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Origin
  
Azerbaijan

Role
  
Singer

Name
  
Khuraman Gasimova


Website
  
operadivas.info

Occupation(s)
  
Singer, actress

Genres
  
Opera

Birth name
  
Khuraman Akram gizi Gasimova

Born
  
June 6, 1951 (age 73) Baku, Azerbaijan SSR (
1951-06-06
)

Similar People
  
Fidan Gasimova, Zeynab Khanlarova, Niyazi, Vagif Mustafazadeh, Fikret Amirov

Хураман Касимова - То было раннею весной / Khuraman Gasimova - It was in the early spring


Khuraman Gasimova (Azerbaijani: Xuraman Qasımova) is an opera singer and actress from Azerbaijan.

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Khuraman Gasimova - “Ritorna Vincitor” from Aida (Giuseppe Verdi)


Life and career

Khuraman Gasimova was born on June 6, 1951, in the former Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic capital city of Baku. In 1975 she graduated from Baku Academy of Music. She has been the soloist of Azerbaijan State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater since 1976. Her opera repertoire has included roles in the modern works of Azerbaijani composers Fikret Amirov and Uzeyir Hajibeyov. In the standard opera canon, Gasimova's repertoire includes the roles of Mimi and Muzetta (La bohème), Desdemona (Otello), Aida (Aida), and Tatiana (Eugene Onegin).

While she was in school, she appeared in such films as The Elevator Operator Girl, But I Was Not Beautiful and The Life Examines Us. Later, she achieved success as a singer.

Awards

In 1981, Gasimova was awarded first prize at the Maria Callas Grand Prix, an international opera competition held in Athens

In 1988, she was awarded the silver medal at the 8th Tchaikovsky International Competition. In 1986, she was named a People’s Artist of Azerbaijan for her creative achievements. She also is a laureate of the State Prize of the Azerbaijani Republic and the Lenin Komsomol Prize. On June 3, 2011 she was named to the Sheref Order (Order of Glory) by the President of Azerbaijan.

Filmography

  • From Heart to Heart (2007)
  • Maestro Niyazi (2007)
  • Film Director Hasan Seyidbeyli (2002)
  • Our Sorrow…Our Pride (1998)
  • Ring (1995)
  • Constructors of the Future (1982)
  • Land of Music (1981)
  • Uzeyir’s Life (1981)
  • The Life Examines Us (1972)
  • But I Was Not Beautiful (1968)
  • Gypsy Girl (1966)
  • References

    Khuraman Gasimova Wikipedia


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