Abbos Kosimov was born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, into a musical family. A disciple of the honoured Uzbek doyra artist, Tuychi Inogomov, and winner of the Competition of Percussion Instruments of Central Asia and Kazakhstan, Kosimov established his own doyra school in 1994 and his ensemble, “Abbos”, in 1998. Kosimov performs internationally with Zakir Hussain, Randy Gloss’s percussion group Hand’s OnSemble, and recorded with Stevie Wonder.