Rano Sharipova

Ra'no Boyzayevna Sharipova was born on 27 February 1939 in Tashkent.

In 1963 she graduated from the Tashkent Medical Institute and for some time worked as a physiotherapist; she was also a professional singer.

In 1964 she became a soloist of the estrada-symphonic orchestra of Uzbek radio and television, and sang with the orchestra until 2014.

She is known as a performer of Russian romances and estrada songs. The Melodiya label released a record of her best romances, among them “Utro tumannoye” (Dawn in the Mist) by Ivan Turgenev's verses. The song “Осенние мечты” (Autumn Dreams) was broadcast in January 1976 in the final edition of the TV programme “Song of the Year”.

More than 300 of her songs were recorded for the Golden Fund of Uzbek radio, and some were recorded for All-Union radio. Several concert films were made for television; the film-concert “Поёт Рано Шарипова” was shown at the IV All-Union Film Festival in Minsk.

She took part in the All-Union festival “Moscow Autumn” in the Kremlin Palace of Congresses, in the programmes “Artloto” and “Ogonyok”, and in the festivals “Pesnya-75” and “Pesnya-78”.

In 2020 she was awarded the Order of Friendship (Do'stlik) by decree of the President. She holds the title Honoured Artist of the Uzbek SSR. In February 2024, for her 85th birthday, Uzbek media wrote about her.