
Dzhemil Karikov (born 1960) is a Crimean Tatar folk musician, ethnomusicologist and composer, Honoured Art Worker of Ukraine (2015). He was musical director of the Haytarma ensemble and chief conductor of the Crimean Tatar Academic Music and Drama Theatre. In 2004 he initiated the traditional music ensemble Maqam, which brought back many nearly forgotten folk songs and revived a number of national instruments. He arranged the Crimean Tatar national anthem for choir and symphony orchestra.