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October 28, 2020

Stepanida Borisova interview, 1997, Budapest (Hungarian and Russian)

<p>Scroll down for English</p> <p>1997-ben a Hungaro Carrot vendége volt Stepanida Borisova szibériai (yakuti) énekesnő, aki az ősi sámán énekek saját interpretációját adja elő. A FIKSZ Rádió-ban interjúvoltam. Mesélt Yakutiáról, a föld leghidegebb és legelszigetltebb helyéről, énekelt is. Hallgattuk különböző együttműködésekből származó felvételeit.</p> <p>"Shamanistic singer <strong>Stepanida Borissova</strong> was born in 1950 in the District of Megino-Khangalaas in the Siberian Republic of Yakutia. After her studies at the famous Shepjin School of Acting, she started in 1974 an acting carrier at the Ojunski-Sakha-Theatre. She received, as well, the Ojunsky prize from the USSR and is a celebrated actress since this time. As a singer and performer Stepanida mastered many different styles of the traditional Sakha singing.</p> <p>In the entire Russian Federation and abroad, <strong>Stepanida Borissova</strong> won her special place in the world of music mainly as a singer of "tojuks" (improvised, epic songs). Stepanida sings "ugadan kurduk" as a shaman. In Kamlania female shamans are considered more powerful than male shamans. Though it is difficult to prove, it is said that her voice has healed people.</p> <p>With a unified work with other artists of her country she has been very important in the further developement of the Sakha culture. For this, she also is highly engaged in international projects with <a href="http://www.hubl.com/" target="_blank">Hubl Greiner</a> and <a href="http://www.luigiarchetti.com/" target="_blank">Luigi Archetti</a> (Hulu Project - since 1996) and <a href="http://www.ffa.vutbr.cz/~fajt/uvod.html" target="_blank">Pavel Fajt</a> (since 1998). She has made many guest appearances in international Theatre from such countries as, Mexico, USA, Finnland, Germany, Japan, Poland, Norway, Italy, France, the Czech Republic, Hongkong, Hungary, Great Britain and in the lands of the once USSR. In these countries she toured giving many concerts and has received international acclaim." From https://www.hulu.de/&nbsp;</p> <p>I interviewed Stepanida at Radio FIKSZ in Budapest in 1997. She told stories about herself and her homeland. She also sang in the studio, which makes this recording unique. We listened to tracks made in collaboration with European avantgarde artists.</p> <p><br></p>