Ali Umarovich Dimayev (russian: Али Умарович Димаев, ce, Ӏела Умарович Димаев; born 27 September 1953) is a Chechen musician and composer. In 1968 he started the first Vainakh rock ensemble in the Soviet Union with his fellow schoolmates, and after serving in the Soviet military he headed the folk instrument orchestra of state radio in the Checheno-Ingush ASSR. He has written over 500 songs, including Nokhchichö (Нохчийчоь).
Biography
Ali was born on September 27, 1953, in the
Kirghiz SSR. He was born exile after the
Aardakh
The deportation of the Chechens and Ingush ( ce, До́хадар, Махках дахар, inh, Мехках дахар), or Ardakhar Genocide ( ce, Ардахар Махках), and also known as Operation Lentil (russian: Чечевица ...
. His father was musician
Umar Dimayev, and he was a major influence in his musical activities. In 1968, with his classmates, he organized the first Chechen national rock ensemble "
Vainakhi".
Ali joined the military in
Volgograd. During the service he created the stage ensemble "Warriors". The ensemble often toured with concerts in the military units of Volgograd and the
North Caucasus Military District. In 1977, after
demobilization
Demobilization or demobilisation (see spelling differences) is the process of standing down a nation's armed forces from combat-ready status. This may be as a result of victory in war, or because a crisis has been peacefully resolved and militar ...
, he worked as the head of the folk instruments orchestra of the State Radio and Television of the
Checheno-Ingush ASSR
The Checheno-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic; inh, Нохч-ГӀалгӀай Автономе Советий Социализма Республика, Noxç-Ġalġay Avtonome Sovetiy Socializma Respublika; russian: Чече́но-И ...
.
In 1981 he created the professional rock group "Zama". In 2001 he was awarded the title
People's Artist of the Chechen Republic. In October of the same year he was awarded the title People's Artist of the Republic of Ingushetia.
Dimayev currently lives in Moscow.
Family
* Father -
Umar Dimayev, famous Chechen musician and composer, People's Artist of the Chechen-Ingush ASSR.
References
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1953 births
Chechen male singers
20th-century Russian male singers
21st-century Russian male singers
Soviet male singers
Living people