Sanubar Tursun
Sanubar Tursunt سەنۇبەر تۇرسۇن | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1 June 1971 |
| Disappeared | November 1, 2018 Ürümqi, Xinjiang, China |
| Status | Alleged 5 years imprisonment |
| Nationality | China |
| Alma mater | Xinjiang Arts Institute |
| Occupation(s) | Artist, classical song singer |
| Years active | 2000-present |
Sanubar Tursun (Uyghur: 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
Tursun 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][10]
See also
References
- ^ "Mass arrests in Xinjiang continue". www.osu.edu. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
- ^ "About Sanubar Tursun". www.akdn.org. Retrieved 4 January 2010.
- ^ "SOAS to welcome one of the finest singers in Central Asia, Sanubar Tursun". www.soas.ac.uk. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
- ^ "Sanubar Tursun Concert Tour in Europe". www.uyghurensemble.co.uk. Retrieved 12 May 2014.
- ^ "Sanubar Tursun's voice in Los Angeles Sky". www.www.rfa.org. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
- ^ "China: Sanubar Tursun, voice of the Uyghurs, missing presumed detained in Xinjiang's internment camps". www.freemuse.org. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
- ^ "Famous Uyghur singer maybe sentenced to 5 years imprisonment". www.rfa.org. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
- ^ "Researchers in Europe asked China to release Sanubar Tursun and others who were arbitrarily detained". www.rfa.org. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
- ^ "Sanubar Tursun disappeared". www.uyghur.info. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
- ^ "Cultural Genocide in Xinjiang: How China Targets Uyghur Artists, Academics, and Writers". www.theglobepost.com. Retrieved 17 January 2019.