Zeynab Khanlarova

Zeynab Yahya qizi Khanlarova^[a] (born 28 December 1936) is a Soviet and Azerbaijani singer (soprano), People's Artist of the USSR (1980), Azerbaijan (1975), Armenia (1978).^[1]

Zeynab Khanlarova Zeynəb Xanlarova
Khanlarova in 2016
Background information
Born	(1936-12-28) 28 December 1936 (age 88) Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union
Genres	Classical, folk
Occupation	Singer
Instrument	Singing
Years active	1961–present
Signature of Zeynab Khanlarova

Biography

Zeynab Khanlarova was born on 28 December 1936 in Baku and was the youngest of the family's five children. In 1956, Zeynab Khanlarova graduated from Baku Pedagogical School named after M. A. Sabir [az]. In 1961, she graduated from Seyid Shushinski's class at Baku Musical School named after Asaf Zeynally and became a soloist of the Azerbaijan State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater.

Zeynab Khanlarova was the deputy of Supreme Soviet of Azerbaijan SSR (XI-XII convocations) and the National Assembly of Azerbaijan (I-III convocations).

Musical career

Zenab Khanlarova played Leyli's part in "Leyli and Majnun" opera, Asli's part in "Asli and Karam" opera of Uzeyir Hajibeyov, Arabzangi's part in Magomayev's "Shah Ismayil" opera and others.^[2] Besides that, Zeynab Khanlarova successfully performed in Azerbaijani folk music style mugham. Zeynab Khanlarova's voice can be heard in such mugham compositions as "Shahnaz", "Gatar", "Bayati Shiraz" and in many others. Zeynab Khanlarova was also a very successful pop singer. Khanlarova's repertoire includes songs of such composers as Tofig Guliyev, Arif Malikov, Alekper Taghiyev, Emin Sabitoglu, Gara Garayev, Fikret Amirov and many other prominent composers. Khanlarova successfully performed songs in Russian, Armenian, Ukrainian, Romanian, Georgian, Persian, Arabic, Chinese, Indian, Turkish and in many other languages. Zeynab Khanlarova gave concerts in Russia, Ukraine, Latvia, Moldova, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, India, China, Iran, Iraq, Egypt, Israel, Turkey, Georgia, Armenia, Bulgaria, Germany, Poland, Hungary, Austria, Finland, Sweden and Czech Republic.

Awards and titles

• People's Artiste of the Azerbaijan SSR (1975)
• People's Artist of the Armenian SSR (1978)
• People's Artist of the USSR (1980)
• State Prize of the Azerbaijan SSR [az] (1988)
• Shohrat Order of Azerbaijan (1996)^[3]
• Istiglal Order (2006)
• Heydar Aliyev Order (2016)

Notes

1. • Azerbaijani: Zeynəb Yəhya qızı Xanlarova
   • Russian: Зейнаб Яхья кызы Ханларова, romanized: Zeynab Yakhya kyzy Khanlarova