Gulyanag Mamedova (Azerbaijani: Məmmədova Gülyanaq Zakir qızı; born June 10, 1973) is an Azerbaijani vocal performer, a soloist at the

Rashid Behbudov Rashid Macid oglu Behbudov (14 December 1915 – 9 June 1989) was a Soviet and Azerbaijani singer and actor. He has been referred to as the "golden voice of Azerbaijan". He performed his songs in multiple languages. Biography Rashid Behbudov ...

Azerbaijan State Song Theatre. She was awarded the title of

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in 2014 and later became a People's Artist of the Republic of Uzbekistan in 2022.

Biography

Gulyanag Mamedova was born on June 10, 1973, in the village of

Böyük Dəhnə Böyük Dəhnə (also, Bëyuk Dakhna, Beyuk-Degne, Beyuk-Dekhna, Beyyuk-Dakhna, and Byuyuk-Dakhne) is a village and municipality in the Shaki Rayon of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 5,255. In 1902 some ancient artifacts, including the 1st or ...

Shaki District Shaki District () is one of the 66 districts of Azerbaijan. Located in the north of the country, it belongs to the Shaki-Zagatala Economic Region. The district borders the districts of Qakh, Oghuz, Agdash, Yevlakh, and the Russian Republic o ...

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. From 1980 to 1990, she attended School No. 1 in

. Between 1992 and 1996, she studied music at the music college affiliated with the Azerbaijan National Conservatory. Following that, from 1996 to 2000, she pursued studies at the acting faculty of the

Azerbaijan State University of Culture and Arts Azerbaijan State University of Culture and Arts (ASUCA; ) was founded in 1923 on the basis of the Baku Theatrical College. It is Azerbaijan's main state-funded institution of higher education in performing arts. Background Azerbaijan State Univers ...

, specializing in musical theater and cinema acting. In 2002, she graduated from the university with a master's degree. From 1990 to 1992, she worked at the

House of Culture. In 1993, she began her career as a vocalist at the

Azerbaijan State Song Theatre. From 1995 to 1997, she participated in the "Malme" festival in Malmo,

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. She held solo concerts in

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and

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, performed at the 2000 Expo in

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, the 2000 "Bosphorus" festival in

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and

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. Between 2001 and 2002, she performed in the concert program for the promotion of the "Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan" pipeline group. In 2002, she represented Azerbaijan in Strasbourg,

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, on the first anniversary of Azerbaijan's accession to the Council of Europe. She toured with concerts in

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, and

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from 2002 to 2003. She represented Azerbaijan's national culture in

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during the "Days of Azerbaijani Culture." Similar events took place in

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, and

. In 2004, she performed for the Nowruz celebration in

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, in 2005 in Chisinau and

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, and in 2006, a concert featuring her took place in Nakhchivan.

Family

Sister - Gulyaz Zakir Mamedova,

People's Artist of the Republic of Azerbaijan People's, branded as ''People's ViennaLine'' until May 2018, and legally ''Altenrhein Luftfahrt GmbH'', is an Austro-Swiss airline headquartered in Vienna, Austria. It operates scheduled and charter passenger flights mainly from its base at St. ...

Awards

* Народный артист Азербайджанской Республики — 2014 (

People's Artiste of Azerbaijan People’s Artiste of Azerbaijan () is the honorary title granted for contribution to the development of Azerbaijani culture. The term artiste refers to a professional entertainer, and awards creative success in the theater, cinema and music fie ...

) * Заслуженный артист Азербайджанской Республики — 1998 (Honored Artist of Azerbaijan) * Народный артист Республики Узбекистан — 30 августа 2022( People's Artist of Uzbekistan) * Президентская премия — 2012 (Presidential Award - 2012)

References

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