Jamala, Aider Muzhdabaev and Bekira Suleimanova
Jamala married Bekir Suleymanov in April 2017. The ceremony took place in the Islamic Cultural Center of Kyiv in the Crimean Tatar tradition. The site Without Taboo tells about the guy with whom the singer decided to connect her life, and to whom she gave her son Emir-Rahman.
Not much is known about Suleymanov: he comes from Simferopol and is 8 years younger than the singer. Jamala's husband studied at the Kyiv School of Economics and Kiev National University. Taras Shevchenko.
Bekir Suleysanov with his wife Jamala and son Emir Rahman
Bekir met Jamala about 4 years ago at a joint party with friends.
According to media reports, Bekir Suleymanov is engaged in human rights activities - he is an activist of the Krym SOS NGO, and in the past, Euromaidan.
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Jamala's relationship became known in September 2016. Then they came together to the festival of short films in one of the capital's cinemas.
The couple's first public appearance
Also in 2016, Jamala showed off her engagement ring on social media and said she said yes. The guy made an offer after 3 years of communication in November 2016.
Happy married couple on vacation
And in an interview with TSN, Jamala told the details of the preparations for the wedding.
"A fun modern Crimean Tatar wedding. I want our guests, who have not been to such events before, to feel the beauty of the celebration: oriental food and music, national traditions and the unique spirit of the Crimean Tatar wedding," the singer said.
Photos of Jamala's wedding
“Bekir controls everything, because he understands both numbers and deadlines better than me. I am very glad and grateful to him for taking on these worries,” she said.
Husband of Jamala Bekir Suleymanov with his son
Jamala did not change her last name, and even over time she began to show her lover on social networks.
Bekir Suleymanov in a T-shirt with Jamala
Susanna grew up in a family of professional musicians. Her mother is a wonderful singer and teacher of a music school, and her father, a conductor by education, began to teach her daughter from an early age everything they know about music. Now the parents run a small boarding house in the Crimea.
Jamaladinova showed her outstanding vocal abilities at the age of three, and 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. Later, she became a student at the Simferopol Music College, where she already studied opera vocals.
Having moved to Kyiv full of opportunities, Jamaladinvoa continued her musical education by entering 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 an opera performance based on Bondiana. 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 broke her contract with producer Elena Kolyadenko, wanting to be not just a popular performer performing songs in Russian, but to 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 "The 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
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Discography
2011 - For Every Heart (on iTunes)
2011 - Live At Arena Concert Plaza (on iTunes)
Jamal- 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. The winner from Ukraine at Eurovision 2016 in Stockholm with the song "1944".
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 from music school No. 1 in piano in the city of Alushta, she entered the Simferopol Music 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, Jamala 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 of her future 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 the 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 her performance at the jazz festival of young performers Do#Dj junior 2006, where she received a special award, the famous choreographer Elena Kolyadenko invited her to perform the main part in the multi-genre musical "Pa". This role was an important milestone the creative path of the 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 large solo concerts of Jamal The Revue Show are held in Kyiv, during which the singer demonstrates the full range of her vocal abilities and the variety of 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 study 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)
On October 18, 2010, the singer's third music video 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 the title role, and the cameraman was Briton Fraser Taggart, who shot such Hollywood blockbusters as Troy, The Da Vinci Code, Treasures of the Nation and etc.
smile (2011)
On February 8, 2011, a new video by singer Jamala for the song "Smile" (Watch Jamala - Smile) appeared on television screens. 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 the world in a toy car and a helicopter, followed by a huge cartoon smile that 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 is based on a romantic story, which, according to the director of the video, is most reminiscent of Sofia Coppola's famous film "Lost in Translation" with its mood. (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 the 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 went to the final of the qualifying round of the Eurovision Song Contest 2011, presenting the jury with 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 by 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.
