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Sanubar Tursun
Sanubar Tursun (Uyghur: سەنۇبەر تۇرسۇن; Chinese: 塞努拜尔·吐尔逊; pinyin: Sāinǔbài'ěr Tǔ'ěrxùn; b. 1971) is a Uyghur female singer-songwriter, famous dutar player and researcher for Uyghur Muqams. Tursun released her first album in 2000. She was a judge in the Uyghur language The Voice of the Silk Road. She was allegedly sentenced to 5 years in prison.[1] Early lifeSanubar was born in Ghulja, to musician Tursun Chang. Her father taught her to play stringed instruments including dutar and satar. She trained and worked professionally as a chang (hammer dulcimer) player.[2][3] In May 2014, she gave a performance at University of London.[4] On 7 August 2016, she appeared in Los Angeles.[5] DisappearanceHer scheduled performances in the French cities of Nantes, Angers and Rennes were cancelled in November 2018 after she encountered difficulties leaving China. [6] Reports claimed that she was detained by the Chinese authorities in November 2018 and sentenced to 5 years in prison. Her concert in Shanghai in November 2019 was cancelled.[7] Later in 2019 she was released, likely due to pressure from the international community. See alsoReferences
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