Jahan Talyshinskaya
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Lankaran, Russian Empire (present-day Azerbaijan)
Baku, Azerbaijan
Jahan Talyshinskaya | |
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| Born | 9 February 1909 Lankaran, Russian Empire (present-day Azerbaijan) |
| Died | 1 March 1967 (aged 58) Baku, Azerbaijan |
| Genres | Folk |
| Years active | 1927–1949 |
Jahan Mir Rzakhan qizi Talyshinskaya (Azerbaijani: Cahan Talışinskaya; 9 February 1909 in Lankaran – 1 March 1967 in Baku) was an Azerbaijani folk singer and theatre actress.
Born in Lankaran to a wealthy noble family, from her maternal side, she was the niece of General Samad bey Mehmandarov. Talyshinskaya first studied at Maryam Bayramalibeyova's Uns School for Girls, and moved to Baku at the age of nine to attend the Azerbaijani Girls Seminary. While residing at her older sister Bilgeys's house, she learned how to play the piano and the tar with no professional instruction. Her exceptional ear for music and voice was quickly gaining her fame as an amateur mugham singer and in 1934, she became a soloist at the Azerbaijan Philharmonic Society. She travelled to Azerbaijan's remote rural regions to collect samples of folk music, many of which would later be performed publicly for the first time. By 1936 she had given concerts in Moscow, Leningrad and Kiev, and had released a gramophone record.[1]