Fotima Borukhova | |
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Born | 9 November 1916 |
Died | August 2009 | (aged 92)
Nationality | Uzbekistan |
Known for | opera singer, katta ashula |
Awards | Honored Artist of Uzbekistan (1942), People’s Artist of the USSR (1950), 2 Orders of the Red Banner |
Fotima Borukhova, also Fatima Borukhova ( Uzbek: Фотима Борухова, romanized: Fotima Boruxova; 9 November 1916 – August 2009) was an Uzbek Soviet opera singer ( mezzo-soprano), [1] Honored Artist of Uzbekistan (1942), People's Artist of the USSR (1950). She is best known for singing a part of Zebuniso in the first Uzbek opera "Buran" (The Storm) by Mukhtar Ashrafi and Sergei Vasilenko, [2] as well as for singing katta ashula songs. [3]
Fotima Borukhova was born on 9 November 1916. [1] She grew up in a large Jewish family of Dzhura and Mazol Borukhov. At the age of 12 Borukhova first appeared on the stage of her native Andijan. [4] In 1930, she began her scenic activity in the Andijan and Drama Music Theater, and from 1935, she was a soloist of the Tashkent Opera and Ballet Theater named after Alisher Navoi. [1]
In 1937, Borukhova participated in the first Decade of the Arts of Uzbekistan in Moscow. [4]
In 1939, she sang the part of Zebuniso on the premiere of the first Uzbek opera “"Buran" by M. Ashrafi and S. Vasilenko. [2] Borukhova's singing full of sorrow perfectly underlined the director's intention. [5]
Borukhova's other parts include: Parts: Leili (" Leili and Majnun" by Reinhold Glière and Tolibjon Sadikov), Akzhunus ("Yor-Targyn" by Yevgeny Brusilovsky), Shirin (" Farhad and Shirin" by Viktor Uspensky and Georgy Mushel), Polina, Nyanya (" The Queen of Spades", " Eugene Onegin"), Fortune Teller (" Almast" by Alexander Spendiaryan) and others. [1]
She was also one of few female singers who sang katta ashula songs. [6] Katta ashula genre takes origins in ancient folk-ritual chants and songs of “praise”. [3]
In 1940–1942, Borukhova studied in Uzbek opera studio at Moscow conservatory. [1] In 1941, when German forces approached Moscow, Borukhova was a part of the front-line concert brigade: she spoke in front of the soldiers leaving for battle and in front of the wounded in hospitals near Moscow. [4]
In 1979, Borukhova ended her creative career at the Opera and Ballet Theater, however she remained active and participated in the evening of friendship organized by Bukhara-Jewish community as a guest of honor. [4]
Fotima Borukhova died in August 2009 at the age of 93. [4]
Fotima Borukhova was awarded two Orders of the Red Banner, a title of an Honored Artist of Uzbekistan (1942) and a People's Artist (1950). [7]