Roza Baglanova
Roza Tazhibaykyzy Baglanova was a Soviet and Kazakh soprano opera and pop music singer, who was honored with many awards throughout her career, including the People’s Artist of the USSR and the Order of Lenin. She was also deemed a National Hero of Kazakhstan.Early life
Baglanova was born in Kazalinsk, in Kyzylorda Region, and studied at the Kyzylorda Pedagogical Institute from 1939 to 1941. From 1941 to 1947, she was a soloist with the Song and Dance Ensemble of the Uzbek Philharmonic. Beginning in 1949, she became a singer with the Kazakh State Academic Opera and Ballet, then the Kazakh State Philharmonic Society and was a leading master of the Kazakh state concert association "Kazakhconcert". During her career, she performed in Poland, the German Democratic Republic, Belgium, Hungary, Austria, Czechoslovakia, the People’s Republic of China, the Republic of Korea, India, Burma, Canada, and other countries. One of her passions was singing in the language of the country she was performing in, and so performed traditional folk songs in Russian, Kazakh, Uzbek, Tatar, Mongolian, Korean, and others.
Baglanova was also included in the first edition of "Women of the World" in the Anglo-American encyclopedia, "Who's Who".Death
Baglanova died of a heart attack at the age of 89 in Alma-Ata.Awards
