Lutfi Kabirova

Lutfi Rahimjonovna Kabirova (October 7, 1932 – May 19, 2013) was a Soviet and Tajikistani opera singer.

Biography Kabirova was born into a working-class family in Samarkand, and graduated from the Dushanbe School of Music in 1949, after which she entered the voice department of the Moscow Conservatory. A soprano, she graduated from that institution in 1954 and at once joined the roster of the Ayni Theater of Opera and Ballet. She sang roles in operas by numerous Tajikistani composers, including Niso in Bakhtiar and Niso by Sergey Balasanian (1954), Gulru in Pulod and Gulru by (1957), Surma in The Famous Son-in-Law by (1961), and Malohat in Return by Yakhiel Sabzanov (1967). Kabirova traveled both within the Soviet Union and abroad during her career. She was named a People's Artist of the USSR for her work in 1977, and received such other awards as the Order of the Red Banner of Labour and the Honour of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Tajik SSR.