Ketevan Japaridze
Ketevan Japaridze | |
|---|---|
| Born | Ketevana Konstantinovna Dzhaparidze February 11, 1901 |
| Died | September 20, 1968 (aged 67) |
| Genres | Russian romance[1] |
| Occupation | Singer |
Ketevan "Keto" Konstantinovna Japaridze[2][3] (Georgian: ქეთევან კონსტანტინეს ასული ჯაფარიძე, Russian: Кэтевана Константиновна Джапаридзе; February 11, 1901, Kvishkheti, Kutais Governorate, Russian Empire[4] – September 20, 1968, Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, USSR)[3][4]was a Georgian Soviet singer who was awarded the title Honored Artist of the Georgian SSR in 1956.[5][a]
Biography
She went to study at the Tiflis noble gymnasium in 1909, where her powerful voice was noticed by the famous composer Zachary Paliashvili, who worked there as a music teacher and led the school choir.[7]
In 1919, she entered the Tiflis Conservatory.[1][7]
In 1927, after graduating from the conservatory, she went to Berlin, where she took singing lessons for 3 years. In 1930, she returned to the USSR (Georgia).[1][7]
In the spring or summer of 1937, Keto made her debut in Moscow, she gave a solo concert on the stage of the Hermitage (Moscow theater of the revolution).[2][8] Around the same time (in the spring of 1937), she made her debut in Leningrad at the theater of Recreation garden.[8]
In 1939, she was invited to participate in the First all-Union competition of pop artists and received one of the prizes.[7][2]
During the World War II, Keto had to change her repertoire and started performing patriotic songs. The singer gave many concerts in hospitals and on the front line.[7]
In 1956, Dzhaparidze was awarded the title of Honored Artist of the Georgian SSR.[5][a]
Keto died on September 20, 1968, and was buried in the Didube Pantheon.[3]
Footnotes
References
- 1 2 3 Борис Савченко (1998). Кумиры российской эстрады. Панорама. ISBN 978-5-85220-563-6.
- 1 2 3 Елизавета Уварова; Всесоюзный научно-исследовательский институт искусствознания (1976). Русская советская эстрада: очерки истории. Искусство.
- 1 2 3 Музыкальная жизнь. Союз композиторов СССР, анд Министерство культуры СССР. 2001.
- 1 2 Sigurd Schmidt (2007). "Т. 1: Лица Москвы: [в 3 кн.], кн. 1: А—З". Московская энциклопедия. М.: Москвоведение. ISBN 978-5-903633-01-2.
- 1 2 3 "Указ о присвоении почетных званий Грузинской ССР работникам Грузинской государственной филармонии" (PDF). Vedomosti Verkhovnogo Soveta Gruzinskoy Sovetskoy Sotsialisticheskoy Respubliki. No. 4. 1956. p. 28.
- ↑ "К.К.Джапаридзе" (PDF). Zarya Vostoka. No. 224. 24 September 1968. p. 4.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Яркая звезда Кето Джапаридзе". Тбилисская неделя. 2013-02-12. Archived from the original on 2016-02-08. Retrieved 2016-01-31.
- 1 2 Эрих Федорович Голлербах (1998). Встречи и впечатления. Инапресс. ISBN 978-5-87135-064-5.