100th Аnniversary of Roza Baglanova

January 1, 2022, marked the 100th birthday anniversary of Roza Baglanova, a world-famous singer and People's Artist. The life and creativity of Roza Baglanova is an example of selfless service to the people, devotion to the stage and boundless respect for the audience.

The singer started her career at the State Women's Song and Dance Ensemble of the Uzbek Philharmonic Society. She was later sent to the Moscow Conservatory, but when the Second World War broke out, she participated in the war together with the ensemble.

Roza Baglanova’s calling card was the song “Oh, Samara-town” from the repertoire of Lydia Ruslanova, who liked her performance as a beginner singer at that time. Roza Baglanova’s repertoire includes works of world opera, folk songs of different countries and songs of modern composers.

Roza Baglanova is a national symbol of the whole epoch: she was on stage with Alexander Vertinsky, Galina Ulanova, Maya Plisetskaya, Igor Ilyinsky, Arkady Raikin, Sviatoslav Richter, Daniil Shafran. The singer performed in Poland, Hungary, Austria, China, Korea, India, Burma, Canada, Sweden, Belgium and other countries. In India, the singer attended a reception hosted at Jawaharlal Nehru's house, where she met with Indira and Rajiv Gandhi.

In 2021, television channel “Khabar” released a biographical feature program “Bulbul” about the life and work of the singer.

An autobiographical book of Roza Baglanova “Aynalayyn khalkymnan yerkeletken” (I am grateful to my people for coddling me) was published in 2007.

Many books and paintings were published about Roza Baglanova, and numerous poetic works were composed. Her name is included in the Anglo-American encyclopedia “Who is who” on par with such great women as Margaret Thatcher, Elizabeth Taylor, among others.

Film studio “Kazakhfilm” shot a documentary about Roza Baglanova “Our Rose”, which presents the great creative path of the singer.

She was awarded with numerous titles and awards for the popularization of Kazakh art.

On November 23, 2021, by the resolution of the 41st general conference of UNESCO, the Calendar of memorable dates for 2022-2023 was accepted the 100th anniversary of the singer Roza Baglanova was included in it. In order to preserve the memory of the outstanding Kazakh singer, several events have been planned in 2022 in Kazakhstan and abroad, as part of the celebration of her 100th anniversary.