Halima Nosirova

Halima Nosirova or Halima Nasyrova (; , Khalima Nasyrova) was a Soviet 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 USSR.

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 Uzbekistan). She was the ninth child in the family and was raised in an orphanage.

From 1924 to 1927, she studied at the Baku Theater Technical College (now the Azerbaijan State University of Culture and Arts) along with a group of young people from Uzbekistan.

From 1930 to 1986, she was a soloist in the Uzbek Music and Drama Theater (from 1939, the State Uzbek Opera and Ballet Theater, now the Navoi Theater) in Tashkent. 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, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Chinese, Russian, Ukrainian, and others.

She toured abroad, including in East Germany, China, India, Indonesia, Iran, and other countries. From 1979 to 1986, she taught at the Department of Eastern Music at the Tashkent Conservatory.

She died on January 3, 2003, in Tashkent, and was buried in the Chigatay Cemetery.

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

Roles "The Government Inspector" by N. Gogol - Maria Antonovna "Turandot (Gozzi)" 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 - "Carmen" 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 People's Artist of the USSR (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 (29 September 1973) Order of Friendship of Peoples (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