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Prominent Tajik Figures of the Twentieth Century

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

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Mavlonova, Hanifa

Tajik singer Hanifa Mavlonova was born in Leninabad on January

30, 1924. She is the daughter of People's Musician Muhiddin

Mavlonov. She joined the CPSU in 1952.

Attracted to music from an early age, Mavlonova graduated from

Leninabad Institute of Music in 1936. From 1952 to 1959, she studied at

the Moscow Conservatory. Thereafter she worked at the Youth Theater

(1937-1939) and at the Leninabad Musical Theater (1939-1943). Her

role as Sanavbar in R. Jalil's Sanavbar (Sanavbar) launched her career.

In 1943, she became a soloist at the Aini State Theater for Opera and

Ballet. Her best roles at this theater include Mahin in A. S. Lenskii's

Mahin va Zuhro (Mahin and Zuhro), Tatiana, Liza and Maria in

Tchaikovsky's Evgeni Onigin (Evgeni Onegin), Desdemona in G.

Verdi's Otello (Othello), Gulru in Sh. Saifiddinov's Pulod va Gulru

(Pulod and Gulru), Niso in Balasanian's Bakhtiyor va Niso (Bakhtiar

and Nisa), Malohat in Y. Sabzanov's Bozgasht (Return), Surma in S.

Urbakh's, Domodi Nomdor (Famous Son-in-Law), and others.

Mavlonova's voice is strong, rich, pleasant, and impressive. She por-

trays the characters she plays naturally and expresses their feelings with

clarity. She has appeared in concerts and on radio and television, and

has performed Tajik, as well as western characters. She has also

contributed to the development of cadre for opera in the same way that

she has contributed to the development of other genres. In 1967, she be-

came an Assistant Professor in the Department of Voice and Training

for Opera of the Tajik State Institute of Arts. Soon after, she became the

Director that institute.

Mavlonova became a People's Artist of the Soviet Union in 1968.

She received the Order of Lenin, the Red Banner of Labor, the Badge of

Honor, and a number of medals.

Mehmon Bakhti

See Muhabbatzoda, Mehmon