About Tamara Tsereteli
Lived 1900 – 1968 (aged 67). Tamara Tsereteli was a Russian singer.
Tamara Semyonovna Tsereteli (, , 14 August 1900, in Sveri, Kutais Governorate, Georgia, Russian Empire – 3 April 1968, in Moscow, USSR) was a Georgian Russian singer, contralto, who specialized in the Russian romance and was the first to record in 1925 Boris Fomin's "Dorogoi dlinnoyu".
In the 1920s the singer's repertoire consisted largely of the songs written for, and dedicated to her by her mentor and partner Boris Prozorovsky, a prominent romance author, arrested in 1933 and executed in 1937 during the Great Purge. Tsereteli who gave more than 5500 concerts in her lifetime, retired in 1960.
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Who was Tamara Tsereteli?
Georgian and Russian singer (1900-1968)
When was Tamara Tsereteli born?
Tamara Tsereteli was born on 14 August 1900 in Kutaisi Governorate.
When did Tamara Tsereteli die?
Tamara Tsereteli died on 3 April 1968 in Moscow.
What was Tamara Tsereteli's occupation?
Tamara Tsereteli was a singer.
What nationality was Tamara Tsereteli?
Tamara Tsereteli was Russian.
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