Nagima Eskalieva | |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Nagima Kabulkyzy Eskalieva |
| Born | (1954-02-03)February 3, 1954 (age 71) Fabrichnyy,Almaty Region,Kazakhstan |
| Genres | Kazakh pop, Kazakh folk |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, actress |
| Years active | 1979–present |
Nagima Eskalieva (Kazakh:Нағима Қабылқызы Есқалиева,Nağima Qabylqyzy Esqalieva; born February 3, 1954, inFabrichnyy,Zhambyl District, Almaty Region) is aKazakhstani singer[1] and awarded national artist of theKazakh Soviet Socialist Republic.
Eskalieva was born in an industrial area to Habdul Eskaliev and his wife Visilia, who were both workers in the region. She was the oldest of five children and grew up under basic conditions.[2] She has three sisters and one brother.
After graduating in the Republican School of Variety and Circus Arts (the vocal class of L.Kesoglu) and Alma-Ata Musical School (Department of Choral Conducting, Eskalieva became an ensemble member of the famousGulder (Гүлдер) formation. She first rose to popularity when she participated on the soviet Singing CompetitionWith Song through Life (С песней по жизни) in 1979, which she won.[3][4] After that she went on to become one of the most well-known singers of Kazakhstan and was touring through the entire Soviet Union. She eventually moved to Moscow[5] and from then on also went on tour inAlgeria,Cuba,Czechoslovakia,Denmark and theGerman Democratic Republic. In 1984, she went on winning theGolden Orpheus Festival inSofia. Eskalievas range goes from Kazakh Folk Songs to modern compositions. In 2008, she recorded a charity Single with the boygroupPercy to support children suffering ofCardiac disease. First planning on becoming an actress, she occasionally appeared in front of the film camera.[6]
Throughout the years, Eskalieva has been supportive of aspiring singers in her home country. In 1996, she founded a Music Atelier aiming to find and support young singing talent in Kazakhstan. She was a jury member inSuperStar KZ 3 & 4, the Kazakh version ofPop Idol as well as onX Factor, where she was the winning mentor in the second season held in 2012 with her contestant Andrey Tikhonov. Currently she is teaching at theAcademy of Vocal Arts Zhurgenev.
Eskalieva was married two times and has a son named Aleksander (born 1983), who auditioned when she was leading the jury ofSuperStar KZ.[7]
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