Sanubar Tursun (; born 1971) is a
Uyghur female singer-songwriter, famous ''
dutar
The ''dutar'' (also ''Dotara, dotar''; fa, دوتار, dutâr; russian: Дутар; tg, дутор; ug, دۇتار, ucy=Дутар, Dutar; uz, dutor; ; dng, Дутар) is a traditional Iranian long-necked two-stringed lute found in Iran and ...
'' player and researcher for Uyghur
Muqam
A Muqam ( ug, ئۇيغۇر مۇقامى, ucy=Муқам; zh, s=木卡姆, p=Mùkǎmǔ) is the melody type used in the music of the Uyghurs, that is, a musical mode and set of melodic formulas used to guide improvisation and composition.
Twelve ...
s. Tursun released her first album in 2000. She was a judge in the Uyghur language ''
The Voice of the Silk Road''. She was allegedly sentenced to 5 years in prison.
Early life
Sanubar was born in
Ghulja
YiningThe official spelling according to (), also known as Ghulja ( ug, غۇلجا) or Qulja ( kk, قۇلجا) and formerly Ningyuan (), is a county-level city in Northwestern Xinjiang, People's Republic of China and the seat of the Ili Kazakh A ...
, to musician Tursun Chang. Her father taught her to play stringed instruments including ''dutar'' and ''satar''. She trained and worked professionally as a ''chang'' (
hammer dulcimer
The hammered dulcimer (also called the hammer dulcimer) is a percussion-stringed instrument which consists of strings typically stretched over a trapezoidal resonant sound board. The hammered dulcimer is set before the musician, who in more trad ...
) player.
In May 2014, she gave a performance at
University of London
The University of London (UoL; abbreviated as Lond or more rarely Londin in post-nominals) is a federal public research university located in London, England, United Kingdom. The university was established by royal charter in 1836 as a degree ...
.
On 7 August 2016, she appeared in Los Angeles.
Disappearance
Her scheduled performances in the French cities of
Nantes
Nantes (, , ; Gallo: or ; ) is a city in Loire-Atlantique on the Loire, from the Atlantic coast. The city is the sixth largest in France, with a population of 314,138 in Nantes proper and a metropolitan area of nearly 1 million inhabita ...
,
Angers
Angers (, , ) is a city in western France, about southwest of Paris. It is the prefecture of the Maine-et-Loire department and was the capital of the province of Anjou until the French Revolution. The inhabitants of both the city and the prov ...
and
Rennes
Rennes (; br, Roazhon ; Gallo: ''Resnn''; ) is a city in the east of Brittany in northwestern France at the confluence of the Ille and the Vilaine. Rennes is the prefecture of the region of Brittany, as well as the Ille-et-Vilaine department ...
were cancelled in November 2018 after she encountered difficulties leaving China.
Reports claimed that she was detained by the Chinese authorities in November 2018 and sentenced to 5 years in prison. Her concert in Shanghai in November 2019 was cancelled.
See also
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Adil Mijit
Adil Mijit ( Uyghur: ئادىل مىجىت; born 1 January 1964) is a prominent Uyghur comedian and one of the Chinese state first-class actors. He is famous among the Uyghur community for his dramas and comedy series and hundreds of shows in ...
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Rahile Dawut
Rahile Dawut (Chinese: 热依拉·达吾提; pinyin: Rèyīlā Dáwútí; Uyghur: راھىلە داۋۇت; b. 1966) was a professor at Xinjiang University in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and is internationally recognized as an exp ...
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Abdurehim Heyt
Abdurehim Heyit ( Uyghur: ئابدۇرېھىم ھېيىت; born 1962) is a Uyghur folk singer and compositor. The Uyghur people are a Turkic language-speaking group and a spokesman for the Turkish foreign ministry described Abdurehim as a "d ...
References
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Living people
1971 births
Uyghur music
Uyghurs