Кильдиярова Флюра

Kind of activity: Bashkir operatic singer (soprano)

Date of birth: January 15, 1952, IIlchigulovo aul, Uchaly district, BASSR

Merits: People’s Artist RF (1992) and BASSR (1989), Honoured Artist of RF (1995)

Current place of work: she gives lessons “National song” in Alma Mater – USAI

Creative biography:

Flura Kildiarova is one of the brightest and the most talented singers of Bashkortostan. Bashkir soprano is considered the pride of the Republic. Many connoisseurs of art both in Russia and abroad made sure of that.

Many people in Bashkortostan know Flura Achmetsheevna Kildiarova. But honorable artist of Russia and Bashkortostan, a laureate of all-Russian folk song festival, Republican contest of young singers named after G.S. Almuchatetov and State Prize named after Salavat Ulaev is very popular far beyond Republican borders.

F. Kildiarova possesses outstanding vocal and well-developed mastery. The Bashkir singer (soprano) was born in the village Ilchigul, Utchaly region of Bashkortostan. She educated from the Ufa State Academy of Arts by Zagir Ismagilov. In 1981-89 she soloed at the Bashkir State Theater of opera and ballet and from 1989 she was a soloist of the Bashkir State Philharmonic Society.

„I always kept melodies in mind very quickly“ – the singer says – „I learned the aria of Salavat by heart from radio and even sang it. I always liked serious music and was fond of classical arias and romances and when the time to choose profession came I decided I would be a singer. I failed to enter the vocal department of Ufa Art College and entered the department of choir conducting. I was singing „TASHTUGAY“ and „BYLBYLYM“ at the entrance exams“.

The repertoire of Flura Kildiarova includes vocal works of Russian, Bashkir and Tatar composers and Bashkir folk songs. Classical Bashkir songs are considered to be the peak of her art. For many years she preserves the title of the major pride of Bashkortostan.

„Thanks to folk songs I toured all over Europe – Germany, Belgium, Hungary, Romania, Poland, Italy and France“ – Flura Kildiarova tells – „I played folklore programs in China, Turkey, Copenhagen, Dresden, Leipzig and Halle“.

In 2006 Flura Kildiarova has introduced her book „The Pearls of Ural“ – about her life and art. Specialists say the uniqueness of the book is that it contains the larger part of pieces of art from the singer’s repertoire, which notes are hard to find at the present time.