Eldar Bahram oglu Mansurov ( az, Eldar Bəhram oğlu Mansurov / , ; born February 28, 1952) is an Azerbaijani musician, composer and

songwriter A songwriter is a musician who professionally composes musical compositions or writes lyrics for songs, or both. The writer of the music for a song can be called a composer, although this term tends to be used mainly in the classical music ...

. He is the son of musician

Bahram Mansurov Bahram Meshadi Suleyman oglu Mansurov ( az, Bəhram Məşədi Süleyman bəy oğlu Mansurov / , ; 12 February 1911, Baku – 14 May 1985, Baku) was a Soviet and Azerbaijani Tar (lute) player. He also served as People's Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR ...

. His younger brother Elkhan Mansurov is also a musician. Eldar Mansurov learned to play the piano in 1968–1972 under the supervision of

Asaf Zeynally Asaf Zeynalabdin oglu Zeynally ( az, Asəf Zeynallı), also spelled Zeynalli (5 April 1909, Derbent – 27 October 1932, Baku), was an Azerbaijani composer. Early life Asaf Zeynally was the third child of the gardener Zeynalabdin and his wife ...

and in 1974–1979 he studied at the Uzeyir Hajibeyov Azerbaijan State Conservatory under the supervision of Jovdat Hajiyev. He has taken part in many classical, as well as popular concerts and has written the soundtrack for a number of films and theatre productions as well as the songs " Bayatılar" and " Bahramnameh". "Bayatılar", with lyrics by Vahid Aziz and music by Mansurov was performed by

Brilliant Dadashova Brilliant Suleyman gyzy Dadashova ( az, Brilliant Süleyman qızı Dadaşova ; born 15 September 1959

and was released in Azerbaijan, Russia,

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and

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. The song was sampled and interpolated by many artists including Turkish DJs Hüseyin Karadayı and Cem Nadiran (in the song "Miracles") and Greek DJ Pantelis (in the song "I Have a Dream"). "Bayatılar" is the basis of the refrain of the 2009 Eurodance hit "

Stereo Love "Stereo Love" is a song recorded by Romanian DJ Edward Maya with Moldovan-Romanian musician Vika Jigulina, released as their debut single in 2009 from Maya's album, ''The Stereo Love Show''. The refrain is from " Bayatılar", composed by Azerba ...

" by Romanian musicians

Edward Maya Eduard Marian Ilie (; born 29 June 1986), better known by his stage name Edward Maya, is a Romanian DJ, musician, composer, record producer, performer, singer and songwriter, most famous for his 2009 smash hit single " Stereo Love". Career In an ...

and

Vika Jigulina Vika Jigulina (born Victoria Corneva; February 18, 1986) is a Moldovan-born record producer, singer, and DJ of Bulgarian and Russian descent. Life and career Victoria Corneva was born in Cahul, Moldavian SSR (Moldova). She is Bulgarian thr ...

. A copyright dispute over the song resulted in Maya acknowledging that the refrain in his song was actually taken from Mansurov's "Bayatılar".Trend.az: Azerbaijan restoring copyright for the first time
(in Russian) Mansurov is married and has two children.

Discography

Albums

*''Fairytales of Ichari Shahar'' (2 CDs) *''Without You'' – Sensizlik (2 CDs) Poet:

Piruz Dilenchi Pirouz Dilanchi ( az, Piruz Dilənçi; born Ali Ismayilfiruz, علی اسماعیل فیروز; May 1965 in Tehran, Iran) is an Iranian-Azerbaijani separatist leader. He has also written multiple poems and is the author of eight books in Azerb ...

*''Motherland'' – Veten Saqolsun! Poet: Piruz Dilenchi

Singles

*" Bayatılar" *" Bahramnameh"

External links

Eldar Mansurov — Azərbaycan Ordusu - Marş

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mansurov, Eldar Azerbaijani composers 1952 births Living people Musicians from Baku