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| Franghiz AhmadovaFirəngiz Əhmədova | |
|---|---|
 Ahmadova performing in Sevil in 1959 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | (1928-09-23)September 23, 1928 Baku, Azerbaijani SSR, Soviet Union |
| Died | December 16, 2011(2011-12-16) (aged 83) Baku, Azerbaijan |
| Genres | Classical |
| Occupation(s) | Opera singer, music teacher |
| Instrument | Singing |
Franghiz Yusif qizi Ahmadova (23 September 1928 – 16 December 2011) was a prominent Azerbaijani operatic soprano and music teacher. From 1951, she performed as a soloist at the Azerbaijani State Opera. She toured widely across the former Soviet Union, singing in the major opera houses of eastern Europe.
Biography
Franghiz Ahmadova was born on 23 September 1928 in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union. She enjoyed music as a child, encouraged by her father who worked in the oil sector. Her mother, a botany teacher, realized that she was talented enough to attend the Baku Music College, where she was enrolled without previous experience. She went on to attend the Baku Academy of Music where she studied under Margarita Kolotova, graduating in 1955.
While at the music college, she made her first radio broadcast together with the school choir but her first notable appearance was during her years at the conservatory when Ismail Idayatzadeh [az], who headed the state opera, chose her to sing Nigar's aria from the Opera Koroghlu for an important concert. She performed it brilliantly. As a result, she was invited to join the state opera.
She had to wait some time before she was given solo parts but she made her début in the early 1950s when she played the title role in Muslim Magomayev's Nargiz She went on to play the leading soprano roles in Uzeyir Hajibeyov's Arshin Mal Alan and Fikret Amirov's Sevil as well as those in Tosca, Madame Butterfly and the most popular Russian operas. She performed with the State Opera from 1951 to 1988, after which she taught at the theatre until 1997.
Franghiz Ahmadova died in Baku on 16 December 2011.
Honours and awards
In 1967, Ahmadova was awarded the Order of Lenin. On her 70th birthday, she was honoured with the Shohrat Order, Azerbaijan's highest distinction.
Notes
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- Azerbaijani: Firəngiz Yusif qızı Əhmədova, sometimes given as Firangiz Ahmedova
- Russian: Фирангиз Юсиф кызы Ахмедова, romanized: Firangiz Yusif kyzy Akhmedova
References
- ^ "Фирангиз Ахмедова – одна из первых профессиональных оперных певиц Азербайджана" (in Russian). Azer History. 24 September 2017. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
- Imanov, Vugar (16 November 2011). "Завещание Фирангиз Ахмедовой: " Много работайте над собой, и успех придет" - последнее интервью" (in Russian). Trend News Agemcy. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
- ^ "Firangiz Akhmedova" (in Russian). kino-teatr.ru. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
- 1928 births
- 2011 deaths
- Musicians from Baku
- Azerbaijani sopranos
- Azerbaijani music educators
- Azerbaijani women music educators
- People's Artists of the USSR
- People's Artistes of the Azerbaijan SSR
- Soviet Azerbaijani people
- 20th-century Azerbaijani women opera singers
- Baku Academy of Music alumni
- Communist Party of the Soviet Union members
- Recipients of the Order of Lenin