Berta Dovidova | |
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Born | Yazyavan, Uzbekistan | 20 December 1922
Died | 1 August 2007 Tashkent, Uzbekistan | (aged 84)
Occupation | singer |
Awards | People’s Artist of the Uzbek SSR, Uzbek State Order of El-Yurt |
Berta Dovidova (Uzbek: Берта Довидова; 20 December 1922, Yazyavan – 1 August 2007, Tashkent) was an Uzbek and Soviet singer and music teacher, People's Artist of the Uzbek SSR (1964).[1] She is best known as the first female performer of maqams, the traditional musical style of Central Asia.[2]