The awards of the President of Uzbekistan “Nihol” were handed over to 15 young people within the gala-concert.

The winners of Nihol-2015 awards are:

1. Shahzodbek Sobirjonov - variety art, Andijan region;
2. Shyraz Tursynbaev - variety art, the Republic of Karakalpakstan;
3. Bekzod Bahromov - variety art, Namangan region;
4. Farangiz Shamsieva - variety art, Samarkand region of Skye;
5. Dilmurod Sultonov - variety art, Khorezm region;
6. Sayod Juraev - traditional singing, Bukhara region;
7. Bahodir Sayidov - traditional singing, Navoi region;
8. Alisher Akhmedov - traditional singing, Tashkent;
9. Shahzod Asatullaev - musical performance, Kashkadarya region;
10. Dostonjon Mirzokarimov - musical performance, Sirdariskaya region;
11. Zarnigorhon Umarova - opera Tashkent;
12. Dildora Mirsodikova - opera, Tashkent;
13. Ikboljon Rakhmatov - opera, Fergana region;
14. Aminzoda Jumaniyazov - opera, Khorezm region;
15. Sehriyo Mirzaeva - the art of dance, Tashkent.

The Nihol Prize, established at the initiative of the President of Uzbekistan in 2000, is awarded to young performers aged between 17 and 25 with aim to stimulate their mastery in the variety, music, classical, dance and opera arts and their enthusiastic creative activities on the way to create works capable of reaching the bottom of the heart of our compatriots and calling on the youth for kindness.

Since 2006, selection for the Nihol Prize is carried out in a three-tier system. Its major objective is to promote the artistic creativity of young people residing and creating in remote areas of the nation. The contest is organized once in two years from 2011.