Nesrin Sipahi

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Nesrin Sipahi
Birth nameNesrin Sipahi
Born (1934-11-28) 28 November 1934 (age 89)
Yeşilköy, Istanbul, Turkey
Genres Turkish classical music
Occupation(s)Singer

Nesrin Sipahi (born 29 November 1934) is a Turkish singer of Crimean Tatar origin [1] specialized on Turkish music.

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Life

Nesrin Sipahi was born to Yusuf and Adile in Yeşilköy neighborhood of Bakırköy ilçe (district), Istanbul, Turkey on 29 November 1934. Her parents were of Crimean descent. Her two brothers, Nihat and Çetin were theatre actors. She graduated from Bakırköy High School. Following a short marriage in 1950, she remarried to Hasan Aldemir Sipahi on 23 January 1957. She has two sons; Yunus Emre born in 1957 and Candemir in 1968. [2]

Music career

While still in teens, she got interested in music. Although initially her genre was western music, she finally began singing Turkish music. In 1953, she entered Ankara Radio, which was considered as the main music training center at that time. In 1960, she resigned from the radio and began working as a stage performer in Ankara. Following concerts in Turkey, she also performed in many foreign countries. In her 1971-tour in the Soviet Union, she also sang in Azerbaijani, Russian and Armenian in addition to Turkish. She performed in the United States, Germany, France, Canada, Australia, Morocco, Tunisia, Syria, Egypt Cyprus and Spain. She released about four hundred singles. She played only in one film; Kalbimdeki Serseri ("The Rascal in My Heart") in 1965. In 1974, she released Yaşa Fenerbahçe ("Long Live Fenerbahçe"), the fight song for the Fenerbahçe S.K., a cover of Y Viva España , quite out of her genre. [2]

Awards

She has a number of gold records. In 1998, she was honored with the title State Artist. [3] In 2017, she was honored with a special award during a ceremony at the Presidential Complex and received her award from president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. [4]

Albums

Beginning by 1970, she released LP s and CDs: [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "Nesrin Sipahi kimdir?". www.biyografi.info (in Turkish). Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  2. 1 2 Biography page (in Turkish)
  3. ↑ Nkfu State artist list
  4. ↑ "Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı Özel Ödülleri sahiplerini buldu".
  5. ↑ Dşiscogs page
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