Press

Reviews

“Chances are good you’ve never heard music by any of the six Uzbek composers represented on this utterly delightful disc.”
— CD HotList: New Releases for Libraries, September 2026

“A landmark for the clarinet’s Central Asian repertoire – and an album that players, educators and listeners alike will want to return to.”
— Andrew Palmer, Yorkshire Times and Chimeo (UK), August 2026

“A first-of-its-kind offering that blends traditional Uzbek music with the Western classical style.”
— Oliver Pashley, Interlude (Hong Kong), August 2026

“Everything here is very pretty, and played with the precision and bright-eyed energy of the studied virtuoso.”
— Philip Freeman, Burning Ambulance, “Five Albums You Need To Hear,” August 2026

“The music is so lovely … feels in tune with Eastern European folk-classical traditions in a way that will never go out of date.”
— Jeremy Shatan, AnEarful, 2026

Review by Aart van der Wal (in Dutch)
— OpusKlassiek (Netherlands), August 2026

Features & Interviews

BBC News O‘zbek — “Amerikadan o‘zbek sadolari” (“Uzbek Sounds from America”), September 20, 2025

Gazeta.uz — “An Uzbek Album Released in England: The Story of Bringing Uzbek Music to the World Stage,” by Otabek Turdiyev, May 28, 2026

Nuz.uz — “Sounds of the East in the Heart of America: A Unique Album That Must Be Heard,” by Inessa Gulzarova, May 15, 2026

Novastan — Feature interview by the Editor-in-Chief, August 4, 2026

The Gazette (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) — Feature on the album, August 2026

Klassiek Centraal (Belgium and the Netherlands) — “Sayyod Mirzomurodov: a clarinetist between tradition and future,” feature interview, September 2026

Kultura.uz — “Clarinet and Contemporary Music of Uzbekistan: Overcoming Continents,” interview