Roza Amanova - famous singer, People's Artist of Kyrgyzstan, professor in the field of folk music, chairman of the Kyrgyz Traditional Music Foundation.
Biography
Rosa was born in February 1973 in the small Kyrgyz village of Toktogul, which only in 2012 received city status. Since childhood, parents instilled in their daughter a love of creativity, especially folk music. As a result, after leaving school in her native village, Rosa submitted documents to the Bishkek School of Music, and then continued her education at the National Conservatory.
In addition to music, Rosa received from her parents an excellent classical education. She is often called a very aristocratic woman, very erudite and polite, who never gives rise to scandals and knows how to behave in any society.
Career
The first song, which brought then the young singer the love of the whole people of Kyrgyzstan, was "Men Seni Sagygym Kelet" to the words of Omurkanov. Amanova performed it under a komuz - a traditional three-stringed Kyrgyz instrument.
The famous epic "Kurmanbek", a long saga of a national hero who rallied the Kyrgyz tribes and defended his native land from foreign invaders, was first performed entirely by Rosa Amanova, accompanied by the same comus. Later this work was released in her performance on 58 discs.
All her life, Rosa combined performing on stage with teaching at the Bishkek Conservatory, eventually becoming its leader. She is the director of the fund, which collects and carefully stores the rarities of traditional Kygryz culture. Rosa collaborates with foreign folk singers, in her extensive repertoire there are many traditional songs from Turkey, Kazakhstan and even China.
In 2006, Roza Amanova defended her Ph.D., for which she took her favorite topic - the cultural and musical traditions of her people. This woman is one of the few thanks to whom the incredible originality of Kyrgyz folklore has not disappeared for centuries, but, on the contrary, is maintained and enriched.
Several of Rosa’s pupils are members of the “Marzhan” musical group, performing at various contests and festivals. Amanova Rosa is the favorite of her people, the winner of the state award, the national artist of the republic, professor, composer and excellent musicologist.
