Sevi (singer)

Last updated

Svetlana Bliznakova - Sevi
Birth nameSvetlana Ilieva Bliznakova
Also known asSevi
Born (1983-11-11) November 11, 1983 (age 40)
Sofia, Bulgaria
Genres Alternative rock, hard rock, pop, electronic
Occupation(s)Musician, singer-songwriter
Instrument(s)Vocals, piano
Years active2005–present
LabelsIndependent
Website seviband.com

Svetlana Ilieva Bliznakova, born on November 11, 1983, is a Bulgarian singer, musician and songwriter. She started her solo music career in 2005 and since 2010 she is the front woman of the Bulgarian rock band Sevi.

Contents

Early life and arts

Svetlana "Sevi" Bliznakova was born on November 11, 1983 [1] in Sofia, Bulgaria. Raised by a family of history teachers, she was unexpectedly drawn into art at an early age. Sevi began singing when she was two years old and eight years later, she went to the "Philip Koutev Folklore Ensemble" and studied national Bulgarian folk singing for two years. After that, she studied singing opera, and in 2002 she entered Sofia University in an opera class in order to develop her music skills. A year after, she found herself in pop and rock music and decided to start over. She entered the class of Etien Levi, a famous Bulgarian pop singer of the 1980s. In ten months, Sevi started performing on stage, and soon after she started to write her own songs. Later, due to her visits in Italy, she began writing songs in Italian, along with the English ones.

2004–2010: Solo music career and the Italian period

In 2004 Sevi won first prize and special award of the jury, participating at the "National Competition for Singers", Sofia. In 2005, she participated with two original songs and won the first prize at the "International Belozem Festival". These two songs were published in the Festival CD compilation for 2006. Again in 2005, Sevi was invited by the Italian producer Rocco Milano to take part in a CD compilation with her song "On My Own", co-written with Pino Biaggioli and recorded with the Italian rock band "Eldritch". The compilation was edited by the organization "Arts Planet". In 2006, Sevi participated with an author song on the "International Pop-Rock Competition for Singers and Composers" in Veliko Turnovo. By now she has written more than 50 songs in English and Italian. She has been the only Bulgarian singer to sing in the show of Sky Italia in "Club Lost" during the Sanremo Music Festival in 2007. She co-wrote many new songs with Rally Velinov (musician and songwriter, who is also author of the arrangements of many of her recordings, and later became the bass player in the band Sevi). In summer of 2008 Sevi recorded 11 new songs in collaboration with Rally Vellinov and the guitar player Peter Bratanov. She presented six of the songs on a one-hour live interview on "WSF Radio Chicago" on July 4, 2009. In August 2009, her song "Fighter For Happiness" was presented on "Many More Radio UK". In January 2010, in order to develop her career and popularize her music, Sevi together with Rally Velinov, formed a band also called Sevi.

2010–present: Formation of Sevi band

The band Sevi was formed in January 2010 by Svetlana Bliznakova with the musicians Valentin Nikolov – drums, Tania Apostolova – keyboards, Rally Velinov – bass guitar, Todor Todorov – guitar and Vladimir Donkov – guitar. In August 2010 the two guitar players were replaced by the former guitarist of the alternative rock band "Awake" – Peter Bratanov. In March 2011 the lead guitar player of the band became Ivan Angelov, who left in the middle of 2012. Soon after, on May 30, 2012, lead guitarist of the band become Bobby Zasheff. Two weeks later, on June 14, 2012, Sevi released their first official album, "What Lies Beyond". [2] In the same month, the band started a national summer tour to present the album. [3] On December 9, Svetlana "Sevi" Bliznakova presented her collaboration with two DJs. – "Sevi feat. Sugar Dj's" with their featuring track "Shocked".

Discography

Awards and nominations

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Music of Bulgaria</span> Overview of musical traditions in Bulgaria

The music of Bulgaria refers to all forms of music associated with the country of Bulgaria, including classical, folk, popular music, and other forms.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sofia Rotaru</span> Ukrainian singer (born 1947)

Sofiia Mykhailivna Yevdokymenko-Rotaru, known simply as Sofia Rotaru, is a Ukrainian pop singer of Romanian origin.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lee Aaron</span> Canadian rock singer (born 1962)

Lee Aaron is a Canadian rock singer. She had several hits in the 1980s and early 1990s, such as "Metal Queen", "Whatcha Do to My Body", and "Sex with Love".

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Joe Lynn Turner</span> American singer

Joe Lynn Turner is an American singer known for his work in the hard rock bands Rainbow, Yngwie Malmsteen and Deep Purple.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lili Ivanova</span> Musical artist

Lilyana Ivanova Petrova, known professionally as Lili Ivanova is a Bulgarian singer. In tribute to her contribution to the culture of the country, she is often referred to as the "Prima of Bulgarian popular music". Since 1961 she is having continuous performing and concert activities, recorded songs and albums, made media appearances, participated in television programs, and made music videos. In 2023 she has been awarded with a special award by BG Radio for being "The greatest Bulgarian pop singer of all times".

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sofi Marinova</span> Musical artist

Sofiya "Sofi" Marinova Kamenova (Bulgarian: София "Софи" Маринова Каменова, pronounced[soˈfimaˈrinova] is a Bulgarian Romani pop-folk and ethno-pop singer. She has won multiple music awards and contests. She is often called "the Romani pearl" and "the Romani nightingale". In February 2012, she won the Bulgarian Eurovision national final with the song "Love Unlimited", thus becoming the representative of Bulgaria in the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest in Baku, Azerbaijan.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Elitsa Todorova</span> Musical artist

Elitsa Todorova is a Bulgarian folk singer and professional percussionist. Todorova formed the duo Elitsa & Stoyan and they represented Bulgaria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in Helsinki, and once again represented Bulgaria at the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Malmö. The drums, ""The Cosmic tree","The Olympic drums of Bulgaria", "Drum-Pyramid" are among the tools with which she has left an individual impact on ethno-music.

Pop music in Ukraine is Western influenced pop music in its various forms that has been growing in popularity in Ukraine since the 1960s.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Anelia</span> Bulgarian pop-folk singer (born 1982)

Aneliya Georgieva Atanasova, better known mononymously as Anelia, is a Bulgarian pop-folk singer. She gained popularity in Bulgaria with her second single "Погледни ме в очите", released in 2002. Throughout her career, 23 of her singles have topped the Bulgarian music charts which makes her one of the most successful recording female artists in Bulgarian music. In 2012, for the first time in her career, Anelia won the Artist of the Year award at the Annual Music Awards of Planeta TV.

Malaysian popular music, sometimes called shortly Malaysian pop or abbreviated as M-pop, refers to popular music forms in Malaysia. Although popular music in various languages such as Mandopop are popular and have been produced in Malaysia, Malaysian pop refers to music recorded primarily in the Malay language in Malaysia.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Deyan Nedelchev</span> Musical artist

Deyan Nedelchev is a Bulgarian pop singer, showman and composer. He has issued 16 albums and 9 maxi singles, including projects with his colleagues, some with his brother Boyko. He won the Grand-prix at the Golden Orpheus international festival in 1993 at the contest for new Bulgarian pop songs with the song 'Dedication'. Deyan is the only Bulgarian singer to record an album with Polygram, with whom he had a 3-year contract based in Johannesburg, South Africa.He has released his last two albums in Japan with a company Orphictone

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Suzanna Choffel</span> American singer-songwriter and musician

Suzanna Choffel is an American singer-songwriter and musician who has appeared on national television and in film. Known for her distinct voice and reggae-inspired guitar technique, her music has been described as "a unique sound equal parts Beat poetry, smoky soul grooves and indie-pop eccentricity."

SEVI is a Bulgarian rock band from Sofia. The current members are Svetlana "Sevi" Bliznakova, Alexander Kirilov, Rally Velinov and Pavlin Ivanov. The band describes their music genre as heart rock,[1] a name given to their style due to the emotional, heartfelt content and message of their songs.

<i>What Lies Beyond</i> 2012 studio album by Sevi

What Lies Beyond is the debut album of the Bulgarian rock band Sevi, which was released on June 14, 2012. There were totally three singles to the album, along with music videos, as the first two were released before the album, and the third one, called "Victim" came few months after the studio album.

"Can’t Stand the Pain" is a song by the Bulgarian rock band “Sevi” and it was the first official single with featured video of Sevi band. Written by Svetlana “Sevi” Bliznakova in her early years of composing, the song was originally recorded as a collaboration between Sevi and Peter Bratanov. He was former guitarist of the alternative rock band "Awake" and year later, became a member of the band Sevi and the song was recorded as an official debut single and video of the band. “Can’t Stand The Pain” turned out to be a very successful choice for Sevi. It was liked by the Bulgarian fans of the band, and also it brought Sevi an international success. Thanks to this song, they were chosen for "Band of the week" in Lima (Peru).

Limited Edition is a song by the Bulgarian rock band “Sevi” and it was the second official single with featured video of Sevi band. The song was written by Svetlana Bliznakova and Rally Velinov in 2010 and was later recorded with the band Sevi and also became part of their debut album What Lies Beyond. The song entered the rock radio charts and stayed more than 46 weeks in the top 10 of Kamenitza Rock 40 music chart on Z-Rock Radio.

<i>The Other Side of Sevi</i> 2013 studio album by Sevi

The Other Side Of Sevi is the first acoustic album of the Bulgarian rock band Sevi, which was recorded live on November 30, 2012 and released on February 13, 2013. The band made the concert as a part of the music video promo of their third single Victim.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mihaela Fileva</span> Bulgarian singer

Mihaela Fileva is a Bulgarian singer-songwriter and dancer. Her career started in 2005 when she won the Bulgarian National Television show – “Hit Minus One”. Her big breakthrough was in 2011 when she was a finalist in The X factor Bulgaria.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Capri Virkkunen</span> Finnish singer

Päivi "Capri" Virkkunen later known as Päivi Selo, simply known as Capri, is a Finnish singer and vocal coach. She started as a pop singer in Finland and also member of a cover band. Starting 2012, she has become the vocalist metal singer of the Finnish symphonic power metal band Amberian Dawn replacing earlier band vocalist Heidi Parviainen starting with the band's compilation album Re-Evolution.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Desi Slava</span> Bulgarian singer-songwriter and producer

Desislava Ivanova Doneva, known by her stage names Desi Slava or DESS, is a Bulgarian singer-songwriter and producer. She was born in Radnevo, Bulgaria. Her first stage appearances began at an early age, when she would win awards at festivals for children. Shortly afterwards, she became the soloist of "Radnevo" orchestra. This led to her being noticed by one of the most famous Bulgarian folklore singers of all time – Valkana Stoyanova, who took her under her wing, coached her and declared Desislava as her possible music heir.

References

  1. ↑ Talant Box
  2. ↑ What Lies Beyond official album promo, , June 14, 2012
  3. ↑ Mika Magazine Archived August 1, 2013, at archive.today
  4. ↑ Sonic B.A.N.G.
  5. ↑ Rock Symphony Radio, Lima Archived November 2, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
  6. ↑ Hip Rock Magazine, November 2012
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.