Eldar Mansurov
Background information
Birth nameEldar Bahram oglu Mansurov
Born (1952-02-28) 28 February 1952
OriginBaku, Azerbaijan SSR
GenresPop, traditional
Occupation(s)Songwriter, record producer, musician
Instrument(s)Piano
Years active1981–present
Websitewww.eldarmansurov.az

Eldar Bahram oglu Mansurov (Azerbaijani: Eldar Bəhram oğlu Mansurov / Елдар Бәһрам оғлу Мансуров, IPA: [elˈdɑɾ bæhˈɾɑm oɣˈlu mɑnˈsuɾov]; born February 28, 1952) is an Azerbaijani musician, composer and songwriter.[1]

Early life


He is a member of the Mansurov family, which has contributed immeasurably to the advancement of Azerbaijani composers and musical culture in general. His father was renowned musician and tar player Bahram Mansurov. [1]

Mansurov was accepted into the forte-piano division of the musical school in Baku named after Asef Zeynally after completing music school. He was accepted in 1974 to the Jovdat Hajiyev class at the Azerbaijan State Conservatory named for Uzeyir Hajibeyov, where he graduated with honors in 1979.[1]

He played the piano in the renowned band "Experiment OK" in 1969. He also performed with the band "Mashal" at the legendary rock festival "Golden Fall" in 1970.[1]

Career

Education

He worked as a professor for a long time. He first instructed pupils at a conventional music school before moving on to Republican Gymnasium of Culture.[1]

Research

In 1983 and in 1987, he attended in International Symposiums in Samarkand, Uzbekistan.[2] His research about the history of mugham published in Azerbaijan, France, Germany, and Russia.[1]

TV

Mansurov was a musical editor at Lider TV and BMTI channels. Later on he was promoted to the position of Chef Editor for the main musical shows department at State TV and Radio Committee. He was promoted to Chief Musical Producer while working as a producer of music at the House of Music.[1]

Composer

He is author of "Seven beauties" rock-opera, "Cleopatra" and "Olimp" rock-ballet, 5 symphonies, "Mahur-Hindi" symphonic mugham, several works for instrumental and camera ensembles and pieces for chorus. Moreover, Mansurov composed musics for a lot of movies and plays. He owns more than 3000 songs and instrumental music.[1][2]

Works

"Bayatılar" and "Bahramnameh" is considered as the most famous works by Mansurov.[1][2]

Bahramnameh was devoted to his father Bahram Mansurov and is for national musical instrument tar, rock group and symphonic orchestra.[1]

"Bayatılar" was released in Azerbaijan, Russia, Turkmenistan, Europe (including Turkey, Greece, Germany, Spain, France), the Arab World and Brazil. The song was performed by Brilliant Dadashova and lyrics was written by Vahid Aziz. It was sampled and interpolated by many performers.[3][4]

Eldar Mansurov and Edward Maya

"Bayatılar" is the basis of the refrain of the 2009 Eurodance hit "Stereo Love" by Romanian musicians Edward Maya and Vika Jigulina. A copyright dispute over the song resulted in Maya acknowledging that the refrain in his song was actually taken from Mansurov's "Bayatılar".[5][6]

Another copyright issue was between Mansurov and Katy Garbi for the song "Esena Mono" from the album Emmones Idees (2008). Mansurov sued Dimitris Kontopulos (author) and Sony Music Entertainment Hellas AE (publisher) for stealing his original work in 2011. The Greek court said that the similarity between 2 songs are more than 50 percent. The entire process finished in 2023 in favor of Mansurov.[7][8][9][10][11]

Discography

Albums

  • Fairytales of Ichari Shahar (2 CDs)
  • Without You – Sənsizlik (2 CDs) Poet: Piruz Dilenchi
  • Motherland – Vətən Sağ olsun! Poet: Piruz Dilenchi

Singles

Awards

His research on the "History of Mugham Names" earned him third place honors at the Republican Scientific Conference of University Students.[1]

Mansurov got the title of "Honoured Art worker" and "Peoples Artist" in 2005 and 2012 respectively.[1][12][2]

In 2022, he was awarded with the Shohrat Order (Order of Glory).[13][14]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "Eldar Mansurov - Biography". IMDb. Retrieved October 9, 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Xalq artisti Eldar Mansurovun doğum günüdür". az.baku-art.com (in Azerbaijani). Retrieved October 10, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Eldar Mansurov - Bayatılar - National Music". Explore Azerbaijan. June 13, 2019. Retrieved October 14, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Müəllifi bu mahnıya niyə sahib çıxa bilmir? – Plagiatın qurbanı olan "Bayatılar"ımız". Kulis.az (in Azerbaijani). September 17, 2021. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
  5. ↑ Trend.az: Azerbaijan restoring copyright for the first time (in Russian)
  6. ↑ "VIDEO Edward Maya, singurul român în topurile Billboard: "Le-am tot explicat că nu sunt grec!"". adevarul.ro (in Romanian). February 6, 2010. Retrieved October 12, 2023.
  7. ↑ "Yunanıstan Ali Məhkəməsi Eldar Mansurovun müəlliflik hüququna dair qərar verib". medeniyyet.az. Retrieved October 12, 2023.
  8. ↑ "Yunanıstan məhkəməsi "Esena Mono" mahnısının müəllifliyi ilə bağlı Eldar Mansurovun xeyrinə qərar verib". Apa.az (in Azerbaijani). Retrieved October 12, 2023.
  9. ↑ Kamp, Katerina (May 12, 2023). "Βαριά «καμπάνα» για το «Εσένα μόνο» της Καίτης Γαρμπή - Ο Άρειος Πάγος αποφάσισε ότι είναι αντιγραφή αζέρικου τραγουδιού". Timeline (in Greek). Retrieved October 12, 2023.
  10. ↑ Tsimpoukis, Panagiotis (May 11, 2023). "Αρειος Πάγος: Το σουξέ «Εσένα μόνο» είναι αντιγραφή του αζέρικου «Μπαγιατί»". protothema.gr. Retrieved October 12, 2023.
  11. ↑ "Βαριά «καμπάνα» για το «Εσένα μόνο» της Καίτης Γαρμπή - Ο Άρειος Πάγος αποφάσισε ότι είναι αντιγραφή αζέρικου τραγουδιού". www.parapolitika.gr (in Greek). May 12, 2023. Retrieved October 12, 2023.
  12. ↑ "Azərbaycan Respublikasının mədəniyyət xadimlərinə fəxri adların verilməsi haqqında Azərbaycan Respublikası Prezidentinin Sərəncamı » Azərbaycan Prezidentinin Rəsmi internet səhifəsi". president.az (in Azerbaijani). September 14, 2022. Retrieved October 11, 2023.
  13. ↑ "Eldar Mansurov "Şöhrət" ordeni ilə təltif edilib". kaspi.az (in Azerbaijani). Retrieved October 11, 2023.
  14. ↑ "Prezident Eldar Mansurovla bağlı Sərəncam verib". Abc.az (in Russian). Retrieved October 11, 2023.
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