The great lyrical singers, Asia (timeline, top 10...)

Papian or Jo? Magomayev or Lanfang? 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 : Papian (singer) or Jo (South Korean operatic soprano) ? Eyvazov (Azerbaijani tenor singer) or Jung-sook (Classical singer, First Lady of South Korea) ? 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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Timeline :

Composers Conductors Lyrical singers Performers Worldwide Europe North America South America Asia Oceania Africa 2021

This timeline is interactive to navigate through the ages or across continents (with ).

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. Shankar, Gasparyan, Burchuladze, Dolukhanova, Kanno, Mammadova, Mahasti...

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.

A
 Moeslim Moekimovitsj AbdoellinThe great lyrical singers  
1916-1996 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Ogtay AghayevThe great lyrical singers  
1934-2006 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Franghiz AhmadovaThe great lyrical singers  
1928-2011 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Tahir AkberThe great lyrical singers  
1946-2018 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Performer & Lyrical singer 
 Masafumi AkikawaThe great lyrical singers  
age 53 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 
 Shovkat AlakbarovaThe great lyrical singers  
1922-1993 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 
 Dinara AliyevaThe great lyrical singers  
age 40 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Enkhbatyn AmartuvshinThe great lyrical singers  
age 34 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Mourad AmirkhanianThe great lyrical singers  
age 46 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 George AndguladzeThe great lyrical singers  
age 36 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Zurab AndjaparidzeThe great lyrical singers  
1928-1997 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Annagul AnnakuliyevaThe great lyrical singers  
1924-2009 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Sona AslanovaThe great lyrical singers  
1924-2011 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Artashes AvetyanThe great lyrical singers  
age 78 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 
 Artashes AvetyanThe great lyrical singers  
age 78 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 
  Elchin AzizovThe great lyrical singers  
age 46 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 

B
 Karine BabajanyanThe great lyrical singers  
age 52 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 
 Eduard BaghdasaryanThe great lyrical singers  
1928-2015 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Roza BaglanovaThe great lyrical singers  
1922-2011 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 
 Meliton BalanchivadzeThe great lyrical singers  
1862-1937 (Romantic)
                        
Composer, Performer & Lyrical singer 
 Iraj BastamiThe great lyrical singers  
1957-2003 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 
 Mürsəl BədirovThe great lyrical singers  
1931-2003 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Eva Ben-ZviThe great lyrical singers  
age 73 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 
 Shabal BeysekovaThe great lyrical singers  
1919-1997 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Wu BixiaThe great lyrical singers  
age 45 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 David BižićThe great lyrical singers  
age 45 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
  BulbulThe great lyrical singers  
1897-1961 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
  Paata BurchuladzeThe great lyrical singers  
age 65 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 

C
 Ryan CayabyabThe great lyrical singers  
age 66 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Conductor, Performer & Lyrical singer 
 Connie ChanThe great lyrical singers  
age 74 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Liao ChangyongThe great lyrical singers  
age 52 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Gregorio Wu Pak ChiuThe great lyrical singers  
1913-1974 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Lamara ChkoniaThe great lyrical singers  
age 90 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Sungbong ChoiThe great lyrical singers  
1990-2019 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Bi ChunfangThe great lyrical singers  
1927-2016 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Chang Ch'ung-hoThe great lyrical singers  
1914-2015 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Dai ChunrongThe great lyrical singers  
age 60 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 

D
 Darya DadvarThe great lyrical singers  
age 50 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Netania DavrathThe great lyrical singers  
1931-1987 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Araqsya DavtyanThe great lyrical singers  
1949-2010 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 DelkashThe great lyrical singers  
1924-2004 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 
 Alibek Moesaevitsj DnisjevThe great lyrical singers  
age 69 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Zara DolukhanovaThe great lyrical singers  
1918-2007 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Yaniv D'OrThe great lyrical singers  
age 45 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 
 Tashi DorjeThe great lyrical singers  
age 54 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Polina DorokhovaThe great lyrical singers  
age 82 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Lê DungThe great lyrical singers  
1951-2001 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Quý DươngThe great lyrical singers  
1937-2011 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 

Sunil EdirisingheThe great lyrical singers
age 71 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer

Agvaantserengiin EnkhtaivanThe great lyrical singers
age 63 (20th century)
Composer & Lyrical singer

Yusif EyvazovThe great lyrical singers
age 43 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Hila FahimaThe great lyrical singers
age 34 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Wu FeiThe great lyrical singers
age 43 (20th century)
Composer & Lyrical singer

Barbara FeiThe great lyrical singers
1931-2017 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Xin FengxiaThe great lyrical singers
1927-1998 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Mihoko FujimuraThe great lyrical singers
age 55 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Yoshie FujiwaraThe great lyrical singers
1898-1976 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer

G
 Sorayya GajarThe great lyrical singers  
1910-1992 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Zehava GalThe great lyrical singers  
age 72 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Ariunbaatar GanbaatarThe great lyrical singers  
age 32 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Jhalak Man GandarbhaThe great lyrical singers  
1935-2003 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 
 Fidan GasimovaThe great lyrical singers  
age 73 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 
 Khuraman GasimovaThe great lyrical singers  
age 69 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 
 Siranush GasparyanThe great lyrical singers  
age 42 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
  Gohar GasparyanThe great lyrical singers  
1924-2007 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Sona GhazarianThe great lyrical singers  
age 75 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Sean GhaziThe great lyrical singers  
age 51 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 
 Leib GlantzThe great lyrical singers  
1898-1964 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Lyrical singer 
 Stella GrigorianThe great lyrical singers  
age 52 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Gegham GrigoryanThe great lyrical singers  
1951-2016 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 
 Guan GuiminThe great lyrical singers  
age 75 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 

H
 Fidan HacıyevaThe great lyrical singers  
age 44 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 
 Gevorg HakobyanThe great lyrical singers  
age 39 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
  Lianna HaroutounianThe great lyrical singers  
age 71 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Gulkhar HasanovaThe great lyrical singers  
1918-2005 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Tsi Hau-TsatThe great lyrical singers  
1891-1965 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Hong Hei-kyungThe great lyrical singers  
age 61 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
  Joe HisaishiThe great lyrical singers  
age 70 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Conductor, Performer & Lyrical singer 
 Ying HuangThe great lyrical singers  
age 53 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Hajibababeyov HuseinagaThe great lyrical singers  
1898-1972 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Sumi HwangThe great lyrical singers  
age 35 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Lim Hyung-jooThe great lyrical singers  
age 34 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 

Taro IchiharaThe great lyrical singers
age 71 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Sunhae ImThe great lyrical singers
age 45 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer

Lutfiyar ImanovThe great lyrical singers
1928-2008 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Tamar IveriThe great lyrical singers
age 49 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer

Roza JamanovaThe great lyrical singers
1928-2013 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer

Deng JieThe great lyrical singers
age 62 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Zhang JiqingThe great lyrical singers
age 83 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Sumi JoThe great lyrical singers
age 58 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer

Kim Jung-sookThe great lyrical singers
age 66 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

K
 Lutfi KabirovaThe great lyrical singers  
1932-2013 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
  Yoko KannoThe great lyrical singers  
age 56 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Performer & Lyrical singer 
 Makvala KasrashviliThe great lyrical singers  
age 78 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Anna KasyanThe great lyrical singers  
age 39 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Lyrical singer 
 Yoko KawaharaThe great lyrical singers  
age 81 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Hiba KawasThe great lyrical singers  
age 48 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Lyrical singer 
 Zeynab KhanlarovaThe great lyrical singers  
age 84 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 
 KimeraThe great lyrical singers  
age 67 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Maya KuliyevaThe great lyrical singers  
1920-2018 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 

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Wang KunThe great lyrical singers
1925-2014 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Erik KurmangalievThe great lyrical singers
1959-2007 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Hellen KwonThe great lyrical singers
age 60 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Mei LanfangThe great lyrical singers
1894-1961 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer

Yim-Hing LawThe great lyrical singers
age 92 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Yonghoon LeeThe great lyrical singers
age 47 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Tigran LevonyanThe great lyrical singers
1936-2004 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Zhang LipingThe great lyrical singers
age 52 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Pavel LisitsianThe great lyrical singers
1911-2004 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Daniella LugassyThe great lyrical singers
age 39 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer

M
  Nino MachaidzeThe great lyrical singers  
age 37 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 
  Muslim MagomayevThe great lyrical singers  
1942-2008 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Conductor & Lyrical singer 
 MahastiThe great lyrical singers  
1946-2007 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 
 Badri MaisuradzeThe great lyrical singers  
age 54 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 
 Abdylas MaldybaevThe great lyrical singers  
1906-1978 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Lyrical singer 
 Shovkat MammadovaThe great lyrical singers  
1897-1981 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 
 Atilla ManizadeThe great lyrical singers  
1945-2016 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Arax MansourianThe great lyrical singers  
age 74 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Nikhil MathewThe great lyrical singers  
age 37 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 
 Anahit MekhitarianThe great lyrical singers  
age 51 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Nezaket MemmedovaThe great lyrical singers  
1944-1980 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
  Yoshikazu MeraThe great lyrical singers  
age 49 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Dai MinThe great lyrical singers  
age 62 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Kwai Ming-YangThe great lyrical singers  
1909-1958 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Bulat MinzhilkievThe great lyrical singers  
1940-1997 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 
 Lani MisaluchaThe great lyrical singers  
age 51 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Tamaki MiuraThe great lyrical singers  
1884-1946 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Warren MokThe great lyrical singers  
age 62 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Fatma MukhtarovaThe great lyrical singers  
1893-1972 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 
 Rubaba MuradovaThe great lyrical singers  
1933-1983 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 
 Artyk MyrzabaevThe great lyrical singers  
1930-2005 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 

