The great lyrical singers Asia
Sazandaryan or Salonga? Mahasti or Zakaryan? It is difficult for inquiring minds to tackle a field as large and diverse as the lyrical art, covering 10 centuries of history: there are many lyrical artists in the world. Making a selection of musicians, such as a “top 10” for example, is a difficult and subjective exercise. A musical selection is often the expression of personal preferences or artistic opinions, very interesting but also very different according to critics or musicologists, or simply influenced by the context: will an English lyrical singer not be instinctively privileged by an English critic?
For example: in France, Roberto Alagna, a French tenor, is more popular than the Russian mezzo-soprano Elena Obraztsova, who is more renowned throughout the world.
Timeline of lyrical singers in Asia
Whoever wants to discover opera does not always have an experienced music lover, an expert or an educator at his or her side to support and guide him or her in this field. So : Sazandaryan (Soviet opera singer and music educator) or Salonga (Filipina singer and actress (born 1971)) ? Bulbul (Azerbaijani singer (1897-1961)) or Kanno (Japanese composer, arranger, keyboardist, music producer (1964-)) ? However, the knowledge available about musicians is enormous. It was processed to select the 10, 25, 50... most popular lyrical singers around the world, for those living or having lived en Asia, . And this objectively, and for the first time (soclassiq exclusivity).
Lyrical singers rendered as a timeline to bring a little perspective:
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Top 10 lyrical singers in Asia
Who are these greatest lyrical singers, the most famous over the 1880-2020 era in Asia? The carreer of these musician has marked the history of lyric art. There are those you probably know, or at least by name and the others.
Here are these 10 lyrical singers, renowned artists from around the world:
The selections of musicians (lyrical singers) proposed by soclassiq are based exclusively on algorithms. The same applies to the composers, their works, the performers, les orchestras, the conductors and the venues : opera houses, concert halls or festivals.
What about the others? 25, 50 or more?
Summarizing to 10 musician names such a wide and diverse field may seem extreme or too simplistic for those who know lyrical art well, for those who can easily name 50 or more lyrical singers. Gasparyan, Mammadova, Rachvelishvili, Khanlarova, Balanchivadze, Hisaishi, Shankar...
At this time, soclassiq has listed more than 14000 lyrical singers. So here is a selection of some lyrical singers for the years 1880-2020, in Asia, widely recognized around the world:
Note:
- This selection may include highly reputed artists and musicians who have occasionally devoted themselves to classical music and not exclusively.
Muslim Abdullin The great lyrical singers
1916-1996 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Ogtay Aghayev The great lyrical singers
1934-2006 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Franghiz Ahmadova The great lyrical singers
1928-2011 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Masafumi Akikawa The great lyrical singers
age 56 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Shovkat Alakbarova The great lyrical singers
1922-1993 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Abulfat Aliyev The great lyrical singers
1926-1990 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Dinara Aliyeva The great lyrical singers
age 43 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Enkhbatyn Amartuvshin The great lyrical singers
age 37 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Mourad Amirkhanian The great lyrical singers
age 49 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Mourad Amirkhanian The great lyrical singers
age 49 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
George Andguladze The great lyrical singers
age 39 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Zurab Andjaparidze The great lyrical singers
1928-1997 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Annagul Annakuliyeva The great lyrical singers
1924-2009 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Sona Aslanova The great lyrical singers
1924-2011 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Artashes Avetyan The great lyrical singers
age 81 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Elchin Azizov The great lyrical singers
age 48 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Karine Babajanyan The great lyrical singers
age 55 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Mursal Badirov The great lyrical singers
1931-2003 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Eduard Baghdasaryan The great lyrical singers
1928-2015 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Roza Baglanova The great lyrical singers
1922-2011 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Meliton Balanchivadze The great lyrical singers
1862-1937 (Romantic)
Composer, Performer & Lyrical singer
Iraj Bastami The great lyrical singers
1957-2003 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Eva Ben-Zvi The great lyrical singers
age 76 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Shabal Beysekova The great lyrical singers
1919-1997 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Wu Bixia The great lyrical singers
age 48 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
David Bizic The great lyrical singers
age 48 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Vincent Bueno The great lyrical singers
age 38 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Lyrical singer
Bulbul The great lyrical singers
1897-1961 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Paata Burchuladze The great lyrical singers
age 69 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Ryan Cayabyab The great lyrical singers
age 69 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor, Performer & Lyrical singer
Connie Chan The great lyrical singers
age 77 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Liao Changyong The great lyrical singers
age 55 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Lamara Chkonia The great lyrical singers
age 93 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Choi Sung Choi The great lyrical singers
1990-2023 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Bi Chunfang The great lyrical singers
1927-2016 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Chang Ch'ung-ho The great lyrical singers
1914-2015 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Dai Chunrong The great lyrical singers
age 63 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Darya Dadvar The great lyrical singers
age 53 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Netania Davrath The great lyrical singers
1931-1987 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Araqsya Davtyan The great lyrical singers
1949-2010 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Delkash The great lyrical singers
1924-2004 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Alibek Dnishev The great lyrical singers
age 72 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Zara Dolukhanova The great lyrical singers
1918-2007 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Yaniv D'Or The great lyrical singers
age 48 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Tashi Dorje The great lyrical singers
age 57 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Polina Dorokhova The great lyrical singers
age 85 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Lê Dung The great lyrical singers
1951-2001 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Hasan Enami Olya The great lyrical singers
