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Hasan Anami Olya (; / , ; born 15 March 1967) is an Iranian opera singer. Since 1997, he has been a soloist of the
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Biography

Hasan Anami Olya was born in
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on 15 March 1967, to a fairly well-off family. In 1972 he entered the primary school. From 1977 to 1981 he attended guidance school, and from 1981 to 1985 he studied in Vahdat Industrial High School. Then he joined the army service and completed it in 1988. Since his childhood he had felt an attraction to music, but had no opportunity to get professional musical education, because following the
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no musical occupation was allowed in Iran. At age 14, he started to learn Azerbaijani music through cassette recordings. Gradually he felt he has ability to sing, and started, on his own, to learn and perform Azerbaijani songs. Some of his friends managed to create a small musical group which performed in the houses of
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lovers. In 1988 the government permitted the opening of private musical schools. He attended one of these schools, where he studied theory of music and solfeggio. In 1990 he attended a concert of three tenors, and decided to sing opera as well. He went to
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for musical education there. He spent a relatively long time managing accommodation and finding a proper school to attend. After two years he was able to join a preparatory branch of the Baku Musical Academy, vocal class. After he passed the examinations, the rector of the Academy, Mr. Bedelbeyli, allowed him to study free of charge. Then he completed his undergraduate and graduate levels of music school and now lectures at the Azerbaijan State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre. He has been awarded the position of "People's Artist" in the Republic of Azerbaijan, which is the highest honor given to artists in that country. He has been introduced in "Azerbaijan Temporary Music Ontology" as one of the most outstanding opera singers in Azerbaijan Republic. He is married to Narmina Afandiyeva, who is a well-known pianist in Azerbaijan. They have a son and a daughter.


Opera repertoire

* Giuseppe Verdi, Duke of Mantua, (''
Rigoletto ''Rigoletto'' is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi. The Italian libretto was written by Francesco Maria Piave based on the 1832 play '' Le roi s'amuse'' by Victor Hugo. Despite serious initial problems with the Austrian censors who had c ...
'') * Giuseppe Verdi, Alfredo, ('' La traviata'') * Giuseppe Verdi, Radames, (''
Aida ''Aida'' (or ''Aïda'', ) is a tragic opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni. Set in the Old Kingdom of Egypt, it was commissioned by Cairo's Khedivial Opera House and had its première there on 24 De ...
'') * Giuseppe Verdi, Manrico, (Il trovatore) * Giuseppe Verdi, Riccardo ('' Un ballo in maschera'') * Giacomo Puccini Cavaradossi (''
Tosca ''Tosca'' is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. It premiered at the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Teatro Costanzi in Rome on 14 January 1900. The work, based on Victorien Sardou's 1 ...
'') * Giacomo Puccini, Pinkerton (''
Madam Butterfly ''Madama Butterfly'' (; ''Madame Butterfly'') is an opera in three acts (originally two) by Giacomo Puccini, with an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. It is based on the short story "Madame Butterfly" (1898) by John Luth ...
'') * Giacomo Puccini, Rudolfo (''
La bohème ''La bohème'' ( , ) is an opera in four acts,Puccini called the divisions '':wikt:quadro, quadri'', ''wikt:tableau, tableaux'' or "images", rather than ''atti'' (acts). composed by Giacomo Puccini between 1893 and 1895 to an Italian libretto b ...
'') * Georges Bizet, Don Jose (''
Carmen ''Carmen'' () is an opera in four acts by the French composer Georges Bizet. The libretto was written by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on the novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée. The opera was first performed by the O ...
'') * Ruggero Leoncavallo, Canio (''
Pagliacci ''Pagliacci'' (; literal translation, 'Clowns') is an Italian opera in a prologue and two acts, with music and libretto by Ruggero Leoncavallo. The opera tells the tale of Canio, actor and leader of a commedia dell'arte theatrical company, who mu ...
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Awards

*1997, awarded the First Prize in the Republic Vocalists' competition, Baku, Azerbaijan Republic. *1997, awarded the title of "Best Tenor" and the Second Prize in The 1st Byul-Byul International Vocalists' Competition, Baku, Azerbaijan Republic. *1998, awarded Perspectivity Prize at Tchaikovski International Competition, Moscow, Russia. *2002, awarded the title of "Merited Artist of the Azerbaijan Republic". *2002, awarded an Azerbaijan Republic President's scholarship,


Sources

* Azerbaijan International magazin

* Azerbaijan Republic, Official site of the Ministry of Culture and Touris

* Azerbaijan State Museum of Musical Cultur

* Azerbaijani Musi

* Azerbaijan State Academic Opera and Ballet Theate

* Bakililar (Baku inhabitants

{{DEFAULTSORT:Olya, Hasan Enami 1967 births Living people Iranian opera singers Operatic tenors Musicians from Tabriz 21st-century Azerbaijani male opera singers