Eldar "Ell" Parviz oglu Gasimov ( az, Eldar Pərviz oğlu Qasımov; born 4 June 1989) is an

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of th ...

singer Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

who successfully represented Azerbaijan at the

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in the music duo

Ell & Nikki Ell & Nikki, also known as Eldar & Nigar (), are an Azerbaijani pop duo consisting of singers Eldar Gasimov and Nigar Jamal. On 14 May 2011 they won the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 for Azerbaijan with their entry " Running Scared". It was the c ...

with

Nigar Jamal Nigar Aydin qizi Jamal (; az, Nigar Aydın qızı Camal (Mütəllibzadə), ; born 7 September 1980), sometimes known as Nikki Jamal, is an English-Azerbaijani singer. Born and raised in Baku, she has resided in London since 2005. She won the Eur ...

. He co-hosted the

Eurovision Song Contest 2012 The Eurovision Song Contest 2012 was the 57th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Baku, Azerbaijan, following the country's victory at the with the song " Running Scared" by the duo Ell & Nikki. It was the first time Azerb ...

held in

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with Leyla Aliyeva and

Nargiz Birk-Petersen Nargiz Ilgar qizi Birk-Petersen (née Abbaszadeh; ; born 7 August 1976) is an Azerbaijani-American lawyer, presenter and model. She is known for presenting the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku, Azerbaijan together with Eldar Gasimov and Le ...

Early life

Eldar Gasimov is the great-grandson of Azerbaijani actor couple Honoured Artist of Azerbaijan

Abbas Mirza Sharifzadeh Abbas Mirza Mirza Abdulrasul oghlu Sharifzadeh ( az, Abbas Mirzə Mirzə Əbdülrəsul oğlu Şərifzadə) (22 March 1893, Shamakhi – 16 November 1938, Baku) was a Soviet Azerbaijan actor of opera, theatre, and silent film; a film director ...

and People's Artist of USSR

Marziyya Davudova Marziyya Yusuf qizi Davudova, also spelled Marziya Davudova, ( az, Mərziyyə Davudova; ; 8 December 1901 – 6 January 1962) was a Russian-born Soviet Azerbaijan actress who starred in theatre and silent film. She was awarded the People's Artist ...

, and the grandson of People's Artist of Azerbaijan actress Firangiz Sharifova.Eldar Gasimov Disclosed Details of Private Life
. ''1news.az''. 11 February 2011. Gasimov began singing when he was very young and has taken part in several concerts in various cities of Azerbaijan and

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. Between 2001 and 2005 he received professional training in music and learned to play the piano. Eldar Gasimov graduated from

Baku Slavic University Baku Slavic University (BSU) ( az, Bakı Slavyan Universiteti) is a public university located in Baku, Azerbaijan. At the university, specializing in the study of Slavic and German languages, diplomats, philologists-teachers, translators of Russia ...

with a double major in

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and

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. Since 2010, he has been a

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of international relations at the same university. Eldar Gasimov speaks

Russian Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including: *Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...

and

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fluently and is also proficient in English.Singer Ell: Music is All That Makes me Live
''Echo''. 12 November 2010.

Career

Eurovision Song Contest 2011

Gasimov took part in the Azerbaijani national selection, '' Milli Seçim Turu 2011''. Gasımov's first appearance was in Heat 6, placing second with 10 points, behind winner Ilgara Ibrahimova with 12 points with both qualifying to the semi-final. Gasimov qualified from the semi-final along with four other artists to the final on 11 February 2011, where he and

won the right to represent Azerbaijan at the

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in May 2011. They sang under the pseudonym

the song " Running Scared" written by Stefan Örn and Sandra Bjurman from Sweden and Iain Farquharson from the UK, which won the competition with 221 points.

2011–present: After Eurovision

After winning the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 Gasimov and Jamal got to travel to a number of countries and perform their winning entry. In Azerbaijan 15,000 postage stamps in the denomination of 1

Azerbaijani manat The manat ( ISO code: AZN; sign: ₼; abbreviation: m) is the currency of Azerbaijan. It is subdivided into 100 ''gapiks''. The first iteration of the currency happened in the times of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic and its successor, the Az ...

were printed. The production of postage stamps in Azerbaijan were in dedication of Eldar and Nigar's victory at 2011 contest. In 2012, Eldar Gasimov was among five musicians from Azerbaijan chosen as the jury in the Danish national selection of the 2012 Eurovision contestant. In January 2012, he released his first post-Eurovision song called ''"Birlikda nahayat"'' ("At last together"). Gasimov was one of the hosts of the

held in

after his win the year before. On 17 July 2012, Gasimov released the acoustic version of his new single ''I'm Free''. The official video was released in September 2012. The original version of the track had been featured with famous Azerbaijani DJ/producer ALIGEE. The track had been produced in a studio of AzeriLife Music Entertainment by the executive record and music producer Farid (a.k.a. Phareed) Mammadov and Ali (a.k.a. ALIGEE) Abasbeili. In October 2012, Eldar Gasimov announced on his social network account that he had been hired by the Baku Slavic University, where he had received his master's degree, to teach a course in international relations.

The Voice of Azerbaijan

In 2021-2022 he mentored in the second season of The Voice of Azerbaijan. His contestant Nadir Rustamlli won and presented the country in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022, where he got 16th place.

Discography

Singles

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gasimov, Eldar 1989 births Living people Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Azerbaijan 21st-century Azerbaijani male singers Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 2011 English-language singers from Azerbaijan Musicians from Baku Azerbaijani people of Tatar descent Baku Slavic University alumni