age 56 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Agvaantserengiin Enkhtaivan The great lyrical singers
age 66 (20th century)
Composer & Lyrical singer
Yusif Eyvazov The great lyrical singers
age 46 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Wu Fei The great lyrical singers
age 46 (20th century)
Composer & Lyrical singer
Barbara Fei The great lyrical singers
1931-2017 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Yan Fengying The great lyrical singers
1930-1968 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Mihoko Fujimura The great lyrical singers
age 58 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Yoshie Fujiwara The great lyrical singers
1898-1976 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Zehava Gal The great lyrical singers
age 75 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Ariunbaatar Ganbaatar The great lyrical singers
age 35 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Jhalak Man Gandarbha The great lyrical singers
1935-2003 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Fidan Gasimova The great lyrical singers
age 76 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Khuraman Gasimova The great lyrical singers
age 72 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Siranush Gasparyan The great lyrical singers
age 45 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Gohar Gasparyan The great lyrical singers
1924-2007 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Tereza Gevorgyan The great lyrical singers
age 36 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Sona Ghazarian The great lyrical singers
age 78 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Sean Ghazi The great lyrical singers
age 54 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Leib Glantz The great lyrical singers
1898-1964 (20th century)
Composer & Lyrical singer
Stella Grigorian The great lyrical singers
age 55 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Gegham Grigoryan The great lyrical singers
1951-2016 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Guan Guimin The great lyrical singers
1946-2022 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Mermen Qamar Gul The great lyrical singers
1952-2022 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Maýa Gulyýewa The great lyrical singers
1920-2018 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Fidan Hacıyeva The great lyrical singers
age 47 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Lianna Haroutounian The great lyrical singers
age 48 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Gulkhar Hasanova The great lyrical singers
1918-2005 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Tsi Hau-Tsat The great lyrical singers
1891-1965 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Hong Hei-kyung The great lyrical singers
age 64 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Joe Hisaishi The great lyrical singers
age 73 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor, Performer & Lyrical singer
Ying Huang The great lyrical singers
age 56 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
He Hui The great lyrical singers
age 52 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Zhang Huoding The great lyrical singers
age 53 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Hajibababeyov Huseinaga The great lyrical singers
1898-1972 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Sumi Hwang The great lyrical singers
age 38 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Lim Hyung-joo The great lyrical singers
age 37 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Taro Ichihara The great lyrical singers
age 74 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Sunhae Im The great lyrical singers
age 48 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Lutfiyar Imanov The great lyrical singers
1928-2008 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Tamar Iveri The great lyrical singers
age 52 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Roza Jamanova The great lyrical singers
1928-2013 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Deng Jie The great lyrical singers
age 65 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Sumi Jo The great lyrical singers
age 61 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Kim Jung-sook The great lyrical singers
age 69 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Lutfi Kabirova The great lyrical singers
1932-2013 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Yoko Kanno The great lyrical singers
age 59 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Lyrical singer
Ramin Karimloo The great lyrical singers
age 45 (20th century)
Composer & Lyrical singer
Makvala Kasrashvili The great lyrical singers
age 81 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Anna Kasyan The great lyrical singers
age 42 (20th century)
Composer & Lyrical singer
Yoko Kawahara The great lyrical singers
age 84 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Hiba Kawas The great lyrical singers
age 51 (20th century)
Composer & Lyrical singer
John Ken Nuzzo The great lyrical singers
age 57 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Varduhi Khachatryan The great lyrical singers
age 52 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Zeynab Khanlarova The great lyrical singers
age 87 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Kimera The great lyrical singers
age 70 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Seng-Hyoun Ko The great lyrical singers
age 62 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Wang Kun The great lyrical singers
1925-2014 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Erik Kurmangaliev The great lyrical singers
1959-2007 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Saule Kurmangaliyeva The great lyrical singers
1937-2020 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Yonghoon Lee The great lyrical singers
age 50 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Tigran Levonyan The great lyrical singers
1936-2004 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Zhang Liping The great lyrical singers
age 55 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Pavel Lisitsian The great lyrical singers
1911-2004 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Daniella Lugassy The great lyrical singers
age 42 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Ma Si Tsa Ma The great lyrical singers
1900-1964 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Nino Machaidze The great lyrical singers
age 41 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Muslim Magomayev The great lyrical singers
1942-2008 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Lyrical singer
Mahasti The great lyrical singers
1946-2007 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Badri Maisuradze The great lyrical singers
age 57 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Abdylas Maldybaev The great lyrical singers
1906-1978 (20th century)
Composer & Lyrical singer
Shovkat Mammadova The great lyrical singers
1897-1981 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Atilla Manizade The great lyrical singers
1945-2016 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Arax Mansourian The great lyrical singers
age 77 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Nikhil Mathew The great lyrical singers
age 40 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Anahit Mekhitarian The great lyrical singers
age 55 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Nezaket Memmedova The great lyrical singers
1944-1980 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Yoshikazu Mera The great lyrical singers
age 52 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Kwai Ming-Yang The great lyrical singers
