Jamala's husband: Crimean Tatar activist and "inspirer" of the singer. Published an interview with Jamala's mother living in Russia

Jamal- a rapidly gaining momentum star of Ukrainian show business, who brought her country a victory from on in Stockholm with the song "1944". Ukrainian opera and jazz singer(lyric-dramatic soprano), performing original music at the intersection of jazz, soul, world music and rhythm and blues, electronic music and gospel. Winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2016. Fame Jamal brought performance at the International Competition for Young Performers " New wave 2009" in Jurmala, where she received the Grand Prix.

Jamal
Full name - Susana Alimovna Jamaladinova
Date of birth - August 27, 1983
Place of birth Osh, Kirghiz SSR, USSR
Active years 2005 - present
Country Ukraine
Profession Singer, actress
Singing voice lyric-dramatic soprano
Genres jazz, soul, blues, opera
Nicknames Jamala (Jamala)

The early years of the singer Jamala

Born in the city of Osh (KyrSSR, USSR). Father - Alim Aiyarovich Jamaladinov, Crimean Tatar, mother - Galina Mikhailovna Tumasova, Armenian. She spent her childhood in the Crimea, in the village of Malorechenskoye near Alushta, where she and her family returned from the places of the former deportation of the Crimean Tatar people. Play music Jamal started from early childhood. She made her first professional recording at the age of 9, performing 12 Crimean Tatar children's and folk songs in the studio. After graduating music school No. 1 in piano in the city of Alushta, she entered the Simferopol Musical College. P. I. Tchaikovsky, and after - to the National Musical Academy. P. I. Tchaikovsky (Kyiv) in the class of opera vocals, which she graduated with honors.

Being the best graduate of the course, Jamal planned to devote herself to classical music and leave to work as a soloist of the famous Milan Opera La Scala, but a serious passion for jazz and experiments with soul and oriental music changed her plans, determining the direction further career. Alias ​​"Jamala"” was formed from the first syllable of her last name.
Jamal speaks Ukrainian, Russian, Crimean Tatar and English.

I was brought up by the arranger of Zarema-khanum - Gennady Astsaturyan. He taught me jazz since childhood. Literally forced to listen to jazz. It started with the fact that Fitzgerald played one song for me, and I got tired of it. This is fine. I was 11 years old. Difficult music, you have to get to it. Then the second, third and further, I myself began to ask him. Then he gave me the Fitzgerald cassette and said: “For a week everything is in the same version.” I answered: “How? I don't know English." Answer: "As you wish, as gibberish." I took everything off by ear, approached it responsibly, came to him to sing, and he: “Have you studied it? Well done. Here's another tape for you." He didn't even listen. It's just psychology, he knew he'd do it. I remember how offended: “How is it? I taught, but he does not want to listen to me.

Participation of the singer Jamala in music competitions, "New Wave"

On big stage Jamal performed for the first time at fifteen. Over the next few years, she took part in dozens of vocal competitions in Ukraine, Russia and Europe and received a number of prestigious awards, including at the international competition "1st European Competition" Friends of Music "" (Italian 1 Concorso Europeo Amici della musica ) in Italy. After speaking at jazz festival young performers Do#Dj junior 2006, where she received a special award, the famous choreographer Elena Kolyadenko invited her to perform main party in the multi-genre musical "Pa". This role has become milestone creative way singer Jamala.

The turning point in her career was her performance at the New Wave International Competition for Young Performers in the summer of 2009. Contrary to the statements of the chief director of the contest about the “unformatted” participant, she not only made it to the final, but also received the grand prix, sharing first place with an Indonesian performer.
Jamal- History repeating - First day of competition (Contestants perform a world hit)
Jamala - Top, my top - Second day of competition (Contestants perform a hit from their country)
Jamala - Mama's Son - Third day of competition (Contestants perform original song)

Singer Jamala's next step to success

With victory in Jurmala Jamal moved into the category of top performers, performing at a variety of venues from Moscow to Berlin. Two big solo concerts of Jamal The Revue Show are taking place in Kyiv, during which the singer demonstrates the full range of her vocal abilities and diversity musical material. For several months, she takes part in almost all the main TV shows in Ukraine, from the Teletriumph-2009 award and One Night Only (Michael Jackson tribute to Ukrainian top artists) to Alla Pugacheva's Christmas Meetings.

