Rosa Mullodzhanova
Encyclopedia
Rosa Mullodzhanova is a Tajik
-American
opera singer.
, Tajikistan
to a Bukharian Jewish family. Her father, Itzakhor, was a stage actor, and her mother, Zelpo, originally derived from neighboring Uzbekistan
. The Mullodzhanovs trace their ancestry to an aristocratic Levite tribe that has been into performing since the time of the First and Second Temple in Jerusalem.
As a child, Rosa was deeply influenced by her family's passion for performing arts and decided to pursue a career in singing. Her father sent her to the Moscow Conservatory
. After graduating cum laude in 1971, Mullodzhanova continued studying opera. She moved back to Dushanbe and sang in numerous theaters. Mullodzhanova became the toast of the opera scene in a very short time. She won one of the biggest awards in the country when she earned the title of "Honored Artist of Tajikistan" (http://books.google.com/books?q=Roza+Mullodzhanova&btnG=Search+Books).
during the dissolution of the Soviet Union
. She settled in Queens
, where she lives with her husband and sons and performs in festivals and local shows. Life in New York
.
Tajikistan
Tajikistan , officially the Republic of Tajikistan , is a mountainous landlocked country in Central Asia. Afghanistan borders it to the south, Uzbekistan to the west, Kyrgyzstan to the north, and China to the east....
-American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
opera singer.
Biography
Mullodzhanova was born in DushanbeDushanbe
-Economy:Coal, lead, and arsenic are mined nearby in the cities of Nurek and Kulob allowing for the industrialization of Dushanbe. The Nurek Dam, the world's highest as of 2008, generates 95% of Tajikistan's electricity, and another dam, the Roghun Dam, is planned on the Vakhsh River...
, Tajikistan
Tajikistan
Tajikistan , officially the Republic of Tajikistan , is a mountainous landlocked country in Central Asia. Afghanistan borders it to the south, Uzbekistan to the west, Kyrgyzstan to the north, and China to the east....
to a Bukharian Jewish family. Her father, Itzakhor, was a stage actor, and her mother, Zelpo, originally derived from neighboring Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan , officially the Republic of Uzbekistan is a doubly landlocked country in Central Asia and one of the six independent Turkic states. It shares borders with Kazakhstan to the west and to the north, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to the east, and Afghanistan and Turkmenistan to the south....
. The Mullodzhanovs trace their ancestry to an aristocratic Levite tribe that has been into performing since the time of the First and Second Temple in Jerusalem.
As a child, Rosa was deeply influenced by her family's passion for performing arts and decided to pursue a career in singing. Her father sent her to the Moscow Conservatory
Moscow Conservatory
The Moscow Conservatory is a higher musical education institution in Moscow, and the second oldest conservatory in Russia after St. Petersburg Conservatory. Along with the St...
. After graduating cum laude in 1971, Mullodzhanova continued studying opera. She moved back to Dushanbe and sang in numerous theaters. Mullodzhanova became the toast of the opera scene in a very short time. She won one of the biggest awards in the country when she earned the title of "Honored Artist of Tajikistan" (http://books.google.com/books?q=Roza+Mullodzhanova&btnG=Search+Books).
United States
In the early 1990s, she and her family immigrated to New York CityNew York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
during the dissolution of the Soviet Union
Dissolution of the Soviet Union
The dissolution of the Soviet Union was the disintegration of the federal political structures and central government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , resulting in the independence of all fifteen republics of the Soviet Union between March 11, 1990 and December 25, 1991...
. She settled in Queens
Queens
Queens is the easternmost of the five boroughs of New York City. The largest borough in area and the second-largest in population, it is coextensive with Queens County, an administrative division of New York state, in the United States....
, where she lives with her husband and sons and performs in festivals and local shows. Life in New York
Family
Her aunt is famous Shashmakom folk singer, Shoista Mullojonova, and her cousin is singer Yudik MullodzhanovYudik Mullodzhanov
Yudik Mullodzhanov is a tenor, violinist, and music teacher. He is known, within his community, as the "Bukharian Pavarotti".-Biography:Yudik Ribievich Mullodzhanov was born in 1942 in Dushanbe, Tajikistan to a Bukharian Jewish family....
.