1909-1958 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Bulat Minzhilkiev The great lyrical singers
1940-1997 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Lani Misalucha The great lyrical singers
age 54 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Tamaki Miura The great lyrical singers
1884-1946 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Warren Mok The great lyrical singers
age 65 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Maki Mori The great lyrical singers
age 53 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Alma Moshonov The great lyrical singers
age 42 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Mayra Mukhamed-kyzy The great lyrical singers
age 58 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Fatma Mukhtarova The great lyrical singers
1893-1972 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Rubaba Muradova The great lyrical singers
1933-1983 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Ilham Nazarov The great lyrical singers
age 38 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Halima Nosirova The great lyrical singers
1913-2003 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Èsenbu Nurmanbetova The great lyrical singers
1957-2019 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Hasmik Papian The great lyrical singers
age 62 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Jong Min Park The great lyrical singers
age 37 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Eytan Pessen The great lyrical singers
age 62 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Edis De Philippe The great lyrical singers
1912-1978 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Hila Plitmann The great lyrical singers
age 50 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Sara Qadimova The great lyrical singers
1922-2005 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Suraya Qajar The great lyrical singers
1910-1992 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Anita Rachvelishvili The great lyrical singers
age 39 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Malini Rajurkar The great lyrical singers
1941-2023 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Günter Reich The great lyrical singers
1921-1989 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Chen Reiss The great lyrical singers
age 46 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Fan Ruijuan The great lyrical singers
1924-2017 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Hagigat Rzayeva The great lyrical singers
1907-1969 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Lea Salonga The great lyrical singers
age 53 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Javid Samadov The great lyrical singers
age 36 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Loong Kin Sang The great lyrical singers
age 80 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Huseyngulu Sarabski The great lyrical singers
1879-1945 (20th century)
Composer & Lyrical singer
Vano Sarajishvili The great lyrical singers
1879-1924 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Kayyrgül Sartbaeva The great lyrical singers
age 87 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Yoshiko Sato The great lyrical singers
1903-1982 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Tatevik Sazandaryan The great lyrical singers
1916-1999 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Ermek Serkebaev The great lyrical singers
1926-2013 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Armenuhi Seyranyan The great lyrical singers
age 56 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Rinat Shaham The great lyrical singers
age 44 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Medeniyet Shahberdiyeva The great lyrical singers
1930-2018 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Vladimir Shainsky The great lyrical singers
1925-2017 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Lyrical singer
Anoushka Shankar The great lyrical singers
age 42 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Lyrical singer
Shenyang The great lyrical singers
age 39 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Karin Shifrin The great lyrical singers
age 45 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Mitsuko Shirai The great lyrical singers
age 76 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Yun Sim-deok The great lyrical singers
1897-1926 (20th century)
Composer & Lyrical singer
Hung Sin-nui The great lyrical singers
1924-2013 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Wei Song The great lyrical singers
age 69 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Nino Surguladze The great lyrical singers
age 46 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Ayako Tanaka The great lyrical singers
age 40 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Tsisana Tatishvili The great lyrical singers
1937-2017 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Hayk Tigranyan The great lyrical singers
age 39 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Maria Titarenko The great lyrical singers
1918-2002 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Tamaki Tokuyama The great lyrical singers
1903-1942 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Bibigul Tulegenova The great lyrical singers
age 94 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Barseg Tumanyan The great lyrical singers
age 65 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer
Armine Tutunjyan The great lyrical singers
1921-2011 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Monir Vakili The great lyrical singers
1923-1983 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Lyrical singer
Yoko Watanabe The great lyrical singers
1953-2004 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Yan Weiwen The great lyrical singers
age 67 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Wang Wenjuan The great lyrical singers
1926-2021 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Chon Wolson The great lyrical singers
age 65 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Gregorio Wu Pak Chiu The great lyrical singers
1913-1974 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Zhang Ye The great lyrical singers
age 55 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Jiang Ying The great lyrical singers
1919-2012 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Armando Chin Yong The great lyrical singers
1958-2011 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Kwangchul Youn The great lyrical singers
age 58 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Samuel Youn The great lyrical singers
age 53 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Hatsue Yuasa The great lyrical singers
1902-(?) (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Li Yugang The great lyrical singers
age 45 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Dai Yuqiang The great lyrical singers
age 60 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Lusine Zakaryan The great lyrical singers
1937-1992 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
Azer Zeynalov The great lyrical singers
age 59 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Lyrical singer
Song Zuying The great lyrical singers
age 57 (20th century)
Lyrical singer
See also...
Timelines : Lyrical singers
- The great lyrical singers
- Europe * North America * South America * Asia * Oceania * Africa
- The great 20th-century lyrical singers [II.] (1950 - 2000)
- Europe * North America * South America * Asia * Oceania * Africa
- The great 20th-century lyrical singers [I.] (1900 - 1950)
- Europe * North America * South America * Asia * Oceania * Africa
- The great 19th-century lyrical singers (1850 - 1900)
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