صوت

Experimental sound in architectural space.
Aesthetics of attention and meaning.

Manifesto

A laboratory of intimate aesthetic evenings — where jazz and academic music meet refined media design inside the architecture of modernism, and beyond.

SAWT is an independent interdisciplinary arts laboratory from Uzbekistan. We bring together composers, musicians, choreographers, media artists, scenographers, architects and researchers to create new artistic works at the intersection of architecture, contemporary music, dance and media art.

SAWT is an open creative initiative built on horizontal collaboration, mutual trust, artistic freedom and artistic integrity — a space where different disciplines become part of a shared creative process, enabling works that cannot be realised within a single artistic practice.

We explore how the architecture, musical traditions and cultural heritage of Uzbekistan and Central Asia can be reinterpreted through contemporary artistic practice, while preserving their identity and engaging in international cultural dialogue — a new, refined format for exclusive, closed-door evenings, where the standard corporate event no longer feels enough.

What we do

Three directions

01

SAWT /jazz

Active

An experimental music project uniting light, architecture and sound in the format of closed-door chamber evenings — an aesthetic of minimalism and attentive listening. SAWT's first resident is the ensemble Meros, presenting their experimental album Magʻoki Attori.

02

SAWT /academic

In development

An experimental reinterpretation of academic and symphonic music — European composers reimagined through sound design, spatial audio, light and architecture.

03

SAWT /dance

Coming soon

A contemporary dance project by young choreographers, musicians and artists from Uzbekistan, inspired by Tashkent's experimental architecture. A new performance is coming soon.

Who we are

Team

Julia Zorinova

Julia Zorinova

Founder · Curator

Cultural producer, journalist and art historian. Leads SAWT's curatorial concept, international partnerships and grant development.

Alexander Fedorov

Alexander Fedorov

Co-founder · Artistic Director

Independent researcher of modernist architecture, graphic designer and media artist. Author of “Tashkent. The Architecture of Historic Optimism.”

AM

Anton Malinen

Music

Composer and producer working at the intersection of academic and contemporary music.

KM

Kasym Muinov

Music

Composer, multi-instrumentalist. Winner of the “Oltin Humo” award; composer for 20+ Uzbek and international films.

SU

Sarvar Ureyev

Media Art

Co-author of the project's visual and media solutions — multimedia scenography and projection design.

AM

Asal Malikova

Architecture

Architect responsible for the physical construction of the set and technical documentation.

Evenings

Events

13 Jun 2026
Jazzirama & Nodira Pirmatova — “Echo of Hot Sands”
Chamber concert · Tashkent
10 Apr 2026
MEROS — “Magʻoki Attori”
Tashkent
Watch

An attempt to shape a new format of cultural gathering in the city — connecting music, architecture and the culture of shared artistic experience, and bringing together the people shaping contemporary Tashkent.

Gratitude

Partners & supporters

Supported by

casamia_uz eman_materials infinitybyeman ksgroup_uz laminamuz dafnamebel maff.uz msa_family_winery

Project partners

chortoquzbekistan modmate.uz infinity_events_uz heyhoney_pass stargazer.production