January 1, 2022, marked the 100th birthday anniversary of a famous singer Roza Baglanova.
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 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 performed in Poland, East Germany, Hungary, Austria, China, Korea, India, Burma, Canada, Sweden, Belgium and other countries.
Roza Baglanova also met with many prominent people. In India, the singer attended a reception hosted at Jawaharlal Nehru's house, where she met with Indira and Rajiv Gandhi.
In 1949 she starred in the Soviet-Hungarian documentary film “The Youth of the World”.
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.
In 2021, television channel “Khabar” released a biographical feature program “Bulbul” about the life and work of the singer.
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, and by the recommendation of Kazakhstan 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.