Halima Nosirova or Halima Nasyrova (; , ''Khalima Nasyrova'') was a

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and Uzbek singer of Uzbek music. She also started her creative activities as a drama actress in 1927 and was a popular artist of the

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Biography

She was born on December 29, 1913 (according to other sources, December 7, 1912) in the village of Taglyk, near Kokand (now in the Fergana Region of

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). She was the ninth child in the family and was raised in an orphanage. From 1924 to 1927, she studied at the

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Theater Technical College (now the Azerbaijan State University of Culture and Arts) along with a group of young people from Uzbekistan. From 1934 to 1937, she studied at the Uzbek Opera Studio of the

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. Starting in 1927, she was an actress in the Central State Uzbek Theater in

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(from 1929, the State Uzbek Drama Theater named after Hamza in

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, and from 2001, the Uzbek National Academic Drama Theater). From 1930 to 1986, she was a soloist in the Uzbek Music and Drama Theater (from 1939, the State Uzbek

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and

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Theater, now the

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) in

. She became a leading soloist in 1939. She performed in both classical repertoire and Uzbek national operas. She also performed as a concert singer, singing Uzbek folk songs as well as songs from other nations, including Tajik, Kazakh,

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, Azerbaijani, Chinese, Russian, Ukrainian, and others. She toured abroad, including in

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, and other countries. From 1979 to 1986, she taught at the Department of Eastern Music at the

Conservatory. She was a deputy of the 5th convocation of the Supreme Soviet of the

. She died on January 3, 2003, in

, and was buried in the Chigatay Cemetery.

Creative work

During her career, Nasirova played many roles and participated in parties and films:

Roles

* "''

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''" by N. Gogol - Maria Antonovna * "''

Turandot (Gozzi) ''Turandot'' (1762) is a ''commedia dell'arte'' play by Count Carlo Gozzi after a supposedly Persian story from the collection ''Les Mille et un jours'' (1710–1712) by François Pétis de la Croix (not to be confused with ''One Thousand and O ...

''" by K. Gozzi - Adelma * " ''Arshin Mal Alan''" by U. Hajibekov - Gyulchohra * "''Ichkarida''" by M. Mukhamedov and K. Yashen - Gyulsara * " ''Farhad and Shirin''" by V. Uspensky - Shirin * "''Xalima''" by G. Zafari - Khalima

Parties

* 1939 - "''Buran''" by M. A. Ashrafi and S. N. Vasilenko - Nargyul * 1940 - " ''Leyli and Majnun''" by T. S. Sadykov and R. M. Glière - Leyli * 1942 - "''Ulugbek''" by A. F. Kozlovsky - Sin Dun-fan * 1944 - "''

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''" by G. Bizet - Carmen * 1949 - "''Gyulsara''" by T. S. Sadykov and R. M. Glière - Gyulsara * 1949 - "''Taxir i Zuxra''" by T. Jaliilov and B. Brovtsyn - Zuhra * 1962 - "''Hamza''" by S. Babaev - Saodat * "''Prodelki Maysari''" by S. A. Yudakov - Maysara * "''Zaynab i Omon''" by B. I. Zeydman, T. S. Sadykov, Yu. Radzhaby, D. Zakirov - Zaynab * "''Pesnya Xorezma''" by M. Yusupov - Bakhor * "''Vozvrasheniye''" by Ya. R. Sabzanov - Khatidzhe-khanum

Filmography

* 1940 - "''Asal''" - Asal * 1943 - "''Podarok Rodini''" (musical film) * 1944 - "''Konsert pyati respublik''" (musical film) * 1958 - "'' Maftuningman''" - Cameo * 1960s - "''Halima Nasyrova''" (documentary)

Honours and awards

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(31 May 1937) * Two Orders of the Red Banner of Labour (31 May 1937, 18 March 1959) * Four Orders of the Badge of Honour (1939, 1944, 1957, 1965) * Two Stalin Prizes: ** Stalin Prize 2nd class (1942) — for performing the title role in the opera " Leyli and Majnun" by U. Hajibeyov, ** Stalin Prize 3rd class (1951) — for performing the title role in the opera "Gulsara" by T. S. Sodiqov and R. M. Glière) * Two Orders of Lenin (16 January 1950, 6 December 1951) * State Hamza Prize (1968) *

Order of the October Revolution The Order of the October Revolution (, ''Orden Oktyabr'skoy Revolyutsii'') was instituted on 31 October 1967, in time for the 50th anniversary of the October Revolution. It was conferred upon individuals or groups for services furthering communis ...

(29 September 1973) *

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(16 January 1984) * Order of Outstanding Merit (28 August 2000) * Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin" * Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"

Publications

* Солнце над Востоком. Записки актрисы. М., 1962. * Мен ўзбек қизиман. Т., 1968.

Literature

* НАСЫ́РОВА ХАЛИМА́ // Большая Российская Энциклопедия * Саидов А. Х. Насырова. Таш., 1974 * Юлдашбаева Т.А. Х. Насырова. Таш., 1971; она же. Певцы узбекского оперного театра. Таш., 1985 * Франк Е.В. Х. Насырова. М.; Л., 1950

References

External links

Peoples' Artist of the Soviet Union Antonina Nezhdanova and Peoples' Artist of Uzbekistan Khalima Nasyrova
* Bahriddin Nasriddinov (Honoured Cultural Worker of Uzbekistan).
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