A Circassian vocal classic: “I shall wait for you!” [Уэ сыныппэплъэнщ!]. Sung by Natalia Ghestashe, accompanied by the Kabardino-Balkarian Philharmonic Orchestra. Music by Muhediyn F’. Bale. Words by Zalimxan Aqsire. [youtube/watch?v=xVkB5xMl5gM] The Circassian singer Natalia (Natasha) Ghestashe (Гъэсташэ Къэсболэт ипхъу Наталие; Gastasheva) was born in 1940 in the Kabardian town of Terek. Ghestashe graduated from the Saratov Conservatoire in 1965. She worked as a soloist first with the Kabardinka Academic Dance Ensemble and then (in 1969) with the Kabardino-Balkarian State Philharmonic. The lyric-dramatic soprano is one of the more accomplished opera artists in Circassia. She performed a number of opera roles, including Cherubino in Mozarts The Marriage of Figaro, and Madina in the Circassian opera Madina by Hesen Qarden and Muhediyn Bale. The Peoples Artist of the RSFSR also recorded many Circassian and Russian traditional songs, transforming them into classic gems. Her rendition of Adige Maqame [Circassian Melody] is very emotive indeed. The masterpiece was composed by the famous Circassian classical musician and conductor Boris Teimirqan (Yuras brother) [listen to the song on “Circassian Minstrels” YouTube channel: https://youtube/watch?v=2IluVPaxWIQ]. Melodiya issued a number of records of her songs, including Nataliya Gastasheva Sings. She is currently a professor at the North Caucasus State Institute of Fine Arts in Nalchik (established in 1992; it has a music faculty). The almost complete neglect of Ghestashe’s high-end vocal art and craft by the nation to whom she has given so much for more than half a century borders on the criminal. Muhediyn F’. Bale (Балэ Мухьэдин)—Bale (Balov) (1923-1984) was born in the village of Kenzha (Qweshriqwey) in Kabarda. A native Kabardian, he was sent with a group of young Kabardian men and women to the Leningrad Conservatoire in 1946. He studied composition under Yuri Kochyurov for about 4 years. Bale wrote about 200 songs, romances and instrumental pieces, including “Qenemet and Qesbolet”, a symphonic suite (1960), “Five Symphonic Dances”, based on Kabardian, Adigean, Cherkess, Balkarian and Karachai melodies (1961), “Kabardino-Balkaria”, a symphonic poem (1961), probably his finest work, “Madiyne”, music to the play by the same name (1961), and “The Plains of Argudan”, a symphonic scene (1961). Zalimxan Aqsire [Акъсырэ Залымхъан; Залимхан Аксиров; 1919-1995] is considered as one of the principal founders of modern Circassian dramaturgy in Kabarda.
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