Yusuyin Yaya
Lineage & School of Heritage
In his early years he learned the Dolan Muqam from his grandfather and his father, and he is a third-generation folk artist of the Dolan Muqam.
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Also known as Yusuyin Yaya, male, Uyghur, born in 1941 in Maigaiti, Xinjiang. He can sing and play all nine suites of the Dolan Muqam in full and is adept at the Dolan instruments; he is also familiar with Dolan meshrep performance. He has taken part in performances at home and abroad on many occasions, has trained a group of successors to the Dolan Muqam, and has received such autonomous-region titles as Outstanding Folk Artist and Golden Hand Drum.
Honors & Recognition
National representative bearer of Uyghur Muqam of Xinjiang (Dolan Muqam), a second-batch national intangible cultural heritage project.
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