Natela NicoliThe great lyrical singers
age 59 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Halima NosirovaThe great lyrical singers
1913-2003 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer

Èsenbu NurmanbetovaThe great lyrical singers
1957-2019 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

John Ken NuzzoThe great lyrical singers
age 54 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer

Tomotaka OkamotoThe great lyrical singers
age 44 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer

Hasan Enami OlyaThe great lyrical singers
age 53 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer

Hiromi ŌmuraThe great lyrical singers
age 50 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer

Nar OvanisyanThe great lyrical singers
1913-1995 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer

Hasmik PapianThe great lyrical singers
age 59 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer

Jong Min ParkThe great lyrical singers
age 34 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Eytan PessenThe great lyrical singers
age 59 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer

Edis De PhilippeThe great lyrical singers
1912-1978 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Anatolii PidhorodetskyiThe great lyrical singers
age 53 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Luo PinchaoThe great lyrical singers
1911-2010 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Sara QadimovaThe great lyrical singers
1922-2005 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Khorlan QalīlambekovaThe great lyrical singers
age 75 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Anita RachvelishviliThe great lyrical singers
age 36 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Malini RajurkarThe great lyrical singers
age 80 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer

Günter ReichThe great lyrical singers
1921-1989 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Chen ReissThe great lyrical singers
age 43 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Fan RuijuanThe great lyrical singers
1924-2017 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Hagigat RzayevaThe great lyrical singers
1907-1969 (20th century)
Performer & Lyrical singer

S
  Lea SalongaThe great lyrical singers  
age 49 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 
 Javid SamadovThe great lyrical singers  
age 33 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Loong Kin SangThe great lyrical singers  
age 77 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Huseyngulu SarabskiThe great lyrical singers  
1879-1945 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Lyrical singer 
 Vano SarajishviliThe great lyrical singers  
1879-1924 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Hossein SarsharThe great lyrical singers  
1931-1992 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 
 Kayyrgül SartbaevaThe great lyrical singers  
age 84 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Tatevik SazandaryanThe great lyrical singers  
1916-1999 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Ermek SerkebaevThe great lyrical singers  
1926-2013 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 
  Rinat ShahamThe great lyrical singers  
age 41 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 
 Medeniyet ShahberdiyevaThe great lyrical singers  
1930-2018 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
  Anoushka ShankarThe great lyrical singers  
age 39 (20th century)
                        
Composer, Performer & Lyrical singer 
 ShenyangThe great lyrical singers  
age 36 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Karin ShifrinThe great lyrical singers  
age 42 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Mitsuko ShiraiThe great lyrical singers  
age 69 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 
 Yun Sim-deokThe great lyrical singers  
1897-1926 (20th century)
                        
Composer & Lyrical singer 
 Wong Hok SingThe great lyrical singers  
1915-1993 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Hung Sin-nuiThe great lyrical singers  
1924-2013 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Wei SongThe great lyrical singers  
age 67 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
  Nino SurguladzeThe great lyrical singers  
age 43 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 

T
 Lan-Hing TamThe great lyrical singers  
1908-1981 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Tsisana TatishviliThe great lyrical singers  
1937-2017 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Hayk TigranyanThe great lyrical singers  
age 36 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Maria TitarenkoThe great lyrical singers  
1918-2002 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 
 Tamaki TokuyamaThe great lyrical singers  
1903-1942 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Ma Si TsangThe great lyrical singers  
1900-1964 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Bibigul TulegenovaThe great lyrical singers  
age 91 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 
 Barseg TumanyanThe great lyrical singers  
age 62 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Lyrical singer 
 Armine TutunjyanThe great lyrical singers  
1921-2011 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer 

Nurzhamal UsenbayevaThe great lyrical singers
age 61 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Monir VakiliThe great lyrical singers
1923-1983 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Lyrical singer

Yoko WatanabeThe great lyrical singers
1953-2004 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Yan WeiwenThe great lyrical singers
age 64 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Wang WenjuanThe great lyrical singers
age 94 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Chon WolsonThe great lyrical singers
age 62 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Zhang YeThe great lyrical singers
age 52 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Jiang YingThe great lyrical singers
1919-2012 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Armando Chin YongThe great lyrical singers
1958-2011 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Kwangchul YounThe great lyrical singers
age 55 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Samuel YounThe great lyrical singers
age 50 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Li YugangThe great lyrical singers
age 42 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Dai YuqiangThe great lyrical singers
age 57 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Li YuruThe great lyrical singers
1924-2008 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Lusine ZakaryanThe great lyrical singers
1937-1992 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Azər ZeynalovThe great lyrical singers
age 56 (20th century)
Composer, Performer & Lyrical singer

Hao ZhouThe great lyrical singers
age 53 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

Song ZuyingThe great lyrical singers
age 54 (20th century)
Lyrical singer

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