Fakhereh Saba
Iranian opera singer
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| Intro | Iranian opera singer | |
| Places | Iran | |
| was | Singer Opera singer | |
| Work field | Music | |
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| Birth | 1 January 1920, Abadan, Central District of Abadan County, Khuzestan Province, Iran | |
| Death | 1 January 2007 (aged 87 years) |
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Fakhereh Saba (1920–2007) was the first female opera singer in Iran. Saba was the daughter of a cousin of the Iranian musician Abolhasan Saba. She started her primary and musical education in Iran and continued her higher education in France. She went to France in April 1947 and was accepted as one of the 20 students at the Conservatoire de Paris. Fakhereh Saba had a lot of notable students including Mansoureh Ghasri, Mohhamad Nouri and many others. Saba and her husband, Alireza Afzalipour, were founders of Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman and Kerman University of Medical Sciences.