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
TASSR
The Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, abbreviated as Tatar ASSR or TASSR, was an autonomous republic of the Russian SFSR. The resolution for its creation was signed on 27 May 1920 and the republic was proclaimed on 25 June 1920. Kazan ...
(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
Kazan
Kazan; , IPA: Help:IPA/Tatar, ɑzanis the largest city and capital city, capital of Tatarstan, Russia. The city lies at the confluence of the Volga and the Kazanka (river), Kazanka Rivers, covering an area of , with a population of over 1. ...
, capital of
Tatarstan
Tatarstan, officially the Republic of Tatarstan, sometimes also called Tataria, is a Republics of Russia, republic of Russia located in Eastern Europe. It is a part of the Volga Federal District; and its capital city, capital and largest city i ...
, 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
Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
Nizhny Novgorod Oblast () is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the types of inhabited localities in Russia, city of Nizhny Novgorod. It has a population of 3,119,115 as of the 2021 Ru ...
.
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, SpotifyDocumentary (in Tatar)
Sources
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1908 births
1962 deaths
Tatar people from the Soviet Union
Tatar musicians
Tatar-language singers
Soviet singers