Lea Ivanova
Lea Ivanova , Bulgarian Леа Иванова , (born August 13, 1923 in Dupnitsa , Tsarist Bulgaria ; † May 28, 1986 ) was a Bulgarian jazz singer .
Life
Ivanova grew up in Constantinople , where she sang in the children's choir of the Bulgarian exarchate . In the early 1940s she moved to Sofia to study art, but soon shifted her interest to music. She became a soloist in Slavic Talk ( Славянска беседа ), a jazz orchestra led by saxophonist Leon L'Alfàs. In the early 1950s she performed in various jazz and swing formations. When the situation for jazz music in Bulgaria worsened at the end of the decade because the communist regime tried to contain Western influences, she worked as a band singer with the orchestras of Christo Vuchkov and Dimitar Ganev, the Big Orchestra Concert Directorate of Boris Simeonov and with Emil from 1956 Georgiev, who played mostly popular light music. From 1957 Lea Ivanova formed her own band with her husband Eddie Kazassian. In 1960 they appeared in Belgrade with the Quincy Jones Big Band , in 1962 and 1963 in East Berlin's Friedrichstadtpalast ; In 1964 they went on tour in West Germany. Until 1983 she appeared mainly in variety shows; her repertoire included chansons , evergreens, Russian songs, Bulgarian folklore and Italian canzones , but she rarely performed in her native Bulgaria, where her music was banned by the censors. She was briefly detained in a labor camp in the late 1970s on charges of “obscene behavior”. Shortly after her release, she suffered a stroke that confined her to a wheelchair and ended her singing career.
Lea Ivanova has released several albums in the course of her career, which were released in Hungary by Qaliton , in Germany by Deutsche Vogue , in Romania by Electrorecord , in Poland by MUZA and in Bulgaria by Balkanton .
Discographic notes
- Lea Ivanova & Allegro Quartet with Electrecord Dance Orchestra (10 "-LP, Electrecord, approx. 1960)
- Lea Ivanova, Eddy Kazassian Combo (Qualiton, 1963)
- Леа (Balkanton, 1979)
Web links
- Reminder Page (Bulgarian)
- Lea Ivanova at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ See Billboard September 12, 1964
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ivanova, Lea |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Иванова, Леа (Bulgarian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bulgarian jazz singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 13, 1923 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dupnitsa , Tsarist Bulgaria |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 28, 1986 |