| Sanubar Tursun سەنۇبەر تۇرسۇن | |
| Birth Date: | 1 June 1971 |
| Birth Place: | Ghulja, Xinjiang, China |
| Alma Mater: | Xinjiang Arts Institute |
| Disappeared Status: | Alleged 5 years imprisonment |
| Disappeared Place: | Ürümqi, Xinjiang, China |
| Nationality: | Chinese |
| Occupation: | Artist, classical song singer |
| Years Active: | 2000-present |
Sanubar Tursun (; Chinese: 塞努拜尔·吐尔逊; pinyin: Sāinǔbài'ěr Tǔ'ěrxùn; b. 1971) is a Uyghur female singer-songwriter, famous dutar player and researcher for Uyghur Muqams. Tursun released her first album in 2000. She was a judge in the Uyghur language The Voice of the Silk Road. She was allegedly sentenced to 5 years in prison.[1]
Sanubar was born in Ghulja, to musician Tursun Chang. Her father taught her to play stringed instruments including dutar and satar. She trained and worked professionally as a chang (hammer dulcimer) player.[2] [3]
In May 2014, she gave a performance at University of London.[4]
On 7 August 2016, she appeared in Los Angeles.[5]
Her scheduled performances in the French cities of Nantes, Angers and Rennes were cancelled in November 2018 after she encountered difficulties leaving China.[6] Reports claimed that she was detained by the Chinese authorities in November 2018 and sentenced to 5 years in prison. Her concert in Shanghai in November 2019 was cancelled.[7] later in 2019 she was released, likely due to pressure from international community.