Evelyn Baghtcheban

Evelyn Baghcheban (variations: Evlin Baghtcheban, Baqcheban, Bahceban, born as Evlin Örge) (Persian: اولین باغچه‌بان, June 8, 1928 – October 31, 2010) was a Turkish-Persian opera singer (mezzo-soprano) and one of the soloists and co founder of Tehran Opera House at Rudaki Hall, and founded the Tehran Choral Group and Farah Choir.

[1][2] She also taught singing at the Tehran Conservatory of Music, where her pupils included Hossein Sarshar, Pari Zanganeh, and Sudabeh Tajbakhsh.

Choral music of the coronation ceremony of Mohammad-Reza Shah was performed by this group, conducted by Evlin Baghcheban at Golestan Palace.

[3] In 1973, Farah Pahlavi Charity Foundation commissioned Evlin Baghcheban to establish a conservatory of music in Tehran for orphan children.

[5] Evlin Baghtcheban (née Örge Salem) was born in Mersin, Turkey to a French mother and an Assyrian-Lebanese father.