Gulnur Satylganova (Kyrgyz: Гүлнур Сатылганова; born 1 November 1968) is a Kyrgyz singer.
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Born | (1968-11-01) 1 November 1968 (age 53) Toktogul, Jalal-Abad Region, Kyrgyzstan, Soviet Union |
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Occupation(s) | singer |
Instrument(s) | vocals |
Satylganova was born in Toktogul in western Kyrgyzstan. From 1987 to 1991, she studied at the conducting department of the Kyrgyz State Institute of Art named after Bübüsara Beyshenalieva[1] (Kyrgyz: Кыргыз мамлекеттик Б.Бейшеналиева атиндагы искунствотитунствотутунствотитунство. Her professor was Nadezhda Kakhlova. At this university, she met such outstanding singers and poets as Kanıkey Eraliyeva and Ataybek Bodoshov.[2]
After graduation, Satylganova worked for some time as an actress. At first she was employed in the "Kuudułdar" theatre (Kyrgyz: Куудулдар),[3] then she moved to the Asanbek Ömüraliev Theatre.[4] Later she started acting onstage. She made her debut as a singer in 1986[4] and was soon accepted into the music group "Ming kyjał" (Kyrgyz: Миң кыял).[5] Currently, she successfully continues her solo career. Although she is fluent in Russian, she usually performs songs in her native Kyrgyz.[6] She is the winner of many state and international awards[7] and she has been honored, among others, with the title of National Artist of the Kyrgyz Republic in 2008.[8] She was the first Kyrgyz woman to be awarded the Order of St. George.[9]
Satylganova was married to Daniel Toktobayev with whom she has a son named Arnaz.[10]
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