Husniddin Ato – professional music expert, musician, Culture and art manager. Born in Bukhara (Uzbekistan). One of representatives of consultancy of International Music Festival “Sharq taronalari” in Samarkand. He has devoted many years to the propagation of traditional, folk music of Uzbekistan. Author of many new musical experimental projects in Uzbekistan and can claim to be one of the few professional with extensive knowledge of the music heritage in the region. In 2013 he founded company OXUS Culture to develop Central Asian culture and art, organizing concerts, seminars, trainings, exhibitions, festival, conferences, research in culture and art, design, build the network, press & documentary photography services, forums in music and theatre sphere, monitoring works of cultural organizations and culture events, organize crossroad projects and bund the bridge between east and west trough Central Asia.

At the same time he is working to develop his co-founded project CACAN “Central Asian Culture and Arts Network” – www.cacan.info. Also this year He founded and organized the 1^st Music Festival of “SHASMAQOM” (UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity) in Tashkent. And in the future planned to make it internationally.