Yıldız İbrahimova ( bg, Йълдъз Ибрахимова, Yaldaz Ibrahimova, tr, Yıldız İbrahimova; born 1952 in
Silistra
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) is a Bulgarian singer of Turkish ancestry. Besides jazz, she has also recorded
Bulgarian
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* Bul ...
,
Turkish
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*a Turkic language spoken by the Turks
* of or about Turkey
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,
Gypsy
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and
Russian
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folk songs. She married
Ali Dinçer
Ali Dinçer (1945 – 18 April 2007) was a Turkish mechanical engineer, politician, former Mayor of Ankara and former government minister.
Ali Dinçer was born in Razgrad, Bulgaria to a family of Turkish ancestry in 1945. While he was four ye ...
, a Turkish politician, also born in Bulgaria and former mayor of
Ankara
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, in 1993. Since then she has lived in Turkey. Her husband died in 2007.
Yildiz Ibrahimova has participated in tours in over 40 countries in Europe, North America, Asia, Australia and Africa.
Albums
Her records include the following albums:
* (1979) Turkish Folk Songs, LP, Balkanton, Sofia-Bulgaria
* (1981) Naissus Jazz-81-LP, Discos, Nish-Serbia
* (1987) Jazz and Something More, LP, Balkanton
* (1987 The Girl with Lovely Eyes, LP, Balkanton
* (1990) Illusory Eternity, LP, Balkanton
* (1991) Paris -Zagreb, with Antoine Herve quintet, CD-DEUX Z, Paris, France
* (1992) Illusory Eternıty, CD, Balkanton
* (1992) Hard way to Freedom -with Anatoly Vapirov - AVA Records, Sofia, Bulgaria
* (1995) Ișığın Sesi (Voice of Rainbow)- Raks Music, Istanbul, Turkey
* (1997) Balkanatolia feat.
Ivo Papasov
Ivo Papazov (or Papasov; bg, Иво Папазов; born 16 February 1952), nicknamed Ibryama (), is a Bulgarian clarinetist. He leads the "Ivo Papazov Wedding Band" in performances of jazz-infused Stambolovo music, and is one of the premier cr ...
, Raks Music, Istanbul
* (1999) Marcanja e Romeskere Gilya (Songs of the Gypsy), Universal Music Turkey
* (2000) Marcanja-Songs of the Gypsy, Virginia Records-Universal Music Bulgaria
* (2003) Çocukça Șarkılar-Children Songs, Boyut, Istanbul, Turkey
* (2003) Pesni za Malki i Golemi-Children Songs, Virginia Records-Universal Bulgaria
* (2005) 30 Years on Stage, Virginia Records
* (2009) Back to my Love, Virginia Records-Bulgaria
* (2011) Balkanatolia 2 - Annemden Rumeli Türküleri-Kalan-Turkey
References
External links
Rateyourmusic.com— Yıldız İbrahimova
— photo and biography highlights in Bulgarian
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1952 births
Living people
20th-century Bulgarian women singers
21st-century Bulgarian women singers
20th-century Turkish women singers
21st-century Turkish women singers
Bulgarian Turks in Turkey
Bulgarian jazz singers
Turkish jazz singers
People from Silistra