Zilan Tigris
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Zilan Tigris | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1972 Diyarbakır, Turkey |
| Died | 6 February 2023 (aged 50–51) Diyarbakır, Turkey |
| Genres | Folk |
| Occupation | Singer |
Zilan Tigris (Armenian: Զիլան Տիգրիս, 1972 – 6 February 2023) was a Turkish singer.
Zilan Tigris was born in Diyarbakır, where she received her primary, secondary and higher education. Both her mother and father were ethnic Armenians. The singer's maternal grandmother lost her entire family during the Armenian Genocide,[1] only one sister survived. Her grandmother was adopted by a colonel, and her grandmother's sister was sold in the market.
Career
Tigris was engaged in music for about three decades. She released two albums in 1992 and 1998, which consist only of Kurdish songs. In 1989, she created the first children's choir in Diyarbakır, and in 2005, she created the first women's choir in the city.[2] In 2015, Tigris participated in the program "Ari Tun" organized by the Ministry of Diaspora, within the framework of which she visited Armenia.[3] She sang in Kurdish, Turkish and Armenian.