Sanubar Tursun

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Sanubar Tursunt
سەنۇبەر تۇرسۇن
Born (1971-06-01) 1 June 1971 (age 50)
Ghulja, Xinjiang, China
DisappearedNovember 1, 2018
Ürümqi, Xinjiang, China
StatusAlleged 5 years imprisonment
NationalityChinese
Alma materXinjiang Arts Institute
OccupationArtist, classical song singer
Years active2000-present

Sanubar Tursun (Uighur: سەنۇبەر تۇرسۇن; born 1971) is a Uyghur female singer-songwriter, famous dutar player and researcher for Uyghur Muqams. Tursun released her first album in 2000. For over a decade her voice filled town bazaars and rang out from local taxis and long-distance buses across the Uyghur region in Xinjiang Province. She was a judge in the Uyghur language The Voice of the Silk Road. She was allegedly sentenced to 5 years in prison.[1]

Early life[]

Sanubar was born in Ghulja, 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) player.[2][3]

In May 2014, she gave a performance at University of London.[4]

August 7, 2016, she appeared in Los Angeles.[5]

Her scheduled performances in France's cities of Nantes, Angers and Rennes were cancelled in November 2018 after she encountered difficulties leaving China.[6]

Disappearance[]

Reports claimed that she was detained by the Chinese authorities in November 2018 and sentenced to 5 years in prison. The actual charges against her are unknown. Uyghurs throughout Xinjiang have been similarly detained.[7][8][9] However, she showed up in November 2019.[10]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Mass arrests in Xinjiang continue". www.osu.edu. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  2. ^ "About Sanubar Tursun". www.akdn.org. Retrieved 4 January 2010.
  3. ^ "SOAS to welcome one of the finest singers in Central Asia, Sanubar Tursun". www.soas.ac.uk. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
  4. ^ "Sanubar Tursun Concert Tour in Europe". www.uyghurensemble.co.uk. Retrieved 12 May 2014.
  5. ^ "Sanubar Tursun's voice in Los Angeles Sky". www.www.rfa.org. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  6. ^ "China: Sanubar Tursun, voice of the Uyghurs, missing presumed detained in Xinjiang's internment camps". Freemuse. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
  7. ^ "Famous Uyghur singer maybe sentenced to 5 years imprisonment". Radio Free Asia. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  8. ^ "Researchers in Europe asked China to release Sanubar Tursun and others who were arbitrarily detained". www.rfa.org. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
  9. ^ "Sanubar Tursun disappeared". www.uyghur.info. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  10. ^ "Uighur musician listed for China show year after disappearance". Agence France-Presse. 28 October 2019.
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