The creavity of Aimkhan Shamuratova

The creavity of Aimkhan Shamuratova

Aymkhan Shamuratova was born on June 10 in 1917 in the village of Kanlykul in the family of farmer.She is one of the first Karakalpak artists who dreamed of a theatrical career from childhood and realized her dream on the stage of the Berdakh Theater of Music and Drama (formerly K.S. Stanislavsky).It is difficult to separate the stage art from vocal performance in her work, which ultimately constituted the cultural phenomenon "the art of Ayimkhan Shamuratova". During her long stage life, she has played more than 100 roles in plays by Karakalpak, Kazakh, Russian and Uzbek playwrights. She confessed: "Since childhood, I have been accompanied by the melodies" Bozatau "," Sorkol "," Aksungul ". These melodies formed the basis of the Karakalpak folk songs and songs to the words of the folk poets Berdakh, Azhiniyaz. It was in her performance that the Karakalpak song acquired a specific sound, peculiar tonality, national identity, which became an example of imitation for other performers.The art of Ayimkhan Shamuratova, her personality, contribution to the development of national culture, evoked rave reviews, poetic responses from writers. The artist's contribution to the spiritual life of the people is great. The life and work of the spouses famous in Karakalpakstan have become the property of not only relatives, friends and admirers. Both of them belong to that glorious cohort of builders of a new culture who, more than anything else, loved freedom and the opportunity to express this feeling uniquely and vividly in their work.From 1932 she performed in the troupe of the Kungrad, later the Turtkul theaters, where she made her debut in one-act plays by the founders of the Karakalpak theater A. Utepov and S. Mazhitov.

In 1934-1939, 1949-1951 and 1955-1988 she was an actress of the Karakalpak Theater of Musical Drama and Comedy named after. KS Stanislavsky (now named after Berdakh) in Nukus. Has played over 100 leading roles in plays by Karakalpak, Uzbek, Kazakh, Russian, Azerbaijani, Kyrgyz and other playwrights.

In 1939 she studied at the Moscow Conservatory.

In 1939-1949 and 1951-1955 she was a soloist of the Karakalpak Philharmonic named after. Berdakh and radio.

She also performed as a concert singer. The repertoire includes folk, ritual, folklore, lyrical, modern songs, musical arrangements of folk melodies «Bozatau», «Aryukhan», «Sorgol», «Aksungul» by her mentors Bakhsy E. Kospulatov, composers A. Halimov, Zh. Shamuratov, A. Sultanovata and many others. Dr.

She took part in concert groups on the fronts of the Second World War.

Wrote memoirs «My life is a theater».