A collection of more than 50 photos showing jazz greats such as Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie and Miles Davis as they traveled the world as "Jazz Ambassadors" will be on display for three months in Tashkent and Bukhara. >>>
Salomat Vafo, the writer whose 2004 novel The Empire of Mystery broke new ground in Uzbek literature through its exploration by a woman of the private relationships between men and women, recently returned from a program for international writers at the world-famous creative writing program at the University of Iowa.* >>>
Well known Uzbek sculptor Rashit Suleymanov met with Ambassador Richard Norland at the US Embassy in Tashkent and viewed the display of a sculpture he made in memory of the people who died when Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, Louisiana, on 29 August 2005.* >>>
Polish pianist Romuald Koperski got a thunderous ovation after he finished his 101-hour piano recital in Poland's northern city of Gdansk, setting a new world record for the longest piano playing.* >>>
The Forum of Culture and Arts of Uzbekistan Foundation has been awarded Special Certificate "For Care of Young Talents" by the Complex for Education, Healthcare and Social Protection Issues under the Cabinet of Ministers of Uzbekistan headed by Deputy Prime Minister of Uzbekistan Abdulla Aripov.* >>>
45 laureates of the Fund Forum's largest-scale youth project have been named. The Republican final round of Kelajak ovozi (Voice of the future) Contest took place on 26 December in Tashkent.* >>>