Davlatmand Kholov (; 26 October 1950 – 18 February 2024) was a Tajik musician and singer from Kulob. He was an expert in the southern folk genre of Tajik music called Falak (lit. "the firmament"). A multi-instrumentalist, trained in Shashmaqam at the Conservatory of Music in Dushanbe, he was well-known for his works on the two-string dutar, ghijak, and setar which are popular instruments in Central Asia.
Kholov played and sang poetry of the Sufi poets, mainly Jalaleddin Rumi; Davlatmand's outlook was close to Rumi's poetry and philosophy. He also belonged to the post-Soviet nationalist school of thought, or was influenced by "Tajikisation", therefore turning his back on Tajik shashmaqam. This can be displayed through his works: Sawt-i Falak or "The Voices of Falak", where he creates European symphonic settings to tell tales of Tajik life and rural practices.Music and the play of power in the Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia - Laudan Nooshin (2009) He released the album Learned & Folk Music on 9 January 1996.
Kholov died on 18 February 2024, at the age of 73 from cancer.Скончался Давлатманд Холов دولتمند خالف درگذشت
References
External links BBC Persian (in Cyrillic alphabet) Charkh-o-Falak, a documentary on Davlatmand and his music
Video Davlatmand in Cultural Center DOM (Moscow) October 2003