Kadriye Nurmambet

Kadriye Nurmambet

Nurmambet was born on 21 August 1933 to Pakize and Ahmet Nurmambet in Bazargic, Dobruja, in the Kingdom of Romania (nowadays Dobrich, Bulgaria). Her father was an officer in the 40th Artillery Regiment, Mărăşeşti 9th Division. When Romania ceded Southern Dobruja to Bulgaria, at the beginning of World War II, her family moved north to Medgidia where her father was appointed commander of a garrison.^[1]

Nurmambet studied law at the

Nurmambet had an interest in folklore and folk music as a child and early on joined Crimean Tatar and Romanian folk groups. Her first stage performance was in 1950 at the Romanian Athenaeum, alongside notable folk singers Emil Gavriş, Ştefan Lăzărescu, Lucreția Ciobanu, Maria Lătărețu and pan flute virtuoso Fănică Luca. They performed with the Barbu Lautarul Orchestra, conducted by Ionel Budișteanu and Nicu Stănescu.^[1]

In 1954 professor Tiberiu Alexandru at the National University of Music Bucharest praised her performance and debuted her voice on the radio. Her first disc was released in 1960 at Electrecord, followed by other recordings in 1963, 1974, 1980, 1982, and 1989.^[1]

Kadriye learned her first folk songs from her mother, but later she developed a strong interest in collecting traditional songs. She used to travel in the villages of

In 2009, Nurmambet released a studio album, titled Tatar and Turkish Traditional Folk Songs and recorded by Electrecord.[4]^[5]

Nurmambet died on 31 January 2023, at the age of 89.^[6]

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References

External links

• Cuget Liber. "UDTTMR Constanţa, la 20 de ani de la înfiinţare". tatar.ro (in Romanian). tatar.ro. Archived from the original on 24 November 2011. Retrieved 15 August 2014.

See also

• Ahmet Nurmambet
• Emin Bektóre
• Refiyîk Kadír