Damir Siraciev ( tt-Cyrl, Дамир Сираҗиев, russian: Дамир Сиразиев ''Damir Siraziev'', born October 17, 1954) was a
Volga Tatar theatre director and
actor. He was born Siraziev Raid Ravilovich (russian: Сиразиев Раид Равилович) in
Kaybitsky District
Kaybitsky District (russian: Кайбицкий райо́н, tt-Cyrl, Кайбыч районы) is a territorial administrative unit and municipality of the Republic of Tatarstan within the Russian Federation. The territory of the district inclu ...
and later moved to
Kazan.
as retrieved on 21 Oct 2007 from Official site of the Republic of Tatarstan. He died on 17 December 1998. His grave was visited during Second
World Congress of Tatars (WCT) in August 2002. He is interred at the
Tatar Cemetery in
Kazan.
Siraciev was the director in both
Tinçurin Theater and
Kamal Theater in
Kazan,
Tatarstan,
Russia, who tried to bring a fresh look on theater as an art . He was first who established cultural relations with Tatars living in Turkey. In 1991 on his initiative (together with his close friend composer
Masguda Shamsutdinova
Masguda Islamovna Shamsutdinova ( tt-Cyrl, Мәсгудә Ислам кызы Шәмсетдинова; born June 1, 1955, in Kshlau-Yelga, Bashkir ASSR) is a Tatar writer and composer.
Biography
Masguda Shamsutdinova was born in Bashkortostan. ...
) the
TÜMATA folk and mystic music band were invited to Kazan. Their three concerts in Tinçurin Theater were a great success. Another important contribution of Damir Siraciev was his role in organizing the visit of the world-known ballet dancer
Rudolf Nureyev to
Kazan and his appearance, already heavily affected by
AIDS
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, in front of the audience at
Musa Cälil Tatar Academic Opera and Ballet Theater
Musa may refer to:
Places
*Mūša, a river in Lithuania and Latvia
* Musa, Azerbaijan, a village in Yardymli Rayon
* Musa, Iran, a village in Ilam Province
*Musa, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, Iran
*Musa, Kerman, Iran
* Musa, Bukan, West Azerbaijan ...
in
Kazan in March 1992 as a conductor .
Career
*
actor (''The Wanderer in Bulgar'' and others)
*
theatre director (''Axir zaman'' (adaptation of
Chinghiz Aitmatov's'' The Scaffold''), 1987; ''Magdi'' ( en, Messiah), 1990–91 ; ''Story of
Söyembikä'' June 21–22, 1991 ; ''Ğäliäbanu'', never staged)
*MP in
Tatarstan Parliament between 1990 and 1995.*co-founder and deputy director of Foundation for the Preservation and Development of the Tatar Language and Culture - ''Cíın''.
Damir Siraciev Prize
In 1999 the ''Cíın'' ( tt-Cyrl, Җыен) Foundation for the Preservation and Development of the Tatar Language and Culture, Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Tatarstan, and Kamal Theater established the annual Damir Siraciev Prize for activements in theatrical arts.
[Five Best Theatre Workers are Chosen]
''Evening Kazan
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'', December 23, 2003 Among the recipients are
Marsel Sälimcanov Marsel may refer to:
*Marsel Çaka (born 1995), Albanian footballer
*Marsel Efroimski (born 1995), Israeli chess player
* Marsel Ibragimov (born 1997), Russian professional ice hockey player
*Marsel Idiatullin (born 1977), Uzbek professional footba ...
,
Tufan Miñnullin,
Aleksandr Slavutskiy
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Variants li ...
, Robert Mortazin, Renat Ğäliev,
), İslamiä Mäxmüteva, Rifqät Yaqupov, Firdäwes Xäyrullina,
[ İskädär Äxmätwäliev.
]
References
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Tatar culture
Tatar people