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No. 278 · 5 May 2021 · entered into force on 6 May 2021

Pursuant to Presidential Resolution No. PQ-4768 of 30 June 2020 on organising the activities of the Youth Affairs Agency of the Republic of Uzbekistan, and in order to raise the spiritual level of the people, improve the upbringing of the younger generation through music, and promote national, classical and contemporary art, the Cabinet of Ministers resolves:

1. To note that, under paragraph 10 of Presidential Resolution No. PQ-4768 of 30 June 2020, the State Symphony Orchestra of Uzbekistan was established on the basis of the Youth Symphony Orchestra at the Youth Creativity Palace in Tashkent and, with the existing pay conditions preserved, transferred to the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

2. The principal tasks of the Orchestra shall be:

to promote, in Uzbekistan and abroad, achievements in world classical music and choral performance;

to meet the public’s spiritual need for world classical music and choral performance through concerts and musical education;

to enrich the repertoire with the finest works of world and Uzbek composers and to deepen it through performance;

to create conditions for artists in classical music and choral performance and to support talented young musicians;

to take part in state and government events, ceremonies and receptions.

3. The structure of the state institution “State Symphony Orchestra of Uzbekistan” shall be approved in accordance with Annex 1.

4. It shall be established that:

the Orchestra is the legal successor to the Youth Symphony Orchestra in all rights, obligations and contracts;

the director and the artistic director of the Orchestra are appointed and dismissed by the Minister of Culture of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

It shall be noted that, under Article 9 of the Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan on licensing certain types of activity, the Orchestra may carry out concert and performance activity without a separate licence, provided it complies with the law.

5. The programme of measures to develop the state institution “State Symphony Orchestra of Uzbekistan” shall be approved in accordance with Annex 2, covering:

building the Orchestra’s material and technical base;

improving the Orchestra’s work;

further improving training, evaluation and incentives for specialists in symphonic music.

6. The Orchestra shall be financed from:

the State Budget of the Republic of Uzbekistan;

grants awarded through competitions of the Ministry of Innovative Development;

income from paid services provided in the established manner;

income from leasing property;

grants from international financial institutions, foreign organisations and donor countries;

income from placing temporarily free extra-budgetary funds on deposits with commercial banks;

patronage;

sponsorship donations from legal entities and individuals;

other sources not prohibited by law.

7. The Ministry of Culture, together with the Youth Union of Uzbekistan, shall arrange for the Orchestra to be housed free of charge in the Youth Creativity Palace at 2 Mustaqillik Avenue, Yunusabad district, Tashkent.

8. The Ministry of Finance shall allocate State Budget funds for one passenger car and two special vehicles for the Orchestra (one high-capacity bus and one goods vehicle) and set a maintenance limit for them.

9. The Ministry of Culture shall ensure that the Orchestra gives concerts in all regions of the country, so that the public can hear symphonic music and young people come to know it.

10. Amendments and additions shall be made to certain decisions of the Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan in accordance with Annex 3.

11. Oversight of this resolution shall rest with A. A. Abdukhakimov, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Tourism and Sport, and O. A. Nazarbekov, Minister of Culture.

Prime Minister of the Republic of Uzbekistan A. ARIPOV
Tashkent, 5 May 2021, No. 278