Biography Nurzamal Usenbaeva
To show all the photos from the personal archive on November 4, the People's Artist of Kazakhstan Nurzhamal Usenbaeva received a high award in the field of artistic and cultural activities - Golden Europea from the European Union of Arts. The winners of the award in the world are 21 people, from singers except Nurzhamal, including Placido Domingo and Philip Banzhak. Tell us more about the charitable concert in the Czech Republic, at which you were presented with such a prestigious award.
I was invited to him, accompanied by a symphonic orchestra. The concert with me was made by the Czech baritone Philip Banzhak. All funds from the concert were transferred to help children with cancer. This is not the first time that I sing in charitable concerts, but helping children is a special goal, this is the most unprotected creatures, our future. The award was a complete surprise for me!
When the concert ended, members of the European Union of Arts entered the stage and announced that they were handed a diploma and a figurine. For me, this is a great honor and great joy. Opera is a synthesis of music and drama, and a human voice is the most beautiful musical instrument. Of course, the first time it may not be clear, but there are programs, now they use still running lines, transfers, if a person discovering his soul, he will certainly love it.
The great singers, such as Luciano Pavarotti, Jose Carreras, Placido Domingo, sang popular songs and opera arias and thereby popularized the opera and made it closer to the people. And I had experience of unusual combinations. I sang the song "Gakka" with Yerbolat Kudaibergenov. It was a combination of classical singing and rap, but I would call it not even ramp, but a classic Kazakh term.
The result was a very interesting number. Or, for example, the song "Pesent", which I performed at the opening of the winter Asian games in the year. Do you like them? New is always interesting! And I myself participated in modern productions, for example, the American director Kuraisha in the opera "Dwarf" Alexander von Tsimlinsky. I sang a party of infanta. I went on stage in a ballet pack.
Can you imagine this? I asked her to be made more authentic. The director, creating the image of my heroine Infanta, wanted to show her a heartless doll. My movements were also puppet! It was difficult to sing and at the same time make mechanical movements of the head, hands, body. The image of the dwarf, on the contrary, created the director more alive and spiritualized. The main idea of staging is that cruelty and indifference kill the soul and humanity in man.
But, in general, I prefer a traditional classical production. This is especially important for young people, who may have come to the theater for the first time and should see an era reflected in the work, history, costumes, etiquette, traditions. The traditional theater is a rich, colorful scenography, and in the West, the directory directors often strive for minimalism. Is it really so?
A few days ago I sang the Kyz-Zhibek opera in Almaty, and there was a full hall. It is always pleasing when the audience accepts warmth. Now a lot of people go to theaters, and, especially pleasant, there are a lot of young people in the auditorium. Do we have such innovators in Kazakhstan? For example, my teacher Beken Zhylysbaev, who raised more than one galaxy of opera singers.
I am very grateful to him, I am happy that I studied with him! Then I studied a lot abroad, but what is embedded in me by my teacher is the foundation of my formation. Italy is the homeland of the opera.
For us, singers, the Italian school is of particular importance, but we also have a good opera school. More recently, our singers won at the competition, which was held in Verona. The competition was held to select singers to Italian productions. Tenor Medet Chotabaev and Baritone Songdet Baigozhin became winners! What performance has become a turning point for you in your career?
I still sing it with pleasure. So far, organizational work is underway. But the most important thing for me at the moment is a report to my listeners in my native theater, as well as in the capital of Astana Opera. This is a unique theater with excellent acoustics and the latest technical equipment, and for me it was a great honor to participate in the opening of the theater at the opera Birzhan and Sarah.
My husband is also a creative person, and he perfectly understands that I am a singer and should realize all his creative potential. It happens that sometimes you get very tired, you want to relax a bit and relax. Then the spouse begins to “spur” me: time goes, you need to do and work. Can this be called the secret of a happy family life? Yes, it's true. When my spouse begins to forget about our wedding day, I always remind him carefully, because it is very important for me that we are together on festive dates that relate to our family.
Perhaps because of the frequent tour, I really miss the house, my relatives. It’s not necessary to talk to each other all the time. Sometimes it is enough to take each other's hands and take a walk, walk on foot. Next to him, I am calm, confident and happy! Do you have enough time for a granddaughter?This year began with the fact that Karlygash made us happy.
When I am in Almaty, I try to be more with our little Ajar. I don’t hold diets, I just try to eat right, lead an active lifestyle. Of course, I use the services of a cosmetologist, I am a person of one of the cosmetic companies. But, most importantly, a woman should feel happy, beloved and loving. This, perhaps, is the secret of female beauty.