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)
Podyh (2015) (https://soundcloud.com/jamala/sets/podyh)
Filmography of the singer Jamala
Year Russian title Original title Role
2010 True story about Scarlet Sails True story about Chervoni vitrila Cuban singer
2013 Guide Guide Guide Olga Levitskaya, singer of the Kharkiv Drama Theater named after Les Kurbas
Awards for singer Jamala for participation in competitions, festivals
1992 - winner 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)
2009 - ELLE Style Award "Singer of the Year"
2009 - "Person of the Year 2009" award in the nomination "Ukrainian Idol"
2012 - 1st place on the television show "Stars at the Opera"
2012 - a special award from the Best Fashion Awards "Inspiration"
2013 - "Singer of the Year" award from ELLE Style Awards.
2014 - Turkic peoples' award "Red Apple Awards" in the Art nomination for contribution to the development of culture and strengthening of peace.
2016 - Marcel Besancon Award - Audience Award
2016 - winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2016
Facts from the creative biography of the singer Jamala
In 2001-2007 she was a soloist of the vocal quintet "Beauty Band"
October 5, 2013 before the boxing match - Alexander Povetkin sang the anthem of Ukraine.
© Collage/Ridus
The mother of the winner of Eurovision 2016, Susanna Jamaladinova, who performs under the pseudonym Jamal, said that she had no doubts about her daughter's victory in the international song contest.
Galina Tumasova, like the rest of the singer’s relatives, whom the Ukrainian media are trying to position as an “icon of the fight against the invaders”, after the return of Crimea to the Russian Federation, received Russian citizenship and all the necessary benefits.
According to the mother of the singer, she "did not doubt a single gram" that Jamala would take first place.
“Even yesterday, when the votes were being counted and preliminary forecasts were made - either she had the second or third place, her husband could not stand it, jumped out: everything, he says, that’s all, it won’t work out ... Even then I had no doubt that she would win ", - she told the Crimean edition "Your newspaper".
Tumasova also said that her daughter consulted with her parents about the song with which she represented Ukraine at Eurovision. However, Jamala herself practically does not appear in the Crimea, as she is “always busy with some projects.”
However, according to her, "in the days of preparation for Eurovision" they were nearby.
Susanna Alimovna Jamaladinova was born on August 27, 1983 in Kyrgyzstan, in the city of Osh. Jamala's father's family ended up in Osh after the Tatars were deported from Crimea. Jamala's mother is half Armenian, whose ancestors are from Nagorno-Karabakh.
By religion, Galina Tumasova is a Christian, in her family there were also Russians, Ukrainians and Poles. However, Jamala herself, like her father, are Muslims.
In Osh, Jamala's father worked as a choir leader, and her mother was a pianist.
The childhood of the future star was spent in the Crimea, in the village of Malorechenskoye near Alushta, where she and her family returned in 1989 from the places of the former deportation of the Crimean Tatar people. At the same time, in order to move, the parents of the future Eurovision winner had to get a divorce, since according to the laws, the Crimean deportees could not buy real estate on the territory of the peninsula.
Now Galina Tumasova, like other relatives of the singer, lives in the Crimea and has Russian citizenship. After the 2014 referendum, Jamala's parents flatly refused to move to Kyiv, not wanting to leave the house they built with their own hands and the orchard they planted.
After Jamala's parents received Russian citizenship, they were given fifty percent benefits on utility bills: water, gas, and electricity. In addition, relatives of the Ukrainian singer receive free holidays.
However, Jamala's family lost their diner on the coast due to its non-compliance with sanitary standards and non-payment of taxes.
As the Crimean singer stated, it was the income from the restaurant business of her parents that allowed her and her sister to receive a higher musical education at the conservatory. Moreover, both girls worked with their parents in a diner.
Jamala started singing at the age of three, and at nine she recorded her first album. The Armenian environment had a great influence on Jamala in her childhood. In an interview, the singer said that because of the different social circles, she was always more considered an Armenian, and her older sister was a Tatar.
The elder sister of the singer Evelina now lives in Turkey with her husband, a citizen of this country, and children.
Jamala left her parental home at the age of 14, going to study in Simferopol, then to Kyiv. She took part in dozens of vocal competitions in Ukraine, Russia and Europe and received a number of prestigious awards.
