"Mon Patshabikase" - "Queen of Song"

On the Kazan Alley of Stars, on Bauman Street, a named star is laid - еlfia Avzalova, she was called "mon patshabikase" - "the queen of songs." Avzalova Alfia Avzalovna is a Tatar singer. She was born on January 15, 1933 in the village of Actanysh, Aktanish district. Her mother died when Alfia was only 5 years old. My father died in the Great Patriotic War. Avzalova was 19 when she began to study music professionally at the Tatar Philharmonic, while working in the choir of the Tatar State Song and Dance Ensemble. Possessing a rare beauty tone of voice (alto full range), she soon gained the status of one of the leading soloists of the ensemble. The most successful was her own concert program, where Avzalova performed songs of the peoples of the world in 14 languages. Together with the ensemble "Kazan Utlars", Alfia Avzalova toured the republics of Central Asia and the Baltic States, visited Moscow, Leningrad and many other cities of Russia. For one trip, which could last two or three months, she could give more than 100 concerts. A unique voice and a phenomenal Tatar singer. Nugget, sang like a breather, easily and naturally. Alfiya Avzalova is considered the favorite singer of the first president of Tatarstan Mintimer Shaimiev. People's Artist of the TASSR, Honored Artist of the RSFSR, Laureate of the Gabdulla Tukay State Prize of the Republic of Tatarstan. Alfiya Avzalova died on June 15, 2017, she was 84 years old. He was buried at the Novo-Tatar cemetery. The Foundation for the Preservation and Development of the Creativity of Singer Alfia Avzalova was created, which would allow selecting talented performers.

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