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FIDAN KASIMOVA
Country: Azerbaijan
Profession: Soprano
Bearer of the honorary Title of The People's Artist of USSR; Bearer of the honorary title of The State
Artist of the Azerbaijan Republic; Bearer of the highest Honour Medal of Azerbaijan Republic Highest
Merit Honour Medal; One of the greatest sopranos of ex-USSR; Soprano Kasimova was born and raised in
Azerbaijan's capital city Baku, in 1957. She has received her first training at the school of Byul-Byul
where outstanding young talents were being trained under close state supervision.
In 1966 she entered the state conservatory of Baku and graduated with the highest honour degrees in 1971
from the violin department and from the vocal training department in 1972. The same year (1972) she was
accepted to the Moscow Conservatory (P.I.Tchaikovsky Conservatory) as doctoral student in the vocal
training department.
In 1973 she won the silver medal in the International Voice competition in Geneva. In 1974 she was
declared by the Azerbaijan State as the Head Soloist of the State Opera. In 1975 she won the special
award in the International Voice competition in Holland. In 1977 she won the gold medal in the
International Viotti competition in Italy.
In 1986 she was awarded with the Honorary Title of PEOPLE'S ARTIST OF THE USSR (This is a very rare title
whereby only extremely outstanding talents such as Nuruyev and Barishnikov were awarded in their own
arts...This title is given only to three Sopranos in the history of the USSR in the art of Opera and
Mrs.Kasimova is the youngest one who received this honorary title. This title was given with the highest
approval of the President of the State-Secretary general- And after Mrs.Kasimova no one else received
this honorary title in the art of opera) The same year she received the professorship from the Moscow
Conservatory and became the youngest professor of vocal training discipline in the history of USSR.
Further information about her can be reached within the pages of THE GREAT SOVIET ENCYCLOPEDIA at a
section Kasimova, Fidan. Her name was mentioned as one of the two Soviet citizens in a book called
"The Greatest 100 Women of the World". (The other person listed in this book was the first woman
cosmonaut).
She has created unforgettable characters at the very prominent stages of the world starting with the
world-wide famous Bolshoi of Moscow. Some of the important roles she played were; Desdemona (Othello,
Verdi), Tosca (Tosca, Puccini), Michaela (Carmen, Bizet), Chio-Chio-San (Madam Butterfly, Puccini),
Tatiana (Eugeny Onegin, Chaikovski ), Nigar (Koroglu, Uzeyir Hacibeyov), Gulehre (Arssn Mal Alan,
Uzeyir Hacibeyov), Mimi (La Boheme, Puccini), Aida (Aida, Verdi), Turandot (Turandot, Puccini)
.........etc.
Prof. Dr. Kasimova has several LPs and one CD published by the Soviet Melodia company. Mrs.Kasimova has given
several concerts in many countries starting with the ALL republics of the ex-Soviet Union; USA, Germany,
United Kingdom, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland, Austria, Mexico, France, all Baltic States, Denmark, Cuba,
Turkey......etc. Moscow Symphony Orchestra and Virtuosos of Moscow are among the most important
orchestras that she toured with. Fedoseyev and Gergiev are some of the important conducters she worked
with.
Prof. Dr. Kasimova is still continuing her international concert career and she is also giving special master
classes in the most prestigious conservatories around the world. The last master class she gave was at
the Boston Conservatory in Boston MA,USA in August 1996. Mrs. Kasimova is also an outstanding expert in
healing the nodules on the vocal cords without using any medication; thanks to very unique exercising
techniques she developed. Her concert with her sister Soprano Huraman Kasimova and with Detroit Symphony
in September 1997 has been recorded and released as a compact disc.
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