In 2009, at the international competition for young pop singers "New Wave" in Jurmala, she received the Grand Prix, sharing first place with an Indonesian performer and earning a standing ovation from jury member Alla Pugacheva, who gave a standing ovation to a Ukrainian woman.
After Jamala's performance at Eurovision 2016, Tatars living next door to her parents ask them about the reasons that prompted their daughter to perform this song.
In addition, the government of the Republic of Crimea recommended that the singer change her citizenship from Ukrainian to Russian and return to her historical homeland.
Georgy Muradov, Deputy Prime Minister of the government of the republic, told TASS that he considers Crimea to be Jamala's homeland.
“I emphasize that Crimea will always be happy with Jamala’s performance, this is her homeland,” he said, suggesting that she “hold small events related to the change of citizenship, come to her homeland and perform at home.”
“We are always glad to see her, we congratulate her and think that among the Russian votes she received, there are many people from among the Crimean Tatars who live in Crimea,” Muradov added.
32-year-old Ukrainian singer of Armenian-Tatar origin Jamala became the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2016. How is the biography and personal life of Jamala?
Jamala's real name is Susanna Alimovna Jamaladinova. The pseudonym "Jamala" was formed from the first part of her last name.
Susana Jamaladinova is a Ukrainian opera and jazz singer (lyric-dramatic soprano), who performs original music at the intersection of jazz, soul, world music and rhythm and blues, electronic music and gospel.
The first fame Jamala brought performance at the International Competition for Young Performers "New Wave 2009" in Jurmala, where she received the Grand Prix.
In May 2016, Jamala became the winner from Ukraine at the Eurovision Song Contest in Stockholm with the song "1944", dedicated to the deportation of the Crimean Tatars.
Susanna Jamaladinova was born on August 27, 1983 in the city of Osh (KyrSSR, USSR). Father - Alim Aiyarovich Jamaladinov, Crimean Tatar, mother - Galina Mikhailovna Tumasova, an Armenian, whose family comes from Nagorno-Karabakh.
She spent her childhood in the Crimea, in the village of Malorechenskoye near Alushta, where she and her family returned in 1989 from the places of deportation of the Crimean Tatar people.
Parents met in Kyrgyzstan within the walls of a music school. Her mother is a pianist, and her father is a choir conductor who had his own ensemble performing Crimean Tatar folk music and music of the peoples of Central Asia.
Her sister married a Turk and lives in Istanbul. Jamala herself professes Islam.
From early childhood, Jamala began to study music. 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 from music school No. 1 in piano in the city of Alushta, she entered the Simferopol Music College. P. I. Tchaikovsky.
Then Jamala graduated with honors Kyiv National Musical Academy. P. I. Tchaikovsky in the class of opera vocals.
Jamala planned to devote herself to classical music and leave to work as a soloist of the famous Milanese opera La Scala, but a serious passion for jazz and experiments with soul and oriental music changed her plans.
Jamala performed on the big stage for the first time at the age of 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.
After her performance at the jazz festival of young performers Do#Dj junior 2006, where she received a special award, the famous choreographer Elena Kolyadenko invited her to perform the main part in the multi-genre musical "Pa".
An important event in her career was her performance at the New Wave International Competition for Young Performers in Jurmala 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.
Despite a busy touring schedule, Jamala continues to study classical music.
In the summer of 2009, she sang the title role in Maurice Ravel's 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.
Jamala lives in Kyiv. Parents live in the village of Malorechenskoye near Alushta. They have a private boarding house. The singer's grandfather lives in Crimea.
Little is known about Jamala's personal life. But it is reported that Jamala is not married.
According to the singer, she is not amorous and has not yet experienced a big feeling in her life. Only once there was a young man, without whom Jamala, as she put it, was very ill.
The singer said that her mother often wondered when she would fall in love. The girl does not have any special criteria for the future candidate for her heart, the main thing is that the young man be sincere.
