Soviet singer Farida Kudasheva has a unique voice. The repertoire of the People's Artist of the Bashkir and Tatar ASSR consisted of a huge number of songs. The Honored Artist of the RSFSR was called the Bashkir Nightingale, a symbol of the dreams and youth of the peoples of Tatarstan and Bashkiria, the ideal of a Muslim woman.
Ufa street is named after the famous performer Farida Yagudovna Kudasheva. An international festival of Tatar and Bashkir songs "Duslyk mono" is held in her memory. The singer has become a symbol of the heyday of the musical era in Bashkortostan.
The path to the vocation
The biography of the future celebrity began in 1920. The girl was born in mid-December in the village of Klyashevo, Ufa province. The family moved to Baymak when Farida was 10 years old. In the Trans-Urals, the girl learned the Bashkir language, learned a lot of folk songs.
The child inherited his vocal talent from his mother, who has a magnificent voice. The future singer has her favorite national melodies. While studying at school, Farida took part in all concerts, participated in amateur performances.
As a teenager, Faridu was listened to by the head of the national studio at the Moscow Conservatory, Gaziz Almukhamedov. He recommended that the girl start a freelance career only after her voice was fully established. For several years, he advised to forget about a professional career.
After completing her studies, the graduate decided to continue her education at the Ufa Theater and Art School. She entered the acting department. In the future, acting skills and diction lessons came in handy for the girl. Kudasheva's singing was perfectly audible from the back rows of the theater.
In 1939, the dramatic actress began working at the Dyurtyulinsky Theater. From 1944 to 1947, Farida played on the stage of the Bashkir Academic Drama Theater.
Singing career
A vocal career soon began. The owner of a beautiful voice was invited to sing a song on the radio. Both the management and the audience liked the performance very much. So work began as a soloist. Farida quickly became a popular singer.
In 1947, the performer was offered to become a soloist of the Bashkir Radio Committee. The vocalist was invited to the State Philharmonic of Bashkiria in 1956. For eight years, Farida Kudasheva, who worked as a pop soloist, gave concerts and went on tour. She performed both original pop and folk songs.
The artist preferred to perform live, in front of the audience. She believed that only such communication is possible. However, the songs of the performer were also recorded on records. The discs were a success. During that period, she arranged a personal life. The talented musician, accordion player and composer Bakhti Gaisin became the chosen one of the performer.
He created most of the songs from his wife's repertoire. Together, the husband and wife formed an ensemble. The virtuoso accordion player became not only a life partner for the chosen one, but also helped to reveal new facets of her talent. In 1941, a child appeared in the family, the daughter of Renard.
Most of the time was devoted to touring. Kudasheva has traveled all over the country, has repeatedly traveled abroad. All concerts were sold out. In 2006, Kudasheva began work on an anthology of songs. On paper, the singer transferred from memory a huge number of things that sounded in her performance. Fans received a collection of her best songs.
Offstage, the vocalist remained an energetic and sociable person. She did not maintain her love of life until the last days, did not refuse invitations to participate in concerts. According to the artist, the love of the audience can be won only by passing the song through the soul during the performance.
Confession
The press wrote that the vocalist's charm is not so much her unique voice as her performing manner. The journalists called Farida Yagudovna's voice soft-sounding, matt colored in timbre, as well as gentle and clean, stunningly expressive. The performing style was characterized as especially sincere and soulful.
Singing Kudasheva - from the joyful optimism of the perception of reality, the fullness of life, the desire to ignite the audience with the sincerity of their feelings. In 1990, Farida Yagudovna became the People's Artist of the Republic of Tatarstan.
The famous singer passed away in 2010.
October 9th. In 2011, an evening was organized in memory of the singer. It was attended by the granddaughter of the artist Slavyan Vakhitov. The book “Farida Kudasheva. Life and art . The unique collection contains an interview with the singer, articles about her, poems dedicated to the artist, family photos.
Memory
A documentary film "White ship on Agidel" was shot. The audience saw in it not only the performer's performances, but also an interview with her, her story about her work and life. In memory of the artist, the Republican music competition "Two Swans" is held annually in Bashkortostan.
The Ike Akkosh project is dedicated to the work of her and Bakhti Gaisin. Traditionally, the competition is held in two directions: "Solo Vocal" and "Instrumental Performance". Each category of contestants performs in the small homeland of Gaisin and Kudasheva, respectively.
The winners perform in the hall of the Kh. Akhmetov Bashkir State Philharmonic, where the singer and her husband have worked for a long time.
In 2013, for the first time under the name of the famous artist, the International Festival of Bashkir and Tatar songs "Duslyk Mono" was held.
In the homeland of the performer, in the village of Klyashevo, a house-museum has been opened. A memorial plaque is installed on the house in Ufa where the singer lived.
