Fakhereh Saba (Persian: فاخره صبا), (1920–2007) was the first female opera singer in Iran.[1] Saba was the daughter of a cousin of the Iranian musician Abolhasan Saba.[1] 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.[2] Fakhereh Saba had a lot of notable students including Mansoureh Ghasri, Mohhamad Nouri and many others.[3] Saba and her husband, Alireza Afzalipour, were founders of Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman and Kerman University of Medical Sciences.[1][4]
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- ^ a b c "دانشگاه شهيد باهنر کرمان > درباره دانشگاه > زندگينامه بانو فاخره صبا". Archived from the original on 2012-05-11. Retrieved 2012-05-28.
- ^ "Women of Music" (in Persian). Retrieved 2021-05-19.
- ^ "فاخره صبا خوانندهء هنرمند ایرانی – گفتگوی هارمونیک Harmony Talk". harmonytalk.com. 27 August 2011.
- ^ "دانشگاه شهيد باهنر کرمان > درباره دانشگاه > تاريخچه". Archived from the original on 2013-04-27. Retrieved 2012-05-28.
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