Cosmopolitan magazine calls her the "Discovery of the Year", she receives the ELLE Style Award in the "Singer of the Year" nomination and the "Person of the Year 2009" award in the "Idol of Ukrainians" nomination. Despite a busy touring schedule, Jamala continues to work classical music. In the summer of 2009, she sang the title role in Maurice Ravel's opera The Spanish Hour, and in February 2010, she took part in Vasily Barkhatov's opera production based on Bondiana, where her performance was noted by the famous British actor Jude Law.

Clips of the singer Jamala

history repeating (2009)
In November 2009, Jamala's debut video clip appeared on Ukrainian TV air, a cover version of the Propellerheads History Repeating song (Watch Jamala - History repeating)

You're Made of Love (2010)
In February 2010, it was followed by a second video for the author's composition You're Made of Love (Watch Jamala - You're Made of Love).

It's me, Jamala (2010)
October 18, 2010 on air music channels Ukraine and Russia launched the third video of the singer for the song It’s Me, Jamala! (Watch Jamala - It's me, Jamala). The video was directed by German director Charlie Stadler, known for his film "Dead Fish" with Harry Oldman in leading role, and the British Fraser Taggart, who shot such Hollywood blockbusters as Troy, The Da Vinci Code, National Treasures, and others, became the cameraman.

smile (2011)
February 8, 2011 appeared on television screens new clip singer Jamala for the song "Smile" (Watch Jamala - Smile). The video was directed by Max Xenda, and the cameraman was Sergey Mikhalchuk, one of the creators of such sensational films as "Lover", "My half-brother Frankenstein", "Mamai", "Law". The clip is made on the basis of puppet animation. According to the plot of the clip, Jamala travels around different corners planets in a toy car and helicopter, followed by a huge cartoon smile, which helps her in all situations to establish contact with people of different faiths and nationalities.

Find Me (2011)
The video was directed by young American documentary filmmaker John X Carrey, known for his work for Disney-ABC and successful commercials for Google and Firefox. The filming of the video lasted three days. The plot was based romantic story, which, according to the director of the video, with its mood most of all resembles famous movie Sofia Coppola's Lost in Translation. (Watch Jamala - Find me)

I Love You (2012)
Directed by Sergei Sarakhanov. (Watch Jamal - I Love You)

Cactus (2013)
Directed by Denis Zakharov. (Watch Jamala - Cactus)

All These Simple Things (2013)
Director Alexander Melov (Watch Jamal - All These Simple Things)

Autumn has your eyes (2013)
Directed by Viktor Vilks (Watch Jamala - Autumn has your eyes)

Lost (feat. Apache Crew) (2015)
Director and choreographer - Anatoly Sachivko (Watch Jamal - Lost)

Others (2015)
Director Mikhail Emelyanov (Watch Jamal- Others)

Solo album For Every Heart
In the spring of 2011, the singer's debut album "For Every Heart" was released, almost entirely consisting of the author's compositions by Jamala. The record was sound-produced by the famous Ukrainian musician Evgeny Filatov (The Maneken).

For Every Heart
One More Try
You Are Made Of Love
It's Me, Jamala
Alas
in my shoes
without you
Sing It Out
Find Me
I See You Every Night
Pengereden
smile
Bonus tracks:

history repeating
Sissy
Higher, my higher
Stars at the opera
In January 2012, on the 1 + 1 TV channel, the Stars in the Opera show was aired, in which Jamala performed in tandem with Vlad Pavlyuk. On March 4, at the gala concert of the show participants, the jury awarded the victory to Jamala and Vlad Pavlyuk.

New album All or Nothing
On March 19, Jamala's second author's album ALL OR NOTHING was released. The release took place simultaneously on more than 60 digital platforms, including the recently opened iTunes Ukraine and Russia. The album includes 12 compositions: eleven author's and Crimean Tatar folk song Unutmasan. (Jamala album on iTunes)

All or Nothing
How to Explain
Cactus
What's worth
All These Simple Things
your love
Autumn has your eyes
I love you
Why Is That?
Like a Bird
Hurt
Unutmasan
Singles
history repeating
It's me, Jamala! (radio single)
smile
I love you
Hurt
Cactus
Autumn has your eyes

Participation of the singer Jamala in the Eurovision music contest

A few days before the launch of the new video, it became known that Jamala made it to the final qualifying round song contest "Eurovision-2011", presenting the jury a new song Smile, but Mika Newton won the qualifying tournament. There was public outrage on suspicion of dishonest selection of the finalist, but Jamala said that she was refusing to participate in the re-selection.

