Yaver Kelenterli (; ) (1902–1979),

née A birth name is the name of a person given upon birth. The term may be applied to the surname, the given name, or the entire name. Where births are required to be officially registered, the entire name entered onto a birth certificate or birth re ...

Yaver Ali gizi Zamanova, also spelled as Yavar Kalantarli, was an Azerbaijani

Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...

khananda A khananda ( az, xanəndə ; fa, خواننده; alternative spellings in English: khanende, khanande, khanandeh) is a name generally given to singers of mugham, an Culture of Azerbaijan, Azeri folk music genre. The word is of Persian origin ...

singer of

mugham Mugham ( az, Muğam) or Mughamat ( az, Muğamat) is one of the many classical compositions from Azerbaijan, contrasting with tasnif and ashik. It is a highly complex art form that weds classical poetry and musical improvisation in specific l ...

, an Azeri music genre. In 1939, she was celebrated with the title

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Biography

Yaver Ali gizi Zamanova was born on March 26, 1902, in

Shamakhi Shamakhi ( az, Şamaxı, ) is a city in Azerbaijan and the administrative centre of the Shamakhi District. The city's estimated population was 31,704. It is famous for its traditional dancers, the Shamakhi Dancers, and also for perhaps giving it ...

, Baku Province,

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(present day Azerbaijan). She was married to Khodawerdi Kelenterli. Kelenterli met composer Muslim Magomayev in 1924, who inspired her career in music. Kelenterli was a soloist of the Azerbaijan Radio from 1932 to 1937; and the

Azerbaijan State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater The Azerbaijan State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater (Azeri: ''Axundov adına Azərbaycan Dövlət Akademik Opera və Balet Teatrı''), formerly known as the Mailov Theatre

from 1937 to 1941 and again in 1945 to 1951. Some of her notable mugham opera roles included in

Leyli and Majnun ''Layla & Majnun'' ( ar, مجنون ليلى ; Layla's Mad Lover) is an old story of Arab origin, about the 7th-century Bedouin poet Qays ibn al-Mulawwah and his ladylove Layla bint Mahdi (later known as Layla al-Aamiriya). "The Layla ...

Uzeyir Hajibeyov Uzeyir bey Abdulhuseyn oghlu Hajibeyov ( az, Üzeyir bəy Əbdülhüseyn oğlu Hacıbəyov; russian: Узеир Абдул-Гусейн оглы Гаджибеков, translit=Uzeir Abdul-Guseyn ogly Gadzhibekov; September 18, 1885November 23, 19 ...

(in the role of Leila's mother, Leila); Asli and Karam by Uzeyir Hajibeyov (as Asali); and "Shah Ismail" by Muslim Magomayev (as Arabzangi). In addition to the mughams, Kelenterli also performed Azeri folk songs. She died on February 5, 1979, in Baku.

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* Video
Yaver Kelenterli, Şur (1959)
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