Nagima Eskalieva ( kk, Нағима Қабылқызы Есқалиева, ''Nağima Qabylqyzy Esqalieva'') (born February 3, 1954 in Fabrichnyy, Zhambyl District, Almaty Region) is a

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tani singer and awarded national artist of the

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Early life

Eskalieva was born in an industrial area to Habdul Eskaliev and his wife Visilia, who were both workers in the region. She was the oldest of five children and grew up under basic conditions. She has three sisters and one brother.

Career

After graduating in the Republican School of Variety and Circus Arts (the vocal class of L.Kesoglu) and Alma-Ata Musical School (Department of Choral Conducting, Eskalieva became an ensemble member of the famous ''Gulder'' (Гүлдер) formation. She first rose to popularity when she participated on the soviet Singing Competition ''With Song through Life'' (С песней по жизни) in 1979, which she won. After that she went on to become one of the most well-known singers of Kazakhstan and was touring through the entire Soviet Union. She eventually moved to Moscow and from then on also went on tour in

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. In 1984, she went on winning the

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Festival in

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. Eskalievas range goes from Kazakh Folk Songs to modern compositions. In 2008, she recorded a charity Single with the boygroup ''Percy'' to support children suffering of

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. First planning on becoming an actress, she occasionally appeared in front of the film camera.
Throughout the years, Eskalieva has been supportive of aspiring singers in her home country. In 1996, she founded a Music Atelier aiming to find and support young singing talent in Kazakhstan. She was a jury member in '' SuperStar KZ 3 & 4'', the Kazakh version of ''

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'' as well as on ''

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'', where she was the winning mentor in the second season held in 2012 with her contestant Andrey Tikhonov. Currently she is teaching at the ''Academy of Vocal Arts Zhurgenev''.

Personal life

Eskalieva was married two times and has a son named Aleksander (born 1983), who auditioned when she was leading the jury of SuperStar KZ.

Discography

*2004: ''Nashi 3'' singing ''Молва'' *2006: ''Мой HiT #3'' (My HiT #3) singing ''Прости'' (Simple) *2008: ''Мама'' (Mother) feat. Percy (Перцы)

Filmography

*1982: Родные степи *1983: Искупи вину *2009: Kairat Champion. Virgin No. 1 (Кайрат-чемпион. Девственник №1)

Awards

*1979: Grand prix of USSR National TV Song Contest "С песней по жизни" *1984:

Lenin Komsomol Prize Lenin Komsomol Prize () was a Soviet annual award for the best works in science, engineering, literature or art carried out by young authors of age not exceeding 33 years. Komsomol was the abbreviated name of The Communist Union of Youth (Russi ...

*1984:

Festival *National artist of the

References

External links

Biography at Biografia.kzProfile on X-Factor Homepage
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