Nesrin Sipahi
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Nesrin Sipahi | |
|---|---|
| Born | Nesrin Sipahi 29 November 1934 |
| Genres | Turkish classical music |
| Occupation | Singer |
Nesrin Sipahi (born 29 November 1934) is a Turkish singer of Crimean Tatar origin[1] specializing in Turkish music.
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]
