Räşit Wahap ulı Wahapov (, ; 1908–1962) was a

Tatar Tatar may refer to: Peoples * Tatars, an umbrella term for different Turkic ethnic groups bearing the name "Tatar" * Volga Tatars, a people from the Volga-Ural region of western Russia * Crimean Tatars, a people from the Crimea peninsula by the B ...

singer (

tenor A tenor is a type of male singing voice whose vocal range lies between the countertenor and baritone voice types. It is the highest male chest voice type. Composers typically write music for this voice in the range from the second B below m ...

), awarded with People's Artist of

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(1957). Wahapov was "one of the most actively and successfully performing Tatar singers in 1940s and enjoyed enormous popularity among a wide listening audience". In

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, capital of

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, a street is named after the singer.

Early life

Wahapov was born in a village called

Aktuk Aktuk (Актук, آقتوق, ''Aqtuq'' / Aktök; ; aka Yañapar, ''Яңапар'') is a Mishar Tatars, Mishar Tatar village in Krasnooktyabrsky District, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Krasnooktyabrsky District, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast. Most ancestors o ...

, located in

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Career

He was awarded People's Artist of TASSR (1957). In 1941-1962 he was a soloist of the Tatar Philharmonic Society. He performed Tatar folk songs as well as songs by composers suchas Sälix Säydäşev,

Cäwdät Fäyzi Fäyzullin Cäwdät Xaris ulı (Tatar: Фәйзуллин Җәүдәт Харис улы, pronounced ) Cäwdät Fäyzi (Җәүдәт Фәйзи , anglicized as Jaudat Faizi; ''Fayzi (Fayzullin) Dzhaudat Kharisovich''; 1910–1973) was a Tatar comp ...

, and Mansur Mozaffarov. The festival of Tatar song, named after Wahapov, is held every year.

References

External links

Rashit Vagapov, Spotify

Documentary (in Tatar)

Sources

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wahapov 1908 births 1962 deaths Tatar people from the Soviet Union Tatar musicians Tatar-language singers Soviet singers