Alekperzade, Sevda Genghis kyzy

Sevda Alekperzade was born and raised in Baku. Her grandfather, Abulgasan Alekperzade , the national writer of Azerbaijan, is the author of the first Azerbaijani novel written in the Soviet period. Father Chingiz Alekperzade was a famous journalist and writer. Elmira Alekperzade's older sister, singer.

On May 21, 2014, Sevda Alekperzade and her lover Kamiyar officially married in Baku, and on May 24, 2014, the couple played a wedding ^[2] . In 2016, Sevda and Kamiyar divorced. ^[3]

Rast Group

In 1998, Alekperzade graduated from A.Huseynzadeh University of the Arts with a degree in musical comedy actress.

She started singing from the age of 14. While still a schoolgirl, she was auditioned by composer Vagif Geraizade , who led the then popular Aypara group. And then Sevda Alekperzade was enrolled in the second composition of the group. ^[four]

After a year of creative disagreement, Sevda leaves the group and begins a solo career. She participates in children's music contests of pop songs. He shows a tendency to jazz, but at the same time takes lessons of Azerbaijani national music - mugam - from one of the most popular performers in this genre, Alim Gasimov. Almost simultaneously with S. Alekperzade, several musicians left the Aypara group, including Rashad Gashimov and Ilgar Kuliev, who after a while united in the Rast group. In the summer of 1993, Rashad Gashimov invited Sevda to his group.

The initial composition of the group included: Rashad Gashimov (artistic director, keyboards), Asif Karimov (kamancha, violin), Vilayat Gahramanzadeh (rhythm guitar), Ilham Aleskerov (solo guitar), Ruslan Huseynov (bass guitar), Iskender Aleskerov ( percussion instruments), Rustam Rzayev (keyboards) and two vocalists - Sevda Alekperzade and Ilgar Guliyev. The first album of the band “Rast” was released in November 1996 under the same name - “Rast”. In the same year, they also took part in the Radio France International International Competition and became its finalists (out of 365 contestant groups, they were among 11 finalists). In 1997, the Rast received the Humai Award. Repeatedly, in 1998 , 1999 and 2000, Rast was awarded the Grand Prize as the best group of the year. In 1998 and 2000, 2 solo concerts of the Rast group took place in the Palace named after G. Aliyev. In 2000, Rast performed a solo concert in Turkey, Germany, Austria, England and the United States. In 1999, vocalist Ilgar Guliyev left the group, and at the end of 2001, Sevda Alekperzade also left the group.

Solo career

Sevda’s solo career began with a collaboration with composer Jamil Amirov on the song “Demi ki Sevir” in 2002 . Then came a few more songs, including the song “Farewell” (Əlvida) of the famous Azerbaijani musician Rafik Babayev ^[5] .

On June 1, 2004, the first solo concert of the singer was held on the stage of the Azerbaijan State Philharmonic Society named after Muslim Magomayev. The singer then performed both copyright songs from her repertoire, and folk and retro songs ^[6] .

In 2006, Sevda Alekperzade's album Şəbi Hicran was released, consisting of well-known authorial works of Azerbaijan, as well as folk songs. In the same year, the singer’s official website was opened - www.sevda.info . In 2007, the singer signed a contract with the German company Network Medien, in collaboration with which she released a solo disc called "Gül Açdı - A flower in Bloom" ^[7] . This album was recorded for the European public and was released on October 1, 2007 in Austria, Germany, France, Belgium, Switzerland, Great Britain and Italy. In 2008, Sevda Alekperzade held solo concerts with the program “A flower in Bloom” in Europe and Turkey. The singer also successfully represented Azerbaijan during an advertising campaign of Azerbaijani athletes at the Beijing Olympics. In 2007, Alekperzadeh also received the title of Honored Artist of Azerbaijan.

In May 2009, a new international album by Sevda Alekperzade “Sevdalı Dünyam” (World of love) went on sale in the EU countries ^[8] . The presentation of the album was held in Frankfurt, with the participation of local media. Then S. Alekperzadeh performed with a 2-hour solo program. On June 9, 2009, the presentation of the album “Sevdalı Dünyam” was also held in Baku, with the participation of local media ^[9] . In Europe, the album sold over 100,000 copies; about 50,000 more were sold in Turkey.

On January 22 and 23, 2010, solo concerts by Sevda Alekperzade were held in the Baku Jazz Center. On June 23, 2012 Alekperzadeh performed with great success on the summer venue of the Baku Jazz Center and will present the audience with a program called MIX-MUSIC ^[10] .

On July 14, 2013, she represented Azerbaijan at the world famous jazz festival in Montreux (Switzerland). ^{[11] [12]}

On July 3, 2014, Sevda Alekperzadeh presented to the guests of the evening her new music album Intro, which was presented in the format of a live concert, on the stage of the AzGos Philharmonic. The singer’s performance was part of the presentation of the summer issue of the magazine “Azərbaycan qadını” ^[13] . By the release of the new album, Sevda Alekperzadeh made a video for the famous song “Arazbarı” (music by Uzeyir Hajibeyli). ^[14]

In November 2014, after a long break, Alekperzade released a video and a song for the pop song “Sev məni” (Love Me) ^[15] . Another song by the pop-style singer was the song “Sevir ür »k” (Heart Loves), presented to listeners in May 2015. ^[sixteen]

In June 2015, Sevda Alekperzade and baritone Samir Jafarov performed the anthem song of the First European Games in Baku. ^[17]

After an annual break, on June 13, 2016, Sevda Alekperzade's new song “Sən və rəqs” ^[18] was launched into rotation. The authors of the song are Givi Usenashvili and Ayten Ismikhanova. A month later, on July 20, 2016 Alekperzadeh presented another successful single - the duet “Gözlərimi wağla” with M.Abseynov ^[19] .

On March 4, 2017, the Honored Artist Sevda Alekperzade included in her repertoire the song “S dn yadıma düşəndə”, written by Elsa Ibragimova and which is one of the most famous compositions created by her. ^{[20] [21]}

Another novelty for fans was the release of a video for the song “Şahzadə” from the repertoire of the legendary Azerbaijani group “Karvan” ^[22] . The clip was presented by Baku Music Factory on June 4, 2017. ^[23]

1. Əlvida (single) - 2002 ^[24]
2. Get - 2006 ^[25]
3. Şəbi Hicran - 2006
4. Gul Acdi - A Flower In Bloom ^[26] - 2007
5. Sevdali Dunya - Worlds of love - 2009
6. İntro - 2014 ^[27]
7. Gedar (feat. Tural Aliyev) (single). ^[28]

• Sevda Alekperzade responded to criticism of her (neopr.) . Archived March 10, 2013.
• Elite evening of Azerbaijani singer Sevda Alekperzade
• Sevda Alekperzade's blog