"Awılda yaz" / "Spring in the village” (2022)

"Munçadan soñ çəy eçü" / "Tea drinking after the bathhouse" (2017)

"Urmannar arasında. Köz" / "Among the forests. Autumn" (2022)

It feels like a real privilege to live in the same era as this artist, because his work allows us not just to look at history, but to step inside it. And we’re especially fortunate that people in Tatarstan can visit his exhibitions in person. The rest of us can still follow his journey — discovering new paintings, watching his process, and supporting his art — on his Telegram channel or on Instagram.

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Music

🎵 muzıka – music
cır – song
quşımta – chorus
köy, moñ – melody, tune
tawış – sound, voice
qaytawaz – echo
səxnə – stage
bişek cırı – lullaby
yuğarı nota – high note
tübən nota – low note

🎤 cırlaw – to sing
tıñlaw – to listen
uynaw – to play (an instrument)
qabızu – to play (to put on a song)
biyü – to dance
qul çabu – to clap, applaud

🧑🏼‍🎤 cırçı – singer
başqaruçı – artist, performer
törkem – band
tamaşaçı – audience
cır avtorı – songwriter

🎧 qolaqçın – earphones, headphones

💬 Min muzıka yaratam. — I love music.
Sin nindi muzıka tıñlıysıñ? — What music do you listen to?
Minem yaratqan cırım… — My favourite song is…
Ul bik matur cırlıy. — He/She sings very beautifully.
Əydə, muzıka tıñlıyq! — Let’s listen to music!



💡 Tatar musical instruments

After the fall of Kazan in 1552, Tatar musical instruments were burned, and playing traditional instruments was strictly prohibited. The reaction to this repression was the flourishing of Tatar melismatic singing. Only the quray, a simple flute that could be easily made and hidden, survived in memory and practice, while other instruments disappeared. However, manuscripts, sketches, and ethnographic descriptions of Tatar instruments still exist, allowing researchers to reconstruct their forms and functions (as did the Tatar composer Rəşit Kəlimullin for his extensive collection of musical instruments). The loss of Tatar instruments is not only a historical consequence of post-1552 repression but also a modern state-level cultural problem that has remained unresolved for decades.

🪗🪕 Uyın qoralları –
Musical instruments 🪈

quray – reed flute
qubız – jaw harp
ğarmun – accordion
mandolina – mandolin
dəf – daf (frame drum)
saz – saz (seven-string long-necked lute)
sornay – zurna (double reed wind instrument)
dumbıra – dombra (two-/three-string long-neck lute)
göslə – gusli (string instrument)

qıl – string
sızğıç – bow (for string instruments)