(b 1883; d 1960). Kyrgyz komuz player and composer. He was a pupil of Murataaly Kurenkeyev and a representative of the classical school of komuz players of Kyrgyzstan. His kyuu (programmatic instrumental pieces) include Ibarat (‘Edification’), an orchestral version of which became popular under the title Prazdnichnaya ubertyura (‘Festive Overture’), Nasyikat (‘Sermon’), Kokoi kesti (‘Sad Recollection), Kambarkan (a traditional topic for Kyrgyz komuz players in honour of Kambar, the legendary inventor of the komuz), Syngan bugu (‘An Aggrieved Representative of the Bugu Clan’) and Dyunyuio (‘Peace’). In 1928 A.V. Zatayevich recorded 31 of Orozov's kyuu, and tape recordings of his 60 works are kept in the sound archive of the Krygyz radio station.
V.S. Vinogradov: Kirgizskiye narodnďye muzďkanti i pevtsď [Kyrgyz folk musicians and singers] (Moscow, 1972), 48–59
ALMA KUNANBAYEVA