Avzalova Alfiya Avzalovna ( tt-Cyrl, Әлфия Афзал кызы Авзалова; 15 January 1933 — 15 June 2017) was a Soviet and Russian Tatar singer. She was an Honored Artist of the

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, People's Artist of the Tatar ASSR, Honored Artist of the RSFSR, soloist of the Tatar Philharmonic Society, and laureate of the State Prize of the

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Life

Alfia Avzalova was born in the village of Aktanysh, in the

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. She became an orphan: when her mother died, and father died in the

Great Patriotic War The Eastern Front of World War II was a theatre of conflict between the European Axis powers against the Soviet Union (USSR), Poland and other Allies, which encompassed Central Europe, Eastern Europe, Northeast Europe (Baltics), and Sou ...

. Alfia was brought up by her mother's sister. In 1957, she became a soloist of the Tatar State Song and Dance Ensemble, and performed works of Soltan Ğäbäşi, A. Klyucharev, Mansur Muzafarov, Z. Khabibullin and many other composers. Her repertoire included ancient and modern folk songs. She studied with Raisa Volkova — then she worked as an art director of the Tatar State Philharmonic Society. After a year of work in the ensemble, Alfia Avzalova entered the music school. Then, on the recommendation of the artistic management of the Tatghost Philharmonic, Alfiya Avzalova created her own concert group, which included the instrumental ensemble "Kazan utlary", consisting of organ, guitar, keyboard and synthesizer under the direction of Karim Gabidullin, and also a dance group. Together with this ensemble, Alfia Avzalova toured the Republics of Central Asia and the Baltic States, visited Moscow, Leningrad and many cities of Russia.. For every tour, which could last two or three months, she gave more than 100 concerts. The first great success of the singer has won on performance on the Decade of the Tatar art and the literature in Moscow in 1957. Alfia Avzalova died at the age of 85 in Kazan.

Awards

* Honored Artist of the Tatar ASSR (1962) * People's Artist of the Tatar ASSR (1970) * Two Orders of the Red Banner of Labor (the first time — in 1976) * Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1983) *

Ğabdulla Tuqay Ğabdulla Tuqay (tatar. ''عبد الله توقای,'' – ) was a Tatar poet, critic, publisher, and towering figure of Tatar literature. Tuqay is often referred to as the founder of the modern Tatar literature and the modern Tatar literary ...

Award (1992) * The Honorary Diploma of the Soviet Peace Committee "For active work to strengthen peace among nations" (1960) * Honorary prize — "The Legend of the Tatar Variety" (2008)

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Альфия Авзалова: «Моң патшабикәсе»

Альфия Авзалова отпразднует свой день рождения большим концертом

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Альфия Авзалова признана «Легендой татарской эстрады»
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