Evelyn Baghtcheban (variations: Evlin Baghcheban, Baqcheban, Bahceban, born as Evlin Örge) ( fa, اولین باغچهبان, 1928 – October 31, 2010) was a
Turkish
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Persian opera singer (
mezzo-soprano
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) and one of the soloists and co founder of Tehran Opera House at
Rudaki Hall, and founded the Tehran Choral Group and Farah Choir.
Mehr News Agency
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History and ...
(November 2, 2010)
"Opera singer Evelyn Baghcheban: 1928-2010 "
Payvand Iran News. Retrieved 21 September 2012. She also taught singing at the
Tehran Conservatory of Music
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, where her pupils included
Hossein Sarshar,
Pari Zanganeh
Pari Zangeneh ( fa, پری زنگنه) (born 1939, Kashan
Kashan ( fa, ; Qashan; Cassan; also romanized as Kāshān) is a city in the northern part of Isfahan province, Iran. At the 2017 census, its population was 396,987 in 90,828 famil ...
, and Sudabeh Tajbakhsh.
In 1967 Evlin Baghcheban founded the
Tehran Choral Group. Choral music of the coronation ceremony of
Mohammad-Reza Shah was performed by this group, conducted by Evlin Baghcheban at
Golestan Palace.
[ (November, 2020)]
A Tribute to Evlin Baghcheban
Payvand News of Iran. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
In 1973, Farah Pahlavi Charity Foundation commissioned Evlin Baghcheban to establish a conservatory of music in Tehran for orphan children. In this school, Baghcheban organized a choral group called the Farah Choir. This choir recorded two albums in Vienna, Austria in 1978: "Rainbow" (compositions for children by Samin Baghchenan) and "Choral Music from Persia" (folk songs arranged by Rubik Gregorian and Samin Baghcheban).
Payvand News
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(April 17, 2018)
First Ever Release of 1978 Farah Choir Recording
Payvand Iran News. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
Tribute
On the 10th occasion of Evlin Baghcheban's death, her son, Kaveh, published a book entitled "The Days Tehran had Opera" containing old photos, historical documents and concert programmes of his mother with a CD of rare recording at Tehran Opera House in the 1960s.
[ (November, 2020)]
Rare documents of “Tehran Opera Company” Published...
PDN. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
Early life
Evlin Baghtcheban was born in
Mersin
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, Turkey to a French mother and a Assyrian-Lebanese father. In 1950 she was married to the Iranian composer
Samin Baghtcheban whom she met when they were both students at the
Ankara State Conservatory.
Shortly after the
1979 Islamic Revolution
The Iranian Revolution ( fa, انقلاب ایران, Enqelâb-e Irân, ), also known as the Islamic Revolution ( fa, انقلاب اسلامی, Enqelâb-e Eslâmī), was a series of events that culminated in the overthrow of the Pahlavi dynas ...
Baghcheban moved to
Istanbul.
She is survived by three sons Rouin, Kaveh and Farhang.
References
External links
10th Anniversary of Evlin Baghcheban(BBC Persian Service)
1928 births
2010 deaths
Turkish emigrants to Iran
20th-century Turkish women opera singers
Turkish people of French descent
Operatic mezzo-sopranos
Exiles of the Iranian Revolution
Turkish people of Lebanese descent
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