Jamal participated in the song contest Eurovision 2016 with the song "1944", dedicated to the deportation of the Crimean Tatars after the occupation of Crimea Soviet troops in 1944. According to Jamals, the plot of the song is based on the stories of her ancestors. Despite controversy over possible political context, the song was not withdrawn from the competition. Jamal won the semi-final of the competition and then won the final. This victory was the second for Ukraine at Eurovision in the history of its participation.

What Jamala sings about: translation of a song for Eurovision

A translation of the song of the Anglo-Crimean Tatar song "1944" appeared on the network, with which the Ukrainian singer Jamala will perform at Eurovision 2016 in Stockholm.

Jamala's song tells about the deportation of her native Crimean Tatar people. The singer wrote this composition especially for Eurovision, inspired by the story of her great-grandmother, writes "Apostrophe".

That terrible year forever changed the life of one fragile woman, my great-grandmother Nazil Khan. Her life after that was never the same
Jamala said.

Lyrics of Jamala's song "1944" in Ukrainian translation:

When strangers come...

They come to your house

They kill you all and say:

"We're not to blame... we're not to blame"

Where is your mind?

Humanity is crying.

You think you are gods

But everyone dies

Don't swallow my soul

Our souls.

I couldn't spend my youth there because you took my world.

We could build a future

Where people live freely and love,

Happy times...

Where are your hearts?

Humanity, prosper.

You think you are gods

But people are dying.

Don't swallow my soul

Our souls.

I couldn't spend my youth there because you took my world

I didn't have a country...

Discography of the singer Jamala

For Every Heart (2011) (on iTunes)
Live At Arena Concert Plaza (concert DVD, 2011) (on iTunes)
All or Nothing (2013) (on iTunes)
Thank You (2014) (on iTunes)
Podikh (2015)

Filmography of the singer Jamala

Year Russian name original name Role
2010 f True story About Scarlet Sails True story about Chervoni Vitrila Cuban singer
2013 Guide Guide Guide Olga Levitskaya, singer of Kharkov drama theater named after Les Kurbas

Awards for singer Jamala for participation in competitions, festivals

1992 - laureate of the musical children's competition"Star Rain"
1993 - laureate of the children's competition "Living Springs"
2000 - Grand Prix of the international competition "Voices of the Future" ( Nizhny Novgorod, Russia)
2001 - winner of the 3rd prize of the vocal competition "Crimean Spring"
2001 - Winner of a special award "Dodge 2001"
2004 - laureate of the international competition 1 Concorso Europeo Amici della musica (Italy)
2006 - laureate of the festival of young performers "DO # DJ junior 2006" (second prize - for the vocal quintet "Beauty Band"), special diploma "Best vocal" of the same festival.
2009 - first place at the international competition for young performers "New Wave" (Jurmala, Latvia)

1992-1998 - studied at the music school No. 1 in Alushta, piano class.

IN solo concerts has been participating since the age of 16.

1992 - the winner of the musical children's competition "Star Rain", this year an album of children's and Crimean Tatar songs was recorded, which was broadcast on local radio.

1993 - Laureate of the children's contest "Living Springs".

1998-2001 - Studied at the Music College. P.I. Tchaikovsky in the class of opera vocals (Simferopol).

2000 - Laureate of the Grand Prix of the international competition "Voices of the Future" (Russia).

2001 - entered the National Music Academy of Ukraine named after. P.I. Tchaikovsky in the class of opera vocals (Kyiv).

2001 - Winner of the third prize of the vocal competition "Crimean Spring".

2001 - Winner of a special award "Dodge 2001".

2001 - a joint concert with the famous saxophonist Alexander Novoselsky (Moscow).

2004 - laureate International Competition"1 Concorso Europeo Amici della musica" (Italy).

2005 - guest of honor international festival Tricolore della canzone italiana.

2006 - winner of the festival of young performers "Dо#Dj junior 2006" (second prize - for the vocal quintet "Beauty Band"), special diploma "Best vocal" of the same festival.

2007 - soloist of the musical "Pa".

In August 2009, she took part in the International Competition for Young Performers of the Popular Song "New Wave-2009".

From the first days, Jamala was in the lead. Jamala superbly performed the hit "Mama's Boy", forcing the whole audience to clap to the beat of the song and tearing off a flurry of applause at the end. The prima donna herself applauded Jamala violently and for a long time.

Jamala became the owner of the 1st prize, sharing it with a participant from Indonesia - Sanddi Sandorro.

Jamala is passionate about yoga. He admits that “60 percent of my day I listen to good music- love very much different genres- from gospel, soul, jazz, to classical."

In the style of clothing, he is looking for “harmony of form, color that matches my mood and attitude, my music ... and on stage I like to feel like a little “object of a spectacle”. In general, Jamala is close to the idea of ​​the great Yves Saint Laurent: "The most important thing in women's clothing is the woman who wears it." Favorite colors are brown and green.

The artist does not believe in omens. Afraid of ... silence.

Jamala's motto is "Treat people the way you would like to be treated."

Single. Lives and works in Kyiv.

I just heard on TV how someone compared Jamala with "lady" Gaga. Complete absurdity!!! this is the second Imma Sumac. Probably, few people know and heard her now, but she was a singer from another civilization, as if she was sent from outer space to the land of Peru. And Jamala was sent to us in Ukraine! Happiness to you, dear, love, confidence and the best of health_you just need it_. I'm 60 years old. I'm a choirmaster and, believe me, I know what I'm saying!

Susanna Jamaladinova or Jamala is a famous Ukrainian pop singer, winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2016. Girl with early years showed Creative skills, was distinguished by extraordinary vocal data.

Early manifestation of creativity

Jamala was born in a small village in the Kyrgyz Republic. Father future star Ukrainian stage is a descendant of the Crimean Tatars deported in 1944, on the mother of Jamal an Armenian. The family sought to return to their historical homeland - the Crimean Peninsula. To fulfill the dream, the girl's parents even had to go to the trick - to file a divorce. This made it possible to arrange a house for maiden name mother.

Future singer Jamala in childhood with her parents

At a new place of residence in the resort village of Malorechinsky, located near Alushta. Here, Jamala's parents built a small boarding house, they were engaged in the resort business. The girl herself from an early age began to amaze with her abilities. When she was not yet a year old, she learned to swim, and vocal talent soon showed up.

Jamala became famous at school, she won a local vocal competition and recorded her first collection of songs. Compositions from it often appeared on the radio stations of the peninsula. It is noteworthy, but the parents were against the desire of their daughter to become professional singer. This did not prevent 14-year-old Jamala from entering the Simferopol Musical College. Here, a talented girl in the classroom developed her skills classical singing, and after class she sang jazz compositions along with your group.

After college, Jamala continued her studies at the Kyiv Academy of Music. Here she was the best student. The girl wanted to be classical singer, do solo career, but the love for vocal and musical experiments turned out to be stronger and Jamala became a pop singer.

Successful singing career

The first serious success of Jamaladinova took place as a teenager. The talented performer was noticed and began to be invited to various competitions that she won. The turning point was the participation of Jamala at a jazz festival held in Italy. Here she received an invitation to take part in a musical production and show herself at the prestigious New Wave competition for young talents.

Jamal in Jurmala on music competition

Jamala in the video "Smile"

Jamala prepared intensively for the performance, which was rewarded with universal admiration and recognition. The young performer received a standing ovation from Alla Pugacheva herself. It was on the New Wave that the singer got the pseudonym Jamala. Success in the competition has become Starting point, with which Susanna's career take-off began. Her tour schedule became very dense.

Jamala loves to transform into different images

In 2011, Jamala took part in the selection for Eurovision. But the singer did not pass the closed voting and believes that it was an unfair decision of the jury.

Victory at Eurovision 2016

The second attempt at selection for a prestigious music competition was a success. Jamala performed here with a song that she dedicated to her great-grandmother and all the deported Crimean Tatars. According to the results of the audience voting, Jamala lost to the Russian performer Sergey Lazarev, but the jury gave the victory to the performer from Ukraine.

Jamala won Eurovision 2016

Personal life

The Eurovision winner does not like to talk about her personal life, she refers to being busy and complains that she does not have time for relationships and creating a family. But in 2016, the singer got married. Her chosen one was the Crimean Tatar Beykir Suleymanov.

Jamala and Bekir Suleymanov

The wedding was organized according to Muslim traditions. It is known that a bright and energetic girl on stage in Jamal's life is a modest, shy girl.

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The main news of the past weekend in music world became a victory Ukrainian singer Jamala at Eurovision 2016..

Jamala is not the real name of the singer

The true name of the star is Susanna Jamaladinova. Nickname Jamal the singer came up with, shortening her last name. It happened before the New Wave 2009 contest: having arrived in Jurmala, the girl quickly became one of the undisputed leaders of the contest and won the New Wave Grand Prix, sharing first place with Indonesian Sandi Sandorro. Alla Borisovna Pugacheva after Jamala performed the song "Mama's Son", she gave the young singer a standing ovation.

To return to their homeland, the parents of the star had to get a divorce

Although Susanna connects her fate with the Crimea, she was born in Kyrgyzstan in the city of Osh, where her great-grandmother was deported during the deportation of the Tatars from the Crimea. Great-grandfather and all the men from my grandmother died at the front. The singer's father is Tatar, mother is Armenian. In 1989, Susanna's family managed to return to the Crimea, to the village of Malorechenskoe (formerly Kuchuk-Uzen), where their ancestors lived. The family decided to move as soon as Jamala was born, but it took six years to buy a house and move the family. It was impossible to find someone who would agree to sell the house to the returning Crimean Tatars, so the purchase was made by the mother, whose nationality did not arouse suspicion. Parents even had to temporarily divorce, so as not to leave a "Tatar trace" in the mother's documents. According to the singer, it was morally very difficult to decide on such a step.

Susanna grew up in a family of professional musicians. Her mother is a wonderful singer and teacher of a music school, and her father is a conductor by education, they began to teach their daughter from early age everything they know about music. Now the parents run a small boarding house in the Crimea.

Showed her extraordinary vocal ability Jamaladinova was still at the age of three, and already at the age of nine she recorded an album of 12 children's songs. To the amazement of the sound engineer, she showed real professionalism, spending only an hour in the studio recording.

Susana went to the Alushta music school, where she studied piano. She later became a student music school the city of Simferopol, where she already studied opera vocals.

Having moved to Kyiv full of opportunities, Jamaladinvoa continued her musical education enrolled in the National Academy of Music. While studying there, she actively attended various festivals and competitions. Her first notable victory was the third prize at the Crimean Spring.

Over time, Jamala caught the eye of the famous Ukrainian choreographer Elena Kolyadenko, who eventually became the producer of the singer and made her the main soloist in her musical "Pa", which premiered in 2007. The singer became known to a wide audience of listeners thanks to the New Wave competition, where she not only won first place, but also showed herself as a bright and memorable singer.

In 2009, Jamala took part in the production of the opera "Spanish Hour", and a year later she played in opera performance based on Bond. In 2011, the artist's debut album For Every Heart was released on iTunes, and in 2012 she won the Stars at the Opera show on the 1 + 1 channel.

In the spring of 2013, Jamala's second album All or Nothing was released. In the same year, she terminated her contract with producer Elena Kolyadenko, wanting to be not just popular performer, performing songs in Russian, and experiment with different musical genres. She is interested in expressing herself in soul, jazz, classical and blues.

Personal life

Single. Have no children. He carefully hides the details of his personal life from prying eyes and the media.

Interesting Facts

Real name - Susana Jamaladinova

In 2012, she took part in the show of the channel "1 + 1" - "Stars in the Opera", paired with Vlad Pavlyuk. As a result, the duo won

Learned to swim at nine months through the "Swim Before You Walk" program

From 2001 to 2007 she was the soloist of the vocal quintet Beauty Band

Being a Crimean, she does not publicly recognize the annexation of the Ukrainian peninsula, the Republic of Crimea to Russia

In 2010, she starred in the film "The True Story of scarlet sails", and in 2013 the singer in the film "Guide, or flowers have eyes"

In 2010, she took part in an opera production by Vasily Barkhatov based on Bondiana, where her performance was noted by the famous British actor Jude Law

Her father is Crimean Tatar and her mother is Armenian

Discography

2011 - For Every Heart (on iTunes)

2011 - Live At Arena Concert Plaza (on iTunes)