Nobovar Chanorov, Badakhshan, Tajikistan

Concert in Theatre Odéon, Paris, 2003 Nobovar was born in Komsomolobod in the Rasht valley of Tajikistan. His parents are orinally from Dehrushan village of Rushan District of Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast, in the Pamirs. Himself being a Rushani speaker (one of the many Pamiri languages), he sings mostly in Tajiki and Rushani.