky because I had my mother at first as a first teacher then Tamara Popovich

00:29she was very famous for working with working with kids with talented kids and giving them a

00:37foundation technical foundation and general understanding of music and after that at the

00:46age of 16 I moved to Kansas City to the United States to study with another compatriot of mine

00:54Stanislav Yudenich who comes also from Tashkent so I've studied with him and he that that was a

01:02different kind of work it was about refining your technique understanding styles and different

01:10composers and the language of music

01:19Being on stage I feel a responsibility because we as musicians performing musicians we are we serve as a

01:31bridge let's say between the composer and the audience right so we are spending many many hours

01:42learning the score and also understanding the score and trying to interpret and transfer the

01:52composer's intentions to the audience of course it's not like you just copy but whatever written and then

02:00play like Robert but you have to put your feelings emotions any audience member who comes to the

02:09concert even if they are not familiar with classical music if they feel something if I could awake some

02:17emotions in them it's a success one of the challenging things is simply is you are never home you have to

02:30travel you have to fly chicken check out and long flights but you get used to it and

02:36changing time zones and

02:38feeling constantly jet lagged

02:42The classical music is something

02:45That will always be with us. It's something that human beings

02:52Came up with something the most beautiful because it doesn't

02:55It doesn't depend on any politics or anything else. It's just pure

03:00It's a very proud moment for humankind. I think not just the nation. So

03:08I always loved music from my experience from as a child. Yes, there were some moments where I didn't want to practice to be honest sure

03:16But I always

03:18I loved music I always tried to be a professional musician play around the world and all this great concert halls

03:28I

03:29Was dreaming let's say about playing at the Paris Philharmonies Sydney Opera House Carnegie Hall in New York City or

03:37Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, so it all came true

03:40As a kid I was always excited you know

03:49Around New Year's time to one of my favorite movies was a home alone

03:56There is a moment in the second

03:59Part home alone to in New York City

04:02She meets this woman and then she takes him

04:05Uh little Kevin she takes him to some concert hall a very beautiful concert hall and then they listen to music to a symphonic orchestra

04:16And I always wondered as a kid. I was wondering what is this concert hall so beautiful so amazing

04:24And

04:25It became a dream one day. I would like to perform on that stage

04:31So I was what 24 years old

04:34And I'm on stage of Carnegie Hall and then it came to my mind

04:40This was the Carnegie Hall

04:43In New York City the most famous concert hall in the world so

04:48That dream while I was seven years old came true

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