Occupation(s) singer Role Singer Name Akif Islamzade | Years active 1972–1986 Instruments Voice Genres Pop music | |
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Born August 8, 1948 (age 75)
Baku, Azerbaijani SSR, USSR ( 1948-08-08 ) Similar People Flora Karimova, Emin Sabitoglu, Brilliant Dadashova, Tofig Guliyev, Shovkat Alakbarova | ||
Akif İslamzadə - Sarı Gəlin ( Jelena Jankovic)
Akif Islamzade (Azerbaijani: Akif İslamzadə, born August 8, 1948) is a popular Azerbaijani singer.
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Biography
Islamzade was born on 8 August 1948 in Baku to mugham singer Sara Gadimova. He graduated from Azerbaijan State Economic University in 1979. In 1972, he started as vocalist at Rashid Behbudov State Song Theatre. In 1976, he participated as vocalist in Tofig Ahmadov's state orchestra. In 1986, he stopped his musical activities due loss of voice. After that, he retired from recording full-length albums. The problem of his voice got worse, and affected not only his ability to sing, but also to speak.
Political views
During an interview with RFE/RL, he expressed that he is a monarchist and is in favor of establishing constitutional monarchy in Azerbaijan with Ilham Aliyev as king.