She is one of the brightest representatives of the gypsy romance, which was performed on Soviet and Russian stages. Tsereteli Tamara fell in love with singing from early childhood, and in adulthood, this love grew into a mission in life.
Biographical facts
Tamara Tsereteli was born, whose biography is interesting and rich, back in 1900 in the Georgian village of Sveri. She was brought up by modest abundance, but at the same time, intelligent and educated Georgian landowners.
She already loved to sing in early childhood and spoke with pleasure to relatives at family parties. Later she began to sing in the choir when she studied at the Kutaisi gymnasium. After her graduation, she entered Tiflis University, choosing a medical direction. Later, Tamara still decided to devote her life to vocals and continued her studies at the Tiflis Conservatory. Here she studied opera singing.
Creative way
The career of the artist for Tamara Tsereteli began by chance, when the popular actors of the Alexandrinsky Theater came to Tbilisi. They showed a play where it was necessary to perform the romance “Burn, Burn, My Star”. For this, a student at the Conservatory Tamara was found. She did an excellent job and was inspired by her first success. An interesting fact is that until the October Revolution in Georgia, it was not customary for women to perform on stage. But Tamara decided on this first, which required unprecedented courage and fortitude.
In the 23rd year of the last century, the future star of the scene moved to Moscow. In November of the same year, Tamara performed in the Small Hall on the territory of the Moscow Conservatory, where her solo concert was held for the first time. It was quite unusual for its time and had the name “Ancient gypsy songs and romances”.
After this sensational performance, Tamara was seen by both the public of the capital and the press. Over time, she joined the ranks of the most famous performers of the Moscow scene. Later, the singer began to be invited to various concert venues in Moscow, including the Hermitage Garden and the Column Hall of the House of Unions. A tour took place in all the republics of the Soviet Union.
It is noteworthy that it was she who was among the first to record the song “Dear Long” in 1925.
