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Avner Shakov - Naqara and Doira Born in 1951 in Tashkent, capital city of Uzbekistan,
Avner Shakov belongs to the Bukharan Jewish community
of the Central Asian Republic of Uzbekistan, which
has given birth to great musicians in the region.
From 1970 to1975 he studied in the Drum Department
of the Tashkent Conservatory of Music .and worked
as a percussionist for a long time in the Uzbekistan
Radio and TV “Vostochniy” (“Orient”) Ensemble, accompanying
famous Central Asian masters of music such as Ilyas
Malayev and Mahabbat Shamayeva.
He immigrated to the States with his family several
years ago and is active in the musical scenes of the
New York-New Jersey regions. Presently he is the percussionist
of the Silk Road Ensemble.
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