Imran Hermanovich Usmanov ( ce, Усманов Ӏимран, russian: Имран Германович Усманов) (2 March 1953 – 11 July 2017) was a
Chechen music producer, song writer and
folk singer
Folk music is a music genre that includes #Traditional folk music, traditional folk music and the Contemporary folk music, contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival. Some types of folk music may be c ...
whose deep
baritone
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voice and songs about life are regarded as classics in Chechen music.
Born in 1953 to Chechen parents in
Nozhay-Yurt
Nozhay-Yurt (russian: Ножай-Юрт; ce, Нажи-Йурт, ''Naƶi-Yurt'') is a rural locality (a '' selo'') and the administrative center of Nozhay-Yurtovsky District of the Chechen Republic, Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian ...
,
Chechnya
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, he graduated from
Rostov-on-Don
Rostov-on-Don ( rus, Ростов-на-Дону, r=Rostov-na-Donu, p=rɐˈstof nə dɐˈnu) is a port city and the administrative centre of Rostov Oblast and the Southern Federal District of Russia. It lies in the southeastern part of the East Eu ...
Music Teachers Training College. He is the eldest of two brothers; Ilman and Nazar.
In April 2004, Imran announced that he would compose music to educate children on the
danger of land mines.
Red Cross to continue land mine education in Chechnya
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His final appointment was as Director of Chechnya's Philharmonic Society.
References
External links
Chechnya Free.ru Biographical articlePrague Watchdog article
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1953 births
2017 deaths
Chechen male singers
20th-century Russian male singers
Russian people of Chechen descent