Kym Purling

**Kym Purling** ɗan ƙasar Ostiraliya ne mai buga piano, mai nishadantarwa, mawaƙi, mai shirya waƙa, mai shirya waƙa, mai koyarwa, mai yawon duniya da kuma mai taimakon jama'a. An haife shi a Vietnam, an ɗauke shi kuma ya girma a Ostiraliya kuma yana zaune a birnin New York.

## Rayuwa da aiki
An gano Kym Purling ya yi watsi da shi yana da shekaru biyu ko uku ga iyayen da ba a san su ba a lokacin Yaƙin Vietnam. Bayan ya shafe watanni na farko na rayuwarsa a gidajen marayu guda biyu a Saigon (yanzu Ho Chi Minh City), nan ba da daɗewa ba ya zama ɗaya daga cikin waɗanda aka fara ɗauka a ƙasashen waje - idan ba haka ba - na farko a Ostiraliya.

Purling ya gano piano yana ɗan shekara biyar lokacin da yake kwaikwayon waƙoƙin da 'yar uwarsa mai riƙo za ta yi da kunne. Ya fara horon piano na gargajiya yana ɗan shekara shida kuma ya ci gaba da koyar da kansa wasu nau'ikan kiɗa da yawa a lokacin karatunsa. Ya sami karatun sakandare a Makarantar Westminster, ɗaya daga cikin mafi kyawun makarantu masu zaman kansu a Adelaide, Kudancin Ostiraliya . Daga baya ya kammala digiri na farko a fannin Kiɗa a Nazarin Jazz a Jami'ar Adelaide, Kudancin Ostiraliya, inda ya kafa Kym Purling Trio na farko tare da ɗan wasan bass Tim Bowen da mai buga ganga Ben Riley. Mutanen uku sun sami yabo sosai a duk faɗin Ostiraliya kuma sun yi aiki a matsayin ɓangaren waƙa ga manyan mawakan jazz da mawaƙa na Ostiraliya da yawa. A wannan lokacin, har yanzu yana cikin farkon shekarunsa na ashirin, Purling ya yi wasanni sama da 250 a shekara kuma ya yi wasa a ɓangarorin kamfanoni da na gwamnati. Wani abin da ya fi burgewa a wannan lokacin shi ne yin waƙar Dalai Lama. A tsakiyar shekarun 90, ya kuma yi rikodin kundin waƙoƙinsa na farko, *Trio Juice*, *Catherine Lambert & The Kym Purling Trio*, da *Let's Swing!*

A shekarar 1996, Purling ya yi aiki a matsayin Jakadan Wasan Kwaikwayo tsakanin Ostiraliya da Vietnam. Wannan shine dawowar Purling ta farko zuwa ƙasarsa tun bayan da aka ɗauke shi zuwa Ostiraliya. A lokacin jakadan Purling, ya gudanar da kade-kade da aka sayar a ɗakunan kade-kade a kusa da birnin Ho Chi Minh da Hanoi, inda ya gabatar da kiɗan jazz ga mutanen Vietnam. A lokacin zaman, Purling ya kuma koyar da yara da yawa, ɗalibai da ƙwararrun mawaƙa kuma ya yi rikodin don dalilai na ilimi. Ya fito a cikin labaran jaridu da hirarraki na rediyo da yawa a lokacin da ya yi a Vietnam. Babban gidan talabijin na Vietnam, VTV, shi ma ya samar da wani shiri na musamman game da tarihin rayuwar Purling da alaƙarsa da Vietnam. Aikinsa a Vietnam ya ketare shingen al'adu da harshe da yawa, wanda ya tabbatar da cewa kiɗa ita ce harshen duniya baki ɗaya. Purling bai san kowa ba ko kuma ya san wani yaren Vietnam kafin ya isa can.

Bayan kammala aikin jakadanci, Purling ya koma yin wasan kwaikwayo a Ostiraliya na ɗan lokaci, kuma ya yi shirye-shiryen talabijin guda biyu game da tarihin rayuwarsa da aikinsa a talabijin na ƙasar Ostiraliya a 1998 da 1999. Ba da daɗewa ba, Purling ya koma Amurka inda ya zauna kuma ya yi aiki a Las Vegas na tsawon shekaru biyu da rabi. A wannan lokacin, Purling ya yi wasa a da yawa daga cikin ɗakunan nunin da ke kan sanannen Las Vegas Strip, yana wasa da kuma ba da umarni ga wasu manyan mutane a harkar wasan kwaikwayo kamar Kay Starr, Buddy Greco, The Mills Brothers, Marlena Shaw, David Cassidy, Clint Holmes da Frank Sinatra Jr.

Daga nan aka ba Purling shawarar zama wani kamfanin wasan kwaikwayo na Broadway da ke Times Square (Big League Theatricals, wanda yanzu ake kira Big League Productions ), kuma ya fara jagorantar waƙoƙi da kuma gudanar da shirye-shiryen Broadway da rangadin ƙasa na waƙoƙin Broadway masu shahara kamar Footloose-The Musical, Miss Saigon da 42nd Street. Purling ya yi tafiya zuwa jihohi 50 na Amurka yana gudanar da wasanni a ƙananan garuruwa da manyan birane a faɗin Amurka, Kanada